"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.
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 608
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"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.
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...
I suppose it'll look more impressive on Facebook.
Nicolas Lepoetre -- 13,000
Stéphane Reusse -- 15,000
Nicolas Levi -- 28,500
Sylvain Perrin -- 16,000
Board:
"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.
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.
Why does this game tease so much?
, Azzy Asghar led out for 2,200 and Julian Thew called. "Good call," complimented Asghar. Thew showed 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!
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
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.
, whilst Ristola could only muster 
. "Wow, you got some outs," observed an astute Juanda as the flop came
flop. The turn is close but no cigar, and although the offered the illusion of some sort of straight being out there, the knaves stood firm and Juanda earned his double through.
