Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Sep 18, 2009

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.

Sep 18, 2009

Rise of Rahme

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Raymond Rahme has shot up to 44,000 after taking a bit pot off Swee Chai, who has dropped to 15,000 as a result. Rahme must get away with murder: like a cuddly grandpa, I would never believe he was capable of bluffing.

Tags: Raymond Rahme Swee Chai

Sep 18, 2009

Stucke Loosens Up

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David Stucke is up to 40,000 after knocking out a smallish stack. The smallish stack seems to have moved in with {A-?}

but Stucke got involved with {A-?}

. The better hand held up, and the opponent headed for the rail.

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Sep 18, 2009

JP Kelly: Chip Leader

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WSOP bracelet winner JP Kelly is currently topping the charts with 65,000 and more chips than Harry Ramsden's.

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Sep 18, 2009

The End Is Nigh

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Wow, this is going unbelievably quickly.

From 329 runners at the start of the day and then 94 at the dinner break, we have now dropped down to just 59 players on six tables. Remember, if we get down to 40 runners we'll be quitting early; otherwise we'll be playing another two hours after this level.

Now that we're down to six tables, by the by, it has been announced that we'll be playing nine-handed once a few folks go and bust themselves out. It may well go even more rapidly once that happens.

Sep 18, 2009

Kerry Nice Hand

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Kerry Taylor's picked up some chips and is currently perched on a below-average but still thoroughly manageable 10,000. His table neighbour Adam Matusiak raised, but Taylor shoved; Matusiak eventually thought better of calling off half his stack and the pot was Taylor's.

Tags: Adam Matusiak Kerry Taylor

Sep 18, 2009

Parhizkar Eliminated

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Serial short stacker Hoss Parkhizar is no longer a short stack, he's out - A-2 running into the pocket kings of Kerry Taylor.

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Sep 18, 2009

Moore Moore Moore

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... how do you like it?

Well, Mike Moore liked it a lot, especially when his {A-Spades}

held against {A-Hearts}

on a subsequent {Q-Spades}

.

"That's the first hand I've had in three hours," added Moore as he lapped up the 15,000 pot.

Tags: Mike Moore

Sep 18, 2009

Erik Seidel-Lined, Almost

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Just moments after Erik Seidel had kindly counted out his 22,600 stack for your weary blogger, he got almost all of those chips in preflop with pocket queens. His opponent held {A-?}

, duly spiked on the turn, and Seidel is down to a mere 2,500 now.

Tags: Erik Seidel