£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 1a | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-28-2008 02:09 UTC+2

Back Room Counts

Justin Smith: our chip leader on 112,000
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

09-28-2008 01:56 UTC+2

Some Big Stack Counts

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Justin Smith 120,000
Sergey Rybachenko 97,900
Erik Sagstrom 97,000
Jani Vilmunen 90,000
Andy Bloch 90,000
Josh Arieh 78,950

09-28-2008 01:53 UTC+2

Bansi-ng Back

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Praz Bansi showed down {Q-?}

to take a pot out of the hands of Dustin Dirksen on a {Q-?}

board. Bansi is now up to 40,000.

Tags: Dustin Dirksen Praz Bansi

09-28-2008 01:48 UTC+2

Elezra Eliminated

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After grinding with the smallest of small stacks for hours now, and occasionally apparently wanting to bust out so he could go home, Eli Elezra is finally, officially, no longer in the running.

He got his chips in with {7-Hearts}

but Andy Bloch's {A-?}

, along with another ace on the board, and Elezra is finally free to spend his Saturday night doing anything he likes.

Tags: Andy Bloch Eli ELezra

09-28-2008 01:46 UTC+2

Battle of The Brits

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Karl Mahrenholz had just doubled-up fellow Brit Willie Tann. All the money went in on a {9-Hearts}

board.

Mahrenholz had {7-Hearts}

to Tann's

.

The river came {A-Spades}

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!

Tags: Willie Tann

09-28-2008 01:45 UTC+2

Beever's Been Busy, Busting Lee

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Joe Beevers has raked in a tasty pot and by the by, he eliminated fellow Englishman Nathan 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: {9-Clubs}

Beevers:

Board:

Tags: Joe Beevers Nathan Lee

09-28-2008 01:35 UTC+2

Black's Doing What He Does Best

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Andy Black is one of the best players in the world at building a big stack through the opening days of a major tournament. He'll be the first to admit that holding on to them might not be his forte. A host of final tables with no win is testament to that.

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 {6-Diamonds}

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.

Tags: Andy Black

09-28-2008 01:34 UTC+2

Mark Teltscher Eliminated

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Mark Teltscher is out, getting his not-inconsiderable stack in on a draw, and getting himself called by Justin Smith with a bigger draw.

After some preflop raising, Teltscher and Smith were the only two players to make it as far as the {10-Diamonds}

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: {8-Hearts}

for the bottom end of the straight draw.
Smith: {K-Diamonds}