Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

09-21-2009 03:31 UTC+2

Final Table All Set, Dunlop Leads

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Well, it took us a while, but we are down to our official final table. It's been a long and gruelling day for all involved, and plenty of fine players fell by the wayside. Some made the money -- Nicolas Levi, Markus Golser, John Juanda and Chris Ferguson all cashed respectably -- but other were not so fortunate, such luminaries as Roland de Wolfe and Padraig Parkinson were among their number.

Nevertheless, Final Table is upon us. Fabien Dunlop leads by a long way, but he's got Richard Allen and JP Kelly hot on his tail -- the latter already has one bracelet this year, and will certainly have his sights set on a second one.

Our final table looks as follows:

Seat 1: Fabien Dunlop -- 538,000
Seat 2: James Tomlin -- 49,000
Seat 3: William Martin -- 122,500
Seat 4: Richard Allen -- 332,000
Seat 5: Anthony Roux -- 88,000
Seat 6: Adnan Alshamah -- 121,000
Seat 7: JP Kelly -- 317,500
Seat 8: Thor Drexel -- 77,000
Seat 9: Neil Suarez -- 217,500

Join us back at the Empire Casino tomorrow from 2pm GMT+1 when we will be playing down to one very happy bracelet winner.

09-21-2009 03:11 UTC+2

Ganesh Bathmanathan Bubbles in 10th Place (£9,381)

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In the end, the bubble hand was somewhat of a swift, uneventful affair, Ganesh Bathmanathan pushing all in from the hijack with {A-Spades}

and being quickly called by Richard Allen in the small blind with {A-Clubs}

.

If three outs wasn't gloomy enough, it deteriorated to two following the {J-Diamonds}

flop, and despite the {2-Spades}

on the turn offering chances of a split pot, they failed to emerge on a raggy {4-Clubs}

river and Bathmanathan was gone.

He entertained, but he was hungry for victory, and the final table will be a quieter affair without him. He was visibly deflated in departure, but shook the hand of each of his opponents, and quietly slipped away. Meanwhile, a relieved final nine exhaled all the tension of the day, and started bagging their chips with a tired, but elated smile etched on their faces.

Pop.

Tags: Ganesh Bathmanathan Richard Allen

09-21-2009 03:06 UTC+2

Suarez All Awake Now

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By the by, Neil Suarez picked up some more chips the hand after he doubled through Ganesh Bathmanathan.

Richard Allen raised to 18,000 under the gun and it folded around to Suarez, who wasn't paying attention. He looked around him, noticed that he was on the button and announced raise, sticking in 16,000. Since he had announced 'raise', he was forced to put a total of 30,000 in the pot; Allen naturally called.

They saw a raggy flop and Allen checked -- so Suarez insta-shoved. An insta-fold from Allen followed.

Tags: Neil Suarez

09-21-2009 03:02 UTC+2

May the Fours Be With You

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Richard Allen raised under the gun and picked up a call from Fabien Dunlop on the button.

Both players checked the {4-Clubs}

flop, and Allen checked the {J-Hearts}

turn too. Dunlop bet 25,000, Allen called, and they moved to the river.

The river came the {9-Hearts}

and Allen checked again. Dunlop looked as though he was considering something interesting, but in the end thought better of it and checked behind with a shrug. He turned over {A-Clubs}

-- but Allen took the pot with {A-Spades}

for a pair of fours.

09-21-2009 03:00 UTC+2

Lady Saves Suarez

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As the action folded around to the small blind, Neil Suarez made it 18,000, leaving the decision on Ganesh Bathmanathan in the big blind.

There was a touch of confusion as Bathamanathan pushed in 30,000 - perhaps intending to raise more - but Jack Effel was on hand to ensure that it was a legal raise. With the big blind at 6,000, Suarez's raise was 12,000, and Bathamanathan's additional 12,000 was a min-raise, and thus above board.

After Suarez made the call, we saw a {10-Clubs}

flop, at which point Suarez pushed all in for a total of 56,500.

"I really don't know what I'm supposed to do here," confessed Bathmanathan, but in the end he called, inquiring "Do you have a ten, you got any of that?" before finally showing {8-Hearts}

. Suarez revealed {Q-Diamonds}

.

"No queen, no queen!" commanded Bathmanathan, perhaps unaware that a deuce was destructive too. The {7-Clubs}

was picture free, but the river wasn't, the {Q-Spades}

prising a collective roar from the crowd, and leaving a distraught Bathmanathan with his hands on his head.

Suarez, meanwhile, was elated, and quickly switched to his 'business' face: "What did I tell you about the bubble?" he said with an oomph. "Now I'm f***ing staying until tomorrow and I'll take more of your chips then."

Tags: Ganesh Bathmanathan Neil Suarez

09-21-2009 02:45 UTC+2

Is It Over? No.

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Neil Suarez raised in early position and it folded right around to Anthony Roux in the small blind, who pushed all in. To call would involve Suarez putting almost all his stack in the middle, a big decision, and a hush fell as he tanked up and cameras were quietly and slowly lifted from around the necks of media personnel in readiness...

...But he folded, and we continue 10-handed.

Tags: Anthony Roux Neil Suarez

09-21-2009 02:41 UTC+2

Reverse Psychology

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Reverse Psychology is surely the most underrated skill in poker, but it worked on this occasion. All in with {A-Diamonds}

versus the {8-Hearts}

of Adnan Alshamah and facing the bubble tete-a-tete, Neil Suarez was pessimistic come the {K-Clubs}

flop, collecting his man-bag and commenting, "Have a good time on the final, guys." But it was all too premature, as, accompanied by a collective gasp from the bustling rail, the turn brought the {A-Spades}

, followed by a raggy {4-Diamonds}

on the river. As a result, Suarez, aided by the Poker Gods, enjoyed a welcome double through and kept the number remaining in double figures.

Tags: Adnan Alshamah Neil Suarez

09-21-2009 02:35 UTC+2

Martin's Rockets Make His Railer Happy

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William Martin raised under the gun and everyone folded. He showed pocket aces, to hysterical laughter and shouts of, "Ivey!" from his one very loud railer.

Tags: William Martin

09-21-2009 02:32 UTC+2

Power Poker from Dunlop

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Frenchman Fabien Dunlop isn't messing around though; he just tapis-ed from the cut-off (yep, all half a million of it) to pick up the blinds uncontested.