20-Minute Break
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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
Waiting in the Break
board. Denes Kalo is thinking, and taking his time, which doesn't matter as Bruno says, "Take as long as you need." Kalo eventually makes the call and Bruno flips 
. Kalo shows 
and throws it into the muck.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Game On
How Are You, Baby?
"The husband goes out, the wife plays!" he remarked, pretty much hitting the nail on the head, before darting off like his own little whirlwind. Expect more of the same tomorrow, when he's down to play.
Mouth, Say 'AAh'
, but it took quite a while to pan out that way...On the turn, with the board
Ellis checked and Matusow bet 3,600. There followed the longest dwell of the day, if not the Series, as Ellis contemplated (he had about 18,000 at this point). He sat still apart from his hands, which did that not-quite-a-trick where you just pick up and drop the first few chips of a stack over and over again. Eventually he made the call.The river brought the
and a bet of 6,500 when Ellis checked to Matusow once more. This time he called with unexpected alacrity, only to instantly muck when he caught a glimpse of the Mouth's aces.
Rousso at 25k
The flop came
and Dauteuil passed the first option to Rousso who fired a bet of 1,500. Vayo quickly folded and Dauteuil made the call.Both remaining players then checked the
on the turn and saw the 
fall on the river.Dauteuil then check-called one more bet from Rousso -- this one 2,000 -- and Rousso announced, "Kings with a queen," as she tabled the
. Her opponent flashed 
before tossing his cards into the muck and Rousso moved to 25,000 in chips with the win.
Call Me Crazy
Three-handed on the turn, with the board showing
, Alioto fired an 1,800 bet and was called by Bellamy; Isaia let go of his hand.The river brought the
and Alioto checked to Bellamy who dove deep into the tank and eventually surfaced with a 6,000 bet into the ~6,000 pot. Without hesitation, Alioto made the call and Bellamy threw his cards into the muck just as fast, saying, "Good call."Alioto turned over a pocket pair of threes and smugly raked in the pot.
"Good try," Alioto remarked.
"Yeah, good call," Bellamy said again.
More Bullets For Kalo...
board. Kalo shows and allows himself a little smile.
Goran Gratte Grots Gould
and raised his bet of 2,000 to 6,000. Back to Gratte who contemplated for a long while, before setting in his shorter-stacked (12,000) opponent. Gould called instantly with his flopped set of eights (
) but Gratte held the 
.The turn brought the
and a quietly irritated, "Straight away!" from Gould, and the made no difference. I am not sure the masseuse realized he had to get up and leave, as he sort of wriggled out from beneath her relaxing touch and left the tournament.