MarcC
Theo dabbled with death
Nenad Medic raised from middle position to 800 and only found a caller in the shape of recent bracelet winner, Theo Jorgensen, in the big blind.
The flop came causing tablemate, Nik Persaud to face the other way. No such behavior from Medic who stayed focused as he bet 1,200 and a just-as-interested Jorgensen made the call.
The turn saw Jorgensen check-raise Medic's 2,600 bet to 5,200 which was around half his stack. Medic made the call, though, only leaving himself 7,000 behind.
When the river came , Jorgensen gave up and check-folded to Medic's all-in. Medic is back above his starting stack whereas Jorgensen is short now.
[user46392]
The Devilfish
Devilfish has been abusing his position as table chip leader, repeatedly reraising from the blinds to preflop raises in position. So far I haven't seen anyone take him on, but if he continues the Devilish aggression, it is just a matter of time before fireworks erupt in a shower of knuckleduster shards on table seven.
[user46392]
James Keys raised to 800 under the gun and rather unexpectedly received four callers, among them Nicolas Levi to his immediate left and Neil Channing in the big blind to his right. All five saw a flop.
Flop:
Channing, down to just 6,000, open-shoved. Keys decided it wasn't worth it and passed, but Nicolas Levi now went over the top of him for 11,000. There were some noises around the table, of the variety made by plumbers who see their kids' college funds coming out of your leaky pipes, and everyone else ducked out of the way.
Levi:
Channing:
Turn:
River:
Channing more than doubles up to around 16,000; meanwhile Levi is crippled down to just 5,000.
[user25067]
Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula, he of the lengthy flaxen hair, just doubled up. All the money went in on the flop, Sointula holding and his opponent . No suck-outs on the turn or the river and Sointula doubled to 38,000.
[user38449]
For the last 20 minutes, I've been like a fly trapped under a glass, confined to my 4x4 area at the bar while the ESPN crews watched over Table 15 (Phan, Juanda, Hansen, etc.).
Finally released from captivity (the cameras are gone now), I popped over to Mike McDonald's table, only to find that he'd been eliminated from the tournament. Brian "sbrugby" Townsend was nice enough to let me know that McDonald lost his chips to Soren Kongsgaard on a bluff.
MarcC
Last year's final tablist, Magnus Persson, made a raise from early position finding a call from Santeri Valikoski in the small blind before the flop came down .
Valikoski led out for 3,500 and Persson checked. The turn saw a change of tactic as Valikoski checked and then called Persson's 6,125 bet.
The river slowed both players down to check mode, and Persson mucked his hand upon seeing his opponent's .
[user46392]
On a flop, Neil Channing open-shoved for 12,000. Thomas Merved gave it some thought.
"At least he doesn't have the straight, that's the good news," said a cheerful Channing, while a tortured Merved wondered what to do. After some time, Merved folded. "Good laydown, well played," said Channing. "Yay!"
[user25067]
The WSOP-Europe Main Event drew 362 players (exactly the same number as last year) creating a prize pool of £3,620,000. 36 places will be paid, with our bracelet winner taking home £868,800. Everyone who cashes will be guaranteed a payday of at least £25,340.
For complete payout information, click on the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right-side column.
MarcC
Santeri Valikoski 48,000
John Tabatabai 36,000
Jo Remme 12,075
Magnus Persson 26,500
Matt Kay 18,575
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 25,000
Roland de Wolfe 53,600
Henrik Gwinner 38,000
Cory Albertson 16,650
Nenad Medic 25,400
Juha Vilkki 15,600
Nik Persaud 17,575
Stephen Baker 14,525
Gary Jones 17,200
John Kabbaj 32,700
causing tablemate, Nik Persaud to face the other way. No such behavior from Medic who stayed focused as he bet 1,200 and a just-as-interested Jorgensen made the call.
, Jorgensen gave up and check-folded to Medic's all-in. Medic is back above his starting stack whereas Jorgensen is short now.
flop, Sointula holding 
and his opponent 
. No suck-outs on the 
turn or the 
river and Sointula doubled to 38,000.
saw a change of tactic as Valikoski checked and then called Persson's 6,125 bet.
slowed both players down to check mode, and Persson mucked his hand upon seeing his opponent's 
.
flop, Neil Channing open-shoved for 12,000. Thomas Merved gave it some thought.