2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 2 - £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj97
Prize
£104,677
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£395,000
Entries
158
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Final Five Set to Go

With the briefest of fanfares, the final five players in the Round of Each are shuffled up and dealt to. One of them will win a bracelet today. The others will have to make do with gradually increasing piles of cash...

Shuffle up and deal!

Level: 19

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Break-Bolstered Rail Watches Cajelais Double-Up

With the PLO on a 20 minute break, the rail for the final table of the Round of Each has swollen with the curious non-smokers who can't get enough of the four-card form.

They got some action just now from one of the short stacks Erik Cajelais, who called a Mats Gavatin raise to 17k preflop, before getting it all in on a {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} flop with a quicker-than-you-blink pot bet and call all in.

Cajelais showed: {A-Spades} {4-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {3-Spades}
Gavatin showed: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} {7-Diamonds}

Cajelais made a straight on the {7-Spades} turn and held it on the {10-Hearts} river to double through to over 150k.

Tags: Erik CajelaisMats Gavatin

Keston Copies Cajelais

...With a double through to 110k through Mr. Gavatin. Small blind Mats Gavatin raised big blind Robin Keston to 16k, and then called his all-in, showing {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} to Keston's {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} {2-Spades} . The dealer didn't create too much suspense for the short stack, giving him a safe run of {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} ...{8-Hearts} ...{10-Hearts} shipping another of the short stacks a new lease of life, and chipping away at former chip monster Gavatin.

For good measure, Keston took 40k off Men Nguyen the very next hand, repopping him preflop and then shoving for 69k on a {7-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop, with no call.

Tags: Men NguyenRobin Keston

Cagey-lais

Erik Cajelais just took down a six-figure pot mainly at the expense of Richard Gryko in Omaha. The two of them saw a {5-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} flop, with Cajelais check-calling Gryko's 45k bet. Both players slowly checked the {5-Spades} turn. On the river - {Q-Diamonds} - Cajelais riffled and toyed with 60k in red chips, before shifting them over the line. Gryko pondered a brief while before giving it up.

Tags: Erik CajelaisRichard Gryko

dB for MC T.D. J.E.

The pristinely-coiffed Jack Effel has finally received a working microphone and is announcing the final table to a growing crowd of people who are mostly standing with their arms crossed looking like they're judging the finalists.

Just now Richard Gryko took down a Hold'em pot preflop with a reraise over Mats Gavatin (button) from the big blind. As he scooped in the pot, Men Nguyen piped up with a complaint about the announcing: "You don't need to give extra information, 'He raised on the button,' just say, 'He raised.'"

The impression this gave was that Gryko had been positively aided by being reminded of his relative position and added, "Why don't you just announce 'Action.' for every hand?" It looked like Mr. Effel was agreeable to limiting the free information, however, so we're just getting the bet amounts and flop cards from now on.

Tags: Men NguyenRichard Gryko

Richard Gryko Busts in Fifth (£26,619)

After an all-change sort of stack realignment during the first level of the final today, it's Richard Gryko who became the first casualty after tangling with Erik Cajelais yet again. In Hold'em, Gryko raised to 21k preflop, and found Cajelais reraising a further 45k. After some consideration, he called. They saw a {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} flop. Check to Cajelais, who bet 80k. Gryko, however, wasn't prepared to give this one up and moved in, quickly called. He held {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} , in pretty bad shape against Cajelais' {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} , and with no help on the {4-Clubs} {10-Hearts} turn and river, Gryko was shaking hands and exiting stage left (no really, we're on a stage here at the Empire, gradually getting surrounded by TV cameras).

Meanwhile Cajelais, who started today with the second-shortest stack, is now springing towards the lead, if not in possession of it.

Tags: Erik CajelaisRichard Gryko

Level: 20

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Action Slows as All Four Mentally Trying on the Bracelet

A couple of chips found their way back out of Erik Cajelais' stack in the last few hands - he's taken a shot at seeing a couple of flops, but given up each time before showdown, having called raises preflop. Robin Keston has been the biggest beneficiary, and has increased his stack by over 50k in the last 10 minutes, while dwindling somewhat is Men Nguyen, having just raise-folded to Mats Gavatin. Still, it's anybody's jewellery, and they know it.

Tags: Erik CajelaisMats GavatinMen Nguyen