2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£144,218
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,500
Prize Pool
£615,000
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Can-do Cantu

Brandon Cantu has eliminated Zack Chesses. The latter had raised to 2,800 and Cantu reraised enough to set his opponent all in. Chesses made the call with {9-?} {9-?} and Cantu showed {A-?} {K-Hearts}. A flop of {A-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts} was not what Chesses needed to see and the {J-Spades} and {J-Clubs} on the turn and river provided no help while Cantu increased his stack to almost 75,000.

Tags: Brandon Cantu

Orazio Granvillano Eliminated

The superbly named Orazio Granvillano is now out, and in rather gut-wrenching circumstances too. All in on an A-K-x rainbow flop, Granvillano was in cracking shape with {A-?}{3-?} versus {K-?}{Q-?}. That is until two kings came on the turn and river for quads. The word 'overkill' springs to mind.

Tags: Orazio Granvillano

Count a Level Up

Everyone's chip counts - those players lucky enough to feel superior on the balcony:

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Ilkka Koskinen - 31,800
Seat 2: Arkadi Kilman - 34,000
Seat 3: Oystein Stai - 45,000
Seat 4: Ashley Hayles - OUT
Seat 5: Remy Biechel - 64,000
Seat 6: Tim Molyneux - 31,600
Seat 7: Matt Novak - 24,500
Seat 8: Brian Johnson - 13,000
Seat 9: John Juanda - 42,000

(Table 14)
Seat 1: Carlos Tejado Perez - 9,800
Seat 2: Christoph Bommes - 30,600
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Anthony Mackay - 25,000
Seat 5: Warren Woodall - 22,000
Seat 6: Thomas Merved - 30,000
Seat 7: Andy Bloch - 44,000
Seat 8: John Dwyer - 17,200
Seat 9: Daniel Nutt - 99, 300

Artemi Costas The Lot...

Shahaf Hadaya has hit the rail after feeling the curse of those oh-so-fickle poker gods. He had raised to 2,500 with {A-?} {10-?} and called Costas Artemi's min-reraise to 5,000. Artemi open-shoved on the{10-?} {9-?} {7-?} flop and Hadaya made the call for his stack. It was the correct call as it turned out as Artemi had only {A-?} {K-?} having missed the flop. But it was not to be Hadaya's day as after the {9-?} turn Artemi hit a {K-?} on the river to win the huge pot whilst simultaneously delivering a swift kick to the gonads of his opponent.

Goodwin Fails to Hit the Marc

Not a good win for Goodwin
Not a good win for Goodwin
"Standard" grumbled Marc Goodwin as he departed, but if this is "standard" for Mr. Cool, then he sure needs to stop walking under those ladders and encountering those black cats.

All in for around 12,000 on a {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop, Goodwin's disgruntled expression and motioning of fingers reaching into the back of his throat spoke volumes as not one, but two players pushed all in behind him.

The first chap, and the shortest of the two remaining stacks, was Tony Duffield with {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, and the second was Fuad Serhan with an in-splendid-shape {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Sandwiched in the middle was Goodwin with {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}.

With the turn dealing out a {4-Hearts}, and the river a {4-Clubs}, no miracle emerged and two players departed in one fell swoop. "Nice," declared a frustrated Goodwin as a quietly jubilant Serhan scooped up the pot.

Tags: Fuad SerhanMarc GoodwinTony Duffield

Corker for Corkery

Ken Corkery could barely watch as his {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} tackled the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} of William Martin in a classic, but crucial coin-flip. With his back to the felt, the Irishman remained on edge as the dealer popped out the ensuing board...

{4-Spades}... {6-Clubs}... {J-Spades}... {9-Hearts}...

{Q-Hearts}

"Ooh," gasped the table, the results of which led the Irishman to believe he had been rivered.

"Come back," someone said. "You won."

"Oh," exhaled Corkery relieved. "I thought it was a king".

Corkery -- 41,000
Martin -- 26,000

Tags: Ken CorkeryWilliam Martin

Mackay Not Okay

It's so close to curtains for Tony Mackay now that he's tripping on the drawstring - after this hand against John Dwyer played out.

I caught it from the turn, where the board stood {7-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {3-Clubs}{8-Hearts} . Mackay took the role of the aggressor, confidently announcing all in. He couldn't have been called faster, or registered his displeasure with a resigned, "Oh, shit," faster. He showed {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} but top pair was drawing totally dead against Dwyer's nut-tastic {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} . What could he say but, "Nice hand," as he watched his stack shrink to 2,000.

Tags: John DwyerTony Mackay

Timoshenko Trips Over Channing

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raises from early position and Neil Channing makes the call from the button. On the flop of {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} Timoshenko bets 4,400 and Channing raises to 11,000. After a minute of deliberation Timoshenko moves in and Channing quickly calls.

Timoshenko: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}
Channing: {2-Hearts} {2-Spades}

The turn and river are {Q-Spades} and {6-Diamonds} and Timoshenko scoops an huge 70,000 or so pot while Channing is knocked down to around 15,000.

Carlos Tejado Doubles Up

Seeing a flop - {4-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} - out of position against monster-stacked Daniel Nutt, Carlos Tejado checked, found Nutt betting more than he actually had in front of him, and called holding {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} . He was up against Nutt's {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} for the flush draw. That missed, and he's up to 27,000.