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

09-19-2009 22:30 UTC+2

A Direct Appeal from Jack Effel

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TD Jack Effel is on the mic:

"Players are in desperate need of cocktails here on centre court, they are dying of thirst, they are sweating, pro-fuse-ly."

I think we all know that feeling.

Tags: Jack Effel

09-19-2009 22:46 UTC+2

LOL High Speedaments

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In what has come as no surprise at all after yesterday's breakneck rate of play and subsequent early finish, today's players are dropping like proverbial flies.

From 313 this morning, our field has now shrunk to just 77 and there is no sign of it slowing up any. So far we don't have anyone approaching JP Kelly's end-of-day chip-leading stack, but with around an hour and a half of play remaining, we have high hopes of massive carnage...

09-19-2009 22:49 UTC+2

Starstruck

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Ganesh Bathmanathan might have a sizable stack, but he's still open to being dazzled by high profile company. After persuading a member of the media to take his photo (his friends aren't allowed past the rail), he suddenly said, "No, take it from this side, it's these guys I want to get in,' pointing to Chris Ferguson and John Juanda to his left.

I suppose it'll look more impressive on Facebook.

Tags: Ganesh Bathmanathan

09-19-2009 22:58 UTC+2

French Invasion

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On one particular nine-handed table, there are a total of four French players. But any fears of 'la collusion!' and soft play are soon thrown out the window as Stéphane Reusse reraises Nicolas Levi's opening raise of 1,350 to 3,000, thus forcing his fellow countryman into making the fold. Yep, it's every man for himself here, and the 'there are no friends at the poker table' policy has been swiftly adopted.

Nicolas Lepoetre -- 13,000
Stéphane Reusse -- 15,000
Nicolas Levi -- 28,500
Sylvain Perrin -- 16,000

09-19-2009 23:06 UTC+2

Parkinson's Not Shaking

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We arrived at the table to see Padraig Parkinson knocking out another player with pocket queens against the all-in player's pocket aces.

Board: {8-Diamonds}

"We both limped pre and played it perfectly," lied Parkinson -- all the chips went in preflop. "That was the last queen in the deck too," noted his table neighbour Julian Thew.

Parkinson's up to 17,000.

Tags: Padraig Parkinson

09-19-2009 23:06 UTC+2

Dunlop On the Right Track

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The intriguingly named Fabien Dunlop is your current chip leader with a sumptuous 42,000 after crippling a foe with {J-Diamonds}

on a

board. I didn't catch how the hand panned out, but after he called 7,000 on the river, there was a real reluctance to show hands (think Roland De Wolfe at Barcelona EPT), until eventually the aggressor mucked his cards. Dunlop tried to follow suit, but the dealer correctly forced him to reveal his knaves.

Tags: Fabien Dunlop

09-19-2009 23:11 UTC+2

Cat-Nipped in the Bud

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Rob Garfield is out after pushing with sevens, and running into both tens and aces which also shoved behind. "As soon as I saw the aces, I said 'goodnight' and got ready to hit the bar, but then the first card out was a seven. Unfortunately, it came four diamonds meaning the guy with aces made the nut flush."

Why does this game tease so much?

09-19-2009 23:22 UTC+2

Lady Comes Through for Thew

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With the board reading {5-Diamonds}

, Azzy Asghar led out for 2,200 and Julian Thew called. "Good call," complimented Asghar. Thew showed {Q-Diamonds}

to take the pot and now has around 15-20,000 in chips after a slower-than-usual start. If he manages to hit third gear, we'll all be in trouble!

Tags: Azzy Asgar Julian Thew

09-19-2009 23:30 UTC+2

Hands Off Hansan's Chips

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We caught up with the action on the turn of the {J-Spades}

board, Martins Adeniya betting out 3,500 into an already sizable pot. His opponent, the very youthful Mike Hansan, flat-called and they saw a river.

The river came down the {2-Clubs}

and Adeniya now checked. His hands shaking really quite wildly, Hansan pushed three ragged stacks of brown and yellow 100-denomination chips across the line, an amount which turned out to be 4,300. After a little while, Adeniya folded. Hansan's very serious face quickly melted into a most endearing giggle.

Hansan's up to 24,000 after that, while Adeniya drops to 11,000.

09-19-2009 23:32 UTC+2

Jacks for Juanda

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On the last hand of the level, John Juanda pushed all in from the button for a total of 3,775 and received a call from Markus Ristola in the big blind. Although claiming to have played the hand blind, Juanda flipped over {J-Clubs}