Event 2 - £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 2 - £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha

Day 1 Completed

09-22-2009 02:16 UTC+2

Day 1 - Done

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That's a wrap for Day 1, folks.

In excellent implodey style, our 158-strong field managed to whittle itself right down to 22, meaning that we will be coming back tomorrow just four places off the money.

It's been a pretty star-studded affair, and the list of notables who will not be returning tomorrow owing to their complete lack of chips reads like the poker section of the Who's Who registry. Among their number are Sorel Mizzi, Devilfish, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, John Juanda, Doyle Brunson, Annette Obrestad and Chris Ferguson.

Those who will be joining us tomorrow, though, include Howard Lederer, Nikolay Evdakov, Vitaly Lunkin, Men "The Master" Nguyen and Hoyt Corkins. Tristan Clemencon, massive chip leader for much of the day, is still way up there -- but he was pipped for the lead at the last minute by Eric Cajelais after the latter knocked out Annette Obrestad.

Official chip counts will magically appear overnight, and we'll be back here from 2pm GMT+1 tomorrow when we'll be playing down to a final table. See you then.

09-22-2009 02:06 UTC+2

Almost Bedtime

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The clock has been stopped and the chips are being bagged up. 22 players remain.

09-22-2009 02:04 UTC+2

Seed Fails to Bloom

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Huck Seed moved all in on a {7-Diamonds}

flop. Actually, his hand was hovering with his chips over the felt before the flop was dealt, but technically he didn't drop them in until the flop was on the table.

He looked up at floor guy Dennis, who was watching the hand. "Can I look back to see what I have?" he asked. "I don't remember."

After a moment Hoyt Corkins made the call.

Corkins: {2-Diamonds}

Seed:

"I have two backdoor flush draws," Seed announced. So did Corkins, though. Seed also had two pair, at that point ahead of Corkin's aces, but after a blank-y sort of {10-Diamonds}

turn, Corkins made a set on the {A-Spades}

river. The chips were pushed over to Corkins.

Seed sat there for a while. "That's not right, is it?" he asked Dennis the floor guy and Michel Abecassis who'd wandered over to watch. Some quiet shaking of heads. "Now I see why I pay the entrance fees for these things."

Seed was still sitting there and attempting to grill Corkins over how he'd played the hand when your bloggers backed away from the table. He should be leaving soon, though.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins Huck Seed

09-22-2009 01:56 UTC+2

Baldassari Busto

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Fabrizio Baldassari's busto, getting his chips in against Mats Gavatin on a {2-Clubs}

flop.

Baldassari: {A-Diamonds}

Gavatin:

Turn:

to give Gavatin the flsuh

River: {8-Clubs}

still flushing

Gavatin is up to 70,000.

Tags: Mats Gavatin

09-22-2009 01:53 UTC+2

Caught in Anette

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(Hold'em)

Annette Obrestad has been eliminated in what was a monster pot, and one that created a new chip leader in Eric Cajelais.

I didn't witness the encounter, but caught the aftermath, Obrestad's {A-?}

hitting a tasty {Q-Clubs}

flop, but ultimately coming up short against Cajelais' {J-Clubs}

following a non-full-housing {6-Spades}

turn and

river.

Cajelais now has 145,000 and more chips than an entire series of Catchphrase.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Eric Cajelais

09-22-2009 01:48 UTC+2

Table 3 Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Nikolay Evdakov -- 54,500
Seat 3: Karelas Konstantinos -- 22,000
Seat 4: Howard Lederer -- 25,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin -- 14,000
Seat 6: John Kabbaj -- 24,000
Seat 7: Jareth Bleznick -- 20,000
Seat 8: Ian Frazer -- 47,000
Seat 9: Robin Keston -- 56,000

09-22-2009 01:46 UTC+2

Table 2 Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Mats Gavatin -- 57,000
Seat 2: Sammy George -- 40,000
Seat 3: Fabrizio Baldassari -- 14,000
Seat 4: Harri Suni -- 50,000
Seat 5: Allie Prescott -- 48,000
Seat 7: Vitaly Lunkin -- 48,000
Seat 8: Eric Cajelais -- 145,000
Seat 9: Michel Abecassis -- 23,000

09-22-2009 01:37 UTC+2

Cajelais Casually Takes One Off George

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(Hold'em)

We caught up with Eric Cajelais and Sammy George on the turn of a {10-Clubs}

board, a fair few chips in the middle by that point. A bet, or possibly a check-raise, of 18,000 lay in front of Cajelais. Either way, George tanked for a while, counting and recounting his chips, before eventually folding, wagging his {A-Clubs}

at Cajelais as if as a warning for next time.

Sammy drops to 43,000.

Tags: Eric Cajelais Sammy George