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but our new 'Scrabbleman elect' Nicolas Zambakides was sitting pretty with 
. Cavanagh was left needing one of three aces for a chop, but it failed to materialize on the 
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2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Total Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 362
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board with but our new 'Scrabbleman elect' Nicolas Zambakides was sitting pretty with . Cavanagh was left needing one of three aces for a chop, but it failed to materialize on the river.
, bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard led out for 700 and Devilfish made a swift call. Both players checked the turn before Hougaard's bet of 3,250 on the was raised to an even 10,000.Perplexed and tortured by the pending decision, Hougaard set up tent in the think tank and began thinking out loud, in much the same fashion as Daniel Negreanu. "There's two hands you can have, jacks full or kings full," he deduced. "I know you don't have a king."
"If you call, I'll show the stone cold nuts, if you fold, I'll show ya the bluff," came the sharp tongue of the Brit.
"Normally I'd fold this pretty quickly," continued Hougaard, "but I remember a big river bluff you put on me at the Word Series."
With the dealer ignoring James Keys' pleas for a clock, much to Keys' frustration and my onlooking bemusement, Hougaard claimed he "just wanted to make the right decision" and made the call.
Sadly for the Dane, on this occasion it was the wrong decision, as the Devilfish turned over a perhaps overlooked holding in
to take the pot. As Hougaard shook his head, a smug Devilfish snapped up the pot and, with a railing audience witnessing his success, is now as happy as Hellmuth in a house of mirrors.
flop, however, instead getting out of the way as Santeri Valikoski bet 1,800 and Persson made the call (after checking to the raiser). The turn brought the
and a double check, but on the 
river it was Persson's turn to bet - just 1,250. Back to Valikoski, who provided the WSOPE Day 1b with its first intense dwell, to my knowledge, even counting out the call and looking like he was really going to make it, before suddenly thinking better of it and mucking his hand.
That doesn't mean there's nothing to see, however, even if the players' hole cards remain a mystery. For example, just now Nenad Medic raised to 300 preflop, button Nik Persaud reraised to 1,050, and then action passed through the small blind but encountered even further resistance from big blind Florian Langmann, who raised again - to a 3,200 which neither potential opponent was prepared to call.
The next table along experienced something similar when Sorel Mizzi raised to 350 preflop just as a camera crew took up positions encircling him. "I gotta raise for the cameras," he explained.
Then Stephen Baker calmly repopped him, prompting a wry, "He's gotta reraise for the cameras," and a fold.
. Channing said, "I think I have to bet because I reckon I'm in front..." before throwing out 2,600. Kamberis instantly called and as Channing flipped 
, Kamberis showed 
for two pair to scoop the pot.
I joined the action with the board reading
. Wilf Saar led out for 700, and the wily veteran made the call. On the river, Saar paused momentarily, before conceding his hand and checking it down. Whilst Saar shamelessly showed his 
, Brunson scooped the pot with 
.Would Brunson have called a big bluff on the river? We'll never know...
Table 7, Seat 9: Jesper Hougaard
Table 10, Seat 9: Shaun Deeb
Table 12, Seat 9: Philippe Rouas
Table 14, Seat 9: Gavin Smith
Table 15, Seat 9: John Phan
Table 16, Seat 9: Brain 'sbrugby' Townsend
Table 23, Seat 9: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Stefan Raffay made it 250 from the cut-off, Fredrik Keitel reraised to 1,050 from the button and Stephane Campilla called in the small blind. Raffay folded and the two remaining players saw a
flop where Keitel took it down with a massive 6,100 bet. This kind of overbet seems to be indicative of a lot of pots I'm witnessing within this opening level.
Annette Obrestad
Marco Traniello
Phil Laak
Antonio Esfandiari
Shane Schleger
Johnny Lodden
Who knows, if they run well this week, maybe they can make a name for themselves.
and Alex Kamberis has bet 4,600 on the river only to see Fredrick Andersson check/raise all in. Kamberis keeps repeating, "I had the nuts...I can beat a five...you don't do that without a flush..."Finally, he folds
, but Anderson isn't giving anything away, he mucks his cards quietly.
