2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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, albeit hesitantly, with 
... And he was good against a 
which failed to flush on a
and
turn and river. "Was that a slowroll by me?" Martin later asked with as smile.




rainbow board, before trying to bet. "Hey, you checked," claimed the other player, who had checked behind. It soon emerged that the second player hadn't meant to check, but was simply tapping the table through force of habit.
"It doesn't matter what he meant to do," added Andy Bloch. "He tapped the table as if to check, so it must be a check." Ultimately, the tournament director agreed, and the bet was taken back and the cards revealed:

versus 
. He still won the pot, but the error may have cost him an extra few hundred chips.
Andy Greekfish: 11,000
James Keys: 5,200
Sida Yuen: 3,500
Jeff Madsen: 8,000
Michael Greco: 10,500
Jesper Hougaard: missing, presumed busto
Barry Greenstein: missing, presumed out
Julian Quance -- 8,000
Praz Bansi -- 2,675
Priyan Demel -- 9,200
John Duthie -- 1,675
Javed Ghazi -- 2,500
Roland De Wolfe -- 8,000
Mike Ellis -- 6,700
Amusing conversation of the day...
Demel to waitress:
"Do you have any fruit?
"No"
"How about a fruit salad?"
"Yeah, went out earlier," he confirmed.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Oh, I made a move with A-9 but ran into kings, then I flipped A-K against threes. Ace on the flop, three on the river."
"You've won enough money already," I consolidated in vain.
"I need more though," he replied. "I'm hungry."