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

09-20-2009 20:01 UTC+2

A Hansen Reward

Toni Huynh is a lean mean doubling up machine, and he's just increased his stack two-fold yet again. Facing an all in three-bet, Stefane Hansen made a reluctant call with {A-Clubs}

, only to find himself struggling against {A-Spades}

.

"Who has the Ace-Jack?" inquired Ganesh Bathmanathan. "The baddest player at the table," replied Hansen.

Board = {6-Hearts}

Hansen down to 19,000.

Tags: Stefane Hansen Toni Huynh

09-20-2009 19:57 UTC+2

Kellet Is This Close, Yet So Far

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Richard Kellet raised to 3,800, only for Anthony Roux to push from the small blind for a total of 28,300. Kellett huffed and puffed for a while before folding, flashing the {A-Spades}

.

"I was this close," he warned a very innocent-looking Roux, holding his fingers apart a distance that was really not very much at all...

Tags: Anthony Roux Richard Kellett

09-20-2009 19:47 UTC+2

Jesus Bleeding Chips

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We didn't see the action, but a whole load of betting on the river of a {K-Clubs}

board led to a showdown.

Moore turned over {9-Hearts}

for two pair -- and whatever Ferguson was holding, it wasn't enough to beat Moore.

Current standings: Ferguson 47,000, Moore 85,000.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Mike Moore

09-20-2009 19:39 UTC+2

36 Remain

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With 36 players remaining, we've reached the next prize jump, meaning that everyone is guaranteed a payday of £3,374.

09-20-2009 19:30 UTC+2

Burke Busto

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James Burke and his 8,400 micro-stack seem to have busted. His former uncomfortable seat, right next to Chris Ferguson, is now being occupied by Ray Rahme.

Tags: James Burke

09-20-2009 19:24 UTC+2

Flushed Off

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All the chips went in on a {J-Hearts}

flop, David Rowan holding {K-Diamonds}

versus Alex Mellby's {A-Hearts}

. He may have been in front on the flop, but by the {3-Hearts}

turn, Rowan was drawing dead, making the {2-Diamonds}

river academic. As a result, Rowan drops to 20,000.

Tags: Alexander Mellby David Rowan

09-20-2009 19:16 UTC+2

Tim Blake grabbed the attention of Scandinavian player Stefane Hansen. "Stefane, you wanna be careful," he warned, removing one of his iPod earpieces. "I feel like I'm getting a bit of Scandie flair. I'm listening to Abba. I'm gonna start raising with all sorts of s**t."

09-20-2009 19:15 UTC+2

Chip Counts from the Back Room

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Eli Heath: 44,000
Mikael Andersson (who yesterday told us his name was Mike Hansan, but never mind): 40,000
John Buttifant: 21,000
Martins Adeniya: 33,500
Ray Rahme: 38,000
David Stucke: 125,000
Thor Drexel: 27,000
JP Kelly: 180,000

Mike Moore: 70,000
Chris Ferguson: 56,000
James Burke: 8,400
Matthias de Meulder: 47,500
James Tomlin: 24,500
Said Englund: 35,000
Alan Freeman: 23,500

Recently moved from the back room to Table 3 -- Adnan Alshanah, on 40,000.

09-20-2009 19:11 UTC+2

Moore Gets Much

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Mike Moore raised to 5,500 in early position, and a short-ish stack pushed behind. Behind him, a second short stack called all in. Back to Moore, and some tanking.

Eventually Moore called, and it wasn't looking great for him...

Moore: {A-Hearts}

Short stack all in: {K-Spades}

Even shorter stack all in: {J-Hearts}

Board: Bang! {A-Clubs}

Thus we lose our two unfortunate shorties, and Moore is up to 70,000.

Tags: Mike Moore

09-20-2009 19:09 UTC+2

Bathmanathan Not a Happy Chappy

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"Ace-Jack? Come on," complained Ganesh Bathmanathan. "If I wanna play roulette I'll go over there."

It seems Bathmanathan, who is now down to 80,000 following his latest encounter, hasn't taken defeat too well, and continued to rant, adding, "Get me off this table, I beg you, please."

Meanwhile, it would take a palette knife and a bottle of turps to remove the smile off Toni Huynh's face. He now has 42,000.