2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
£136,803
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 608
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Break Time Once More

Players have wandered off on their last 20 minute break of the day. Will we make it all the way to the end of level 10, or will we lose 12 more players before then and call it a night? Place your bets now.

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Rahme Takes a Hit

Former WSOP finalist Raymond Rahme raised to 1,775 from UTG+1, only for a short stack to push all in for 12,450 two seats along. After requesting a count, Rahme made the call and showed {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}. His opponent tabled {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. An {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{J-Hearts} board later and Rahme was down to 35,000.

Tags: Raymond Rahme

49 Remain

With 49 players remaining, we're just 9 more exits away from the end of the day. If those exits don't arrive, play will cease at 1am. One way we go home on the tube (yay - fast, quiet); the other we take the night bus (booo - slow, full of drunks).

Everybody Loves Raymond...

...Particularly Rory McHugh, who has just now doubled through the downswinging Raymond Rahme.

We didn't see the preflop or flop action, but a pretty hefty pot had developed by that point. So with the board reading {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} board, we caught up with the action as McHugh bet out 4,000, leaving himself just 2,000 behind, and Rahme raised -- "All in," he said, unnecessarily when a simple min-raise would have done.

Nevertheless:

Rahme: {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
McHugh: {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} for the made full house

River: {3-Spades} and thus not a jack

McHugh doubled to 15,000, while Rahme dropped again to 24,000.

Tags: Raymond RahmeRory McHugh

Bowl of Rice

They say it's all about timing (others call it "luck"), but when Michael Greco pushed all in, his timing seemed a little off. Sadly, he doesn't possess X-ray vision, and with an even shorter stack picking up {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}, and Swee Chai finding {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, Greco was in a spot of bother and fully braced for the inevitable duff duffs.

An uneventful board later and Chai was back up to the 35-40,000 mark. Greco, meanwhile, was left with what is commonly known as a "bowl of rice."

Tags: Michael GrecoSwee Chai

Greco Gone

Down to just 225, Michael Greco didn't have enough for the 600 big blind, and was forced to witness the rarity of the dealer creating a sidepot without a preflop raise.

With two limpers to the flop (Richard Kellett relinquished the small blind), Swee Chai bet 1,000 on the {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop and Andy Kyprianou made the call.

After both players checked the {5-Spades} turn, Kyprianou led for 3,500 on the {2-Hearts} river and Chai made the call. Kyprianou insta-mucked, leaving Chai to reveal {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, which was beating Greco who threw his cards into the muck and exited stage left.

Tags: Andy KyprianouMichael GrecoSwee Chai

Kellett Eliminates Madsen

Just as we thought JP Kelly was going to run away with the day, Richard Kellett won a 50,000 pot, and earned the scalp of double bracelet winner Jeff Madsen in the process. According to my source, "Kellett called a four-bet shove from Madsen with T-T, which held up against A-K."

As a result of his coin flipping talents, Kellett is now up to around the 65,000 mark.

Tags: Jeff MadsenRichard Kellett

Razor Slices Up the Opposition

Wow, in what looks to be the biggest pot of the day, Ian Frazer has doubled up to around 60,000.

It seems that Rowan involved himself in some sort of bluff gone wrong -- either way, Frazer was all in preflop, and Rowan was already counting out the chips to hand over before they flipped their cards.

Frazer: a very premium {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Rowan: a somewhat less than premium {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

There were a total of zero nasty surprises on the board, and Frazer enjoyed a full last-minute double up. Rowan, meanwhile, was crippled to 14,000.