Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Day 1b Concludes; Onwards to Day 2
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Today's 313 runners imploded over the nine-and-a-quarter levels played today, and as the chips are bagged and tagged it looks as though we have just 50 remaining. Among the folks who didn't make it were a veritable bunch of famous poker faces, including Phil Ivey, Barny Boatman, John Tabatabai, Annette Obrestad, Liv Boeree, Allen Cunningham... The list goes on, and we refer you to the "Busted" section of the chip counts page to that end.
Those who managed not to bust today, though, include:
- Big stacks Chris Ferguson, Nicolas Levi
- Medium stacks John Juanda, Padraig Parkinson
- Smaller stacks Jeff Lisandro, David Docherty
The biggest stacks at the end of play today seem to be Fabien Dunlop on 64,000 and the very entertaining Stephane Hansen on around 45,000 -- nowhere near the 99,000 that JP Kelly ended up Day 1a with, but tomorrow is another day.
Join us from 2pm GMT+1 tomorrow when today's survivors will join with the 40 players who made it through Day 1a in an attempt to play right down to a final table.
This is Eazzy
Nevertheless, a six on the river and the short stack became a stackless hobo heading for the door; Azghar meanwhile moved on up to 24,000.
Latest Chip Counts
Markus Ristola -- 14,000
Fabien Dunlop -- 35,000
Daniel Nutt -- 17,000
David Docherty -- 7,000
Nicolas Levi -- 40,000
Stéphane Reusser -- 13,000
Sylvain Perrin -- 29,000
Tim Blake -- 23,500
Chris Brammer -- 8,500
Markus Golser -- 31,000
William Martin -- 17,500
Stephane Hansen -- 42,000
Padraig Parkinson -- 17,000
Mike Hansan -- 24,000
Chris Ferguson -- 33,500
John Juanda -- 14,500
Martins Adeniya -- 18,000
Nick Holbrook -- 17,000
Cousineau Departs
Dunlop Tires of Being Chip Leader
Must Be Nice
All three players checked the
flop, and the blinds checked around to Hansen on the 
turn as well. He bet 1,675 and the small blind gave it up, but Holbrook called.Both players checked the
river, and Hansen turned over 
for a rivered pair. Holbrook gave him a look that was around midway between disgust and amusement, and mucked."The monster's killing 'em!" cried a now very cheerful Hansen. "Sorry, dude."
He's up to around the 45,000 mark now.
No Thews Is Good News for Hansen
on a 
board. Julian had 
and could only tap the table in defeat. I joined the action on the final street, but Padraig Parkinson, who is sandwiched between the two players, retold the action (please imagine flustered, Irish accent):
"Julian raised, this guy called. Julian bet the flop, this guy called. Jack on the turn, Julian bet again, there was a load of time wasting, he asked for a count, so on and so on. He called, Julian pushed the river, he called again. It all took a very long time" Parkinson then turned to Hansen and asked, "Why didn't you just stick it all in preflop and save us all the trouble?""I wanted all his chips," came the reply. "He would have still called!" barked Parkinson jokingly.
Nevertheless, it was a brave call from Hansen, who now has circa 40,000 in chips as a handsome reward.
Elgie Not Doing Well-gie
It seems he got involved with Martins Adeniya, who had a straight, and when Elgie's flush draw failed to come in, Adeniya doubled up to 18,000. "I knew he had it," confessed Elgie, "But I wanted a double up." Fair enough. "But I'm a fighter," he grinned.
Bathmanathan Takes One Off Jesus
flop, and Ferguson checked behind. On the 
turn, both players checked, only for Bathmanathan to lead out for 1,200 on the river. Ferguson made the call."I have an ace," decalred Bathmanthan as he revealed a
, then indeed the 
. Ferguson was stoic in defeat and simply mucked his cards in silence.Bathmanathan now on around 30,000.