Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Mark Teltscher Eliminated
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After some preflop raising, Teltscher and Smith were the only two players to make it as far as the
flop, which Teltscher checked. Smith bet 6,250, and after a while, Teltscher announced, "All in." Smith disappeared into the tank long enough for whole interesting hands to be played out on other tables, while Teltscher chewed gum and stared vacantly into space. Call.Teltscher:
for the bottom end of the straight draw.Smith:
for the top end.Turn:
, sealing Teltscher's fateRiver: an irrelevant
. Smith is now well over 100,000.
Black's Doing What He Does Best
He's gathering chips with similar momentum today and is already up to 70,000. Part of that stack was due to a pot he one where he bet all the way down a
board.His river bet was a cheeky 2,000 in to a pot way over 10,000. "Only 2,000, very cheap," Black directed at his opponent through mild giggles.
The fold came and Black continues on his way.
Beever's Been Busy, Busting Lee
Beevers seems to have raised under the gun, called by the gentleman immediately to his left. When the action moved around to Lee on the small blind, he moved all in for 12,700. Beevers called, and the gent to his left spent some time debating the mathematics of his next move out loud, before folding. "I'm learning a lot about poker today," commented another tablemate.
Lee:
Beevers:
Board:
Battle of The Brits
board.Mahrenholz had
to Tann's 
.The river came
and Tann is up to 40,000 as a result.It seems as if ESPN have only just realized what I've known for a while now...this is an action table. They now know, as I'm surrounded by three cameras, as many boom mikes and personnel with clip boards. Not sure how to get back out on the floor!
Elezra Eliminated
He got his chips in with
but Andy Bloch's 
, along with another ace on the board, and Elezra is finally free to spend his Saturday night doing anything he likes.
Bansi-ng Back
to take a pot out of the hands of Dustin Dirksen on a 
board. Bansi is now up to 40,000.
Some Big Stack Counts
Sergey Rybachenko 97,900
Erik Sagstrom 97,000
Jani Vilmunen 90,000
Andy Bloch 90,000
Josh Arieh 78,950
Back Room Counts
Andy Bloch: 90,175
Dustin Dirksen: 66,000
Isaac Haxton: 65,000
Ben "Milkybar Kid" Grundy: 41,000
Henning Granstad: 39,000
Erica Schoenberg: 38,000
Sherkhan Farnood: 25,000
Koy Flummoxes Bloch and Granstad
Flop:
All three players checked.
Turn:
Bloch bet out 1,000 and Granstad swiftly called. Koy stared intently at the felt for a while, and then raised to 10,000. Back around to Bloch, and he paused. Pausing turned to dwelling, the expression on his face turning from one of perfect equanimity to total confusion, before a smile spread over his face as he folded. Granstad was nodding cheerfully. "Very good," he commented, as he passed too.