2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 2
PokerNews Exclusive Video: Daniel Negreanu
No access, schmo access. While it's been difficult for us to follow the action on the feature table today due to ESPN's monopoly of the space immediately surrounding the table, we managed to catch up with Daniel Negreanu during a recent break to find out how his day's been going.
To hear from the man himself, click the play button below:
From 60 to 0 in seconds...
This went in again with again versus Sointula who called with and flopped a boat. A brutally quick exit, tempered by the fact that the trip home won't be too long.
Jack's All, Folks
Roberto Machado (UTG) =
Jac Arama (button) =
Scott Montgomery (small blind) =
Flop =
Turn =
River =
"I made the right decision," said Jac Arama as he left. Machado, however, took both main and side pot in silence and now has just under 50,000 in chips.
Peter Turmezey Climber of the Day
Just now he saw a flop with his neighbor Kim-Andre Torsvik of , having called a preflop raise on the button. Check to Turmezey - out shoots his hand with 8,000 in it, making a bet which was quickly reraised all in by his shorter-stacked neighbor. He let it go sharpish.
Turmezey's left hand side neighbor is Mike Matusow, who chuckled, saying, "You know, you're allowed to check behind when you know he's hit. And then fold. I know they tell you to always continuation bet..."
A little conversation followed between a jovial Matusow and others on the table who talked blithely about the young players in the hand while they sort of sat there. To finish it off, Matusow commented:
"You know when you threw that 8K bet in there on the flop? That bet said, 'F**k!'"
The Schwarz-Stare
On a flop of , Schwarz fired six orange chips into the middle -- a 30,000 wager, which was about 80% of Praz Bansi's remaining chip stack. Moments later, Schwarz cocked his head to the right and locked his eyes on Bansi. What made this moment awkward was the fact that Bansi and Schwarz are seated just four inches apart, in the five and six seats respectively.
Now, if Mike Caro were here, he might argue that Schwarz was trying to project strength, when in fact he was really weak. Often, such is the case, but let me tell you, this stare was fierce -- uncomfortably fierce.
Bansi kept his composure and shook some of the awkwardness by initiating a conversation with his now-intimate neighbor. In the end, Bansi folded, and Schwarz allowed him to choose one card to see; it was a ten.
After the hand, Schwarz stacked up 86,000 worth of chips. We counted Bansi at 67,000.
The Brits Are Flipping Good!
Gould is on around 40,000, Nathwani 60,000, Aguiar 25,000 and Bronshtein 45,000.
Neil to the Frenchman
Although the initial raiser ducked out of the way, Montgomery and Thorel both made the call, leading to a flop and a potential side pot.
On the flop, Montgomery checked, and Thorel announced all in, leading to a swift fold from Montgomery. However, there were more raised eyebrows than a Roger Moore film when the Frenchman revealed, , in particular from Channing who was surprised to be ahead with .
But of course, poker can be the cruelest of games at times, and this occasion was no different, the on the turn and ensuing river showcasing the more devilish side of the poker gods and dealing the Irish Champion a low blow of testicle shattering proportions.
Less for Moorman
Moorman raising in late position may not be something people view with too much credibility, but this time when big blind Joe Beevers reraised to 7,200, it was met with a tower of red 5,000 chips immediately shooting out of Moorman's bigger stack to cover Beevers'. In spite of this, Beevers requested the 7,200 be taken in by the dealer revealing - yes - he'd be calling all in.
He eventually went for it - a further 21,000 all in with , racing Moorman's .
The came out first on the flop, followed by and Beevers is up to a healthier 60,000 while Moorman took his change from the all-in countdown and thumped it back on his stack with a silent frown.
I'm Trying To Prove I'm The Second Worst
Sherkhan, "I don't mind if you hit a king, good luck." And the pair shook hands. The and sent Hellmuth to the rail and Matusow shouted out, "Who busted you? Sherkhan?"
At that point, due to Hellmuth's earlier rants, about three or four people said, "The worst player in the world?" To which Sherkhan replied, "I'm trying to prove I'm only the second worst." It was the second tournament Farnood had eliminated Hellmuth from, following the latter's exit in the H.O.R.S.E. tournament a few days ago.
Hellmuth left, followed by the entourage of cameras with little histrionics, though not without complaining he had hardly won a pot all day.