2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠6♣
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Total Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 362
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High Fliers

It's like Christmas here, I've just been handed a sheet of paper showcasing the following chip counts:

Daniel Negreanu -- 55,000
Mikael Norinder -- 47,000
Thomas Bentham -- 46,500
Yuval Bronshtein -- 45,000
Annette Obrestad -- 41,000
Brian Townsend -- 38,000
David Ulliott -- 38,000
John Tabatabai -- 35,000
David Steicke -- 34,000
David Benefield -- 33,200
Santeri Valikoski -- 32,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 31,000
Lauri Keinonen -- 30,000
Steve Van Zadelhoff -- 30,000
Thomas Merved -- 26,000
Doyle Brunson -- 24,000
Marco Traniello -- 24,000
Chris Ferguson -- 19,000

Cowboys Hold

Chips go flying in all directions (well, not literally, they all go in the middle of the table) on a {8-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} board between Alex Kamberis' {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} and Thomas Bentham's {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}. Bentham's kings hold after a {6-Hearts} turn and {9-Hearts} river.

Kamberis gets the bad news, he has to shell out 12,675 more in chips and send them the direction of his opponent.

Carnage in the Corner

Half a table has been emptied, and it's pretty much the fault of new chip leader (the sort of chip leader who could conceivably retire for the day at this point) Jamie Rosen. Rosen busted Jean-Robert Bellande and Raul Mestre, and presumably was partly responsible also for the absence of Brandon Cantu... Players are having to be shipped over to the very last table on the top tier with increasing regularity.

"You're the chip leader," a reporter told him, in case he was fretting overly about that.

Tags: Jamie RosenJean-Robert BellandeRaul Mestre

Some Early Counts

Keith Hawkins -- 34,000
Mads Andersen -- 15,250
Jennifer Tilly -- 29,500
Devilfish -- 35,000
Michael Watson -- 15,175
Jesper Hougaard -- 14,000
Chris Ferguson -- 21,375
Jeff Madsen -- 11,500
Scotty Nguyen -- 13,650
Tom Dwan -- 17,000
Antonio Esfandiari -- 14,625
Johnny Lodden -- 28,285
Surinder Sunar -- 26,200

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Steicke Situation

David Steicke just played out an interesting hand which left him 10,000 richer, and busted an unfortunately unnamed latecomer from Seat 9. Lacking that detail though this story is (although Maz Nawab suggests the name Yilmaz), I can say for certain that it was Steicke who bet 950 on the turn with the board standing {10-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. This was called by Seat 9. The river brought an interesting {9-Diamonds} , and another bet out, this time 1,250, from Steicke.

A heartbeat's pause, and Mr. Nine had his whole stack (a further 7,000) in the middle. A slightly longer pause, and Steicke had called. His opponent, knowing he was out now, tapped the table and showed his losing {J-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} . Steicke showed the {Q-Spades} {J-Spades} and that queen was good.

"Not a lot of hands I was beating," he admitted to neighbor Timex. But that was one of them.

Tags: David Steicke

Raptor Strikes

David Benefield has had a good start today. He's just eliminated Romero Gomila on a {3-Spades} {K-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} board, Gomila flipped {K-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} but Benefield turned over {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds} for the boat and after a brief countdown, it was found he had his opponent covered by a few hundred. He'll need the chips, the table does not look easy.

Tags: David Benefield

Failing to Make His Mark

Keith 'the Camel' Hawkins has just chewed Mark Dalimore, spat him out and sent him hurtling towards the rail before the close of level 1. I didn't catch the hand myself, but Hawkins was more than happy to fill me in on the gory details.

"I raised it up with Q-5," he started with a slight frog in his throat, "and he [Mark] called. I bet 400 on a 5-5-6 flop and he called again. I then bet 1,000 on the 2 turn, and 1,500 on the 3 river where he pushed all in for a 7,000. I called."

"What did he have?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Pocket eights."

As our exchange drew to a close, Hawkins raised it up preflop and announced, "I don't have Q-5 this time."

Tags: Keith HawkinsMark Dalimore

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