2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Big Name Makes Big Pass

Sutha Nirmalananthan, who'd increased his stack by 10,000 during the first hour of today's play, just lost a few chips to equally early steady-climber Jamie Rosen. The hand was caught from the turn-dwell, the board reading {Q-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} . Nirmalananthan had bet 2,700, raised to 6,275 fairly quickly by Rosen. He thought for a while, as seems fair when eventually coming to the decision to pass {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} face up.

This elicited more than one raised eyebrow around the table, and a comment from Jean-Robert Bellande along the lines of, "I thought I might have been able to take that one on the flop!" I therefore propose some slow play occurred earlier.

Immediately after the hand, Rosen and tablemate Bryn Kenney (who wins today's Bling prize for an enormous cross so glittery I can only look at it for five seconds at a time) stood away from the table fervently discussing something or other. A lot of players know each other here today, and I imagine the break, in a few minutes, is going to be even more full of those ubiquitous huddles of behoodied players intensely discussing hands for the 20 minutes they could be in the (rare as hen's teeth) London sun.

Tags: Jamie RosenSutha Nirmalananthan