2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Empire Casino - It's Actually a Sunny Day
Empire Casino - It's Actually a Sunny Day
The dealers are sat at their tables, the players are thronging the bar, camera crews drift like recording clouds and the atmosphere here at the Empire has definitely risen a notch in intensity. The players have been called to their seats to take their shot at the big bracelet that's on offer in the £10,000 Main Event.

Spotted outside, and therefore definitely here on time - Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow, somehow amplified, on the pavement directly outside the casino. Whipping up a crowd made up of around 20% journalists and 80% random wanderers, they joked with each other, Hellmuth announcing the imminent start of the Main Event. So good is he at attracting attention, that when he'd finished the announcement and turned and strode off into the interior of the casino, most of the crowd, press or not, just sort of followed him into the marble corridor. Fascinating to watch.

Tags: Mike MatusowPhil Hellmuth