Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£825,000
Entries
165
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
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Day 1 Hath Ended
Along the way we lost Omaha maestro David Benyamine, last year's Main Event winner Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, and Event 2 final tablists Yuval Bronshtein and Phil Ivey.
Near the top of the leaderboard are pros Jason Mercier, David Williams, Alexander Kravchenko, and Sorel Mizzi, while your unofficial end-of-Day 1 overnight chip leader is Shaun Deeb.
Our coverage of the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event will continue at 3:00 p.m. local time (10:00 a.m. EDT) and we'll be following the action until a final table has been decided.
Official chip counts will be posted as soon as we get'em.
Until then, from Leicester Square in London, England -- good night and good luck!
Devilfish Stays In
With four limpers in front of him, he limped in from late position, and when all the other players checked the
flop, so did he. When David Williams bet 4,000 on the 
turn, Devilfish moved all in; Williams gave it up then and there. Devilfish seemed pleased, and showed 
. He'll be back tomorrow.
Flushes All Round
.Channing bet 4,000, the UTG player folded before Albinsson went into the tank. He thought for so long that Mike "Timex" McDonald called the clock on him. Albinsson warned him that was bad etiquette and folded what he said was a flush.
Channing tabled
for the nut flush and Lammi tabled 
for the second-nut flush.The turn and river changed nothing and Lammi heads off late in the day.
Persson Doubles Through Wahlbeck
Persson:
Wahlbeck:
Board:
A rather demoralized Wahlbeck is down to around 38,000.
Akenhead Continues to Tumble
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson opened the pot from the button with a raise and Akenhead made the call from the small blind. Action then fell to Jorgensen, who reraised, kicking it up to 14,000. Ferguson laid down his hand and Akenhead made the call.
Akenhead then checked the
flop, after which Jorgensen moved all in for his last 15,000. Akenhead re-checked his hole cards and studied the situation for a brief moment, but eventually his cards were chucked into the muck.Jorgensen improved to 48,000 in chips with the win.
Deeb Eliminates Bradpiece
Bradpiece:
Deeb:
Board:
Gould Struggles, Then Busts
A flop was dealt; it was
. Gould checked, Sorel Mizzi checked, and David Williams bet 2,000. Gould instantly raised pot, leaving himself 11,000 behind. Mizzi got out of there, and Williams paused. "I need a spin up," explained Gould. A moment later, Williams pulled a face as though his cards had broken wind under his nose, and passed his hand back to the dealer.A few hands later, though, with mere shrapnel left and a complete unwillingness to come back tomorrow without a playable stack, Gould got his chips in and they never came back out again.
"Fowl" River for Alistair
Fowler got his money in good on the turn holding top two pair (queens and tens), but Williamson had outs to match his overpair (kings), as well as an open-ended straight draw.
A king fell on the river -- the case king, as luck would have it -- and Fowler left the table a good sport, wishing everyone good luck in his exit.
After the hand, Williamson stacked up just over 70,000 in chips.