2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦8♦
Prize
£136,803
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
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Dunlop On the Right Track

[user4144]
[user4144]
The intriguingly named Fabien Dunlop is your current chip leader with a sumptuous 42,000 after crippling a foe with {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} on a {2-Spades}{A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} 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

Parkinson's Not Shaking

[user46392]
[user46392]
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} {Q-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Hearts}

"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

French Invasion

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[user4144]
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

Starstruck

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[user4144]
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

LOL High Speedaments

[user46392]
[user46392]
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...

31 Is the Magic Number for Ferguson

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[user46392]
Chris Ferguson is up to 31,000 after knocking out another short-ish stack. We only caught the very tail end of the hand, but it looks as though Ferguson's {A-?} {8-?} stayed ahead of his opponent's inferior ace. Either way, Mr. Short Stack is out and Ferguson is back in the lead.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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