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

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

09-19-2009 21:34 UTC+2

Back We Go

[user46392]

We're playing two levels right now, then we'll be having a 20-minute break, then following that we will be playing 46 minutes of level 9 to bring us in line with the Day 1a-ers.

09-19-2009 21:51 UTC+2

Ivey Makes Like a Tree

[user46392]

Phil Ivey bet out 1,600 on a {9-Hearts}

board and got himself one caller in the shape of Azzy Azghar.

The turn came down an ace, and now Azghar bet 3,000. Ivey thought about it for a moment before shoving with {A-?}

. Azghar, however, was holding {A-?}

for two pair, and once the river had blanked, Ivey was a goner.

Tags: Azzy Azghar Phil Ivey

09-19-2009 21:51 UTC+2

Markus Ristola -- 16,000
Chris Ferguson -- 25,500
John Juanda -- 5,000
Nicholas Holbrook -- 14,500
Phil Ivey -- 10,500
Padraig Parkinson -- 9,000
Nicolas Levi -- 23,000
Joe Beevers -- 2,000
Talal Shakerchi -- 6,500
Rob Garfield -- 4,500
Daniel Nutt -- 14,000
Tony Cousineau -- 6,000
Ken Wong -- 3,500
Davidi Kitai -- 13,000
Chris Brammer -- 8,000
David Docherty -- 9,500
David Stockings -- 23,000
Carsten Girst -- 20,000
Ganesh Bathmanathan -- 21,000
Jason Wong -- 9,000
Markus Golser -- 12,000
Robert Cooper -- 7,000
John Eames -- 13,500
Jeff Kimber -- 7,00
Julian Thew -- 13,000
TIm Blake -- 19,000
WIlliam Martin -- 8,500

09-19-2009 22:06 UTC+2

Phew for Thew

[user46392]

Julian Thew raised to 800 from the hijack and the gentleman in the big blind flat-called. They saw a flop.

Flop: {J-Clubs}

The big blind now bet out 1,200, and it was Thew's turn to smooth-call.

Turn: {10-Diamonds}

Now the big blind made it 1,700 to go. Another flat-call, and they were at the river.

River: {9-Spades}

The big blind now checked. Without any hesitation, Thew pushed his remaining 2,450 across the line, provoking a lengthy dwell from our friend in the big blind. He'd been in the tank for a few minutes before he even asked how much the all in was for. He dwelled some more once the dealer had told him the amount. Then he called.

Big blind: {A-Clubs}

Thew: innocently turned over {J-Spades}

for the straight

"Oh god, you didn't see that, did you?" Thew asked your bloggers as he raked in the pot. We see all.

Thew up to 12,500, and interestingly now moved to Phil Ivey's recently vacated seat.

Tags: Julian Thew

09-19-2009 22:22 UTC+2

Rockets Fail to Launch

[user4144]

Jeff Kimber's bullets backfired as he called a three-bet shove with aces, but was out-gunned by A-K which made a straight on the river.

Tags: Jeff Kimber

09-19-2009 22:22 UTC+2

Beevers Dam Breaks

[user46392]

All we know is that he and his very sharp suit were heading for the door, but from this we deduce that Joes Beevers is no longer in contention for this particular bracelet.

Tags: Joe Beevers

09-19-2009 22:23 UTC+2

Lellouche Eliminated

[user4144]

Also pushing up the poker daisies is Antony Lellouche who exited with pocket jacks.

Tags: Antony Lellouche

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

09-19-2009 22:29 UTC+2

31 Is the Magic Number for Ferguson

[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-?}

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