2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 2 - £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♥j♦9♠7♠
Prize
£104,677
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£395,000
Total Entries
158
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 158
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Jammy Sammy

Sammy George in the small blind position checked the turn of a {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} board and his young under-the-gun opponent bet. George check-raised ("All in," he announced, although the young gentleman only had around 7,000 left), and eventually the young gent called. It was a good call.

George: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} for overpair -- queens
Young Gentleman: {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {10-Clubs} for overpair -- kings

River: {3-Diamonds}

It took everyone a moment to work it out, but George had somehow pulled a straight out of thin air on the river. Quietly cursing under his breath, the young now-busted gentleman headed for the rail. George is up to 85,000.

Tags: Sammy George

Slowly, But Surely

Annette Obrestad is slowly, but surely becoming a threat in this event, and each level sees her increase her stack by a few extra chips. Her latest encoutner saw her raise Ian Frazer's button raise of 2,200 to 6,600 from the big blind. Frazer gave it up pretty swiftly, allowing Obrestad to pick up the pot uncontested. It's difficult to deduce a count as she likes her tall columns, but Obrestad appears to have around the 55,000 mark.

Tags: Annett Obrestad

Robin Chips

Well, I suppose it's not robbing when you have aces, as was the case for Robin Keston in his recent double up. I didn't see how it went down preflop, but prior to Keston pushing the {7-Spades}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop, there was around 15-20,000 in the middle. Either way, his opponent made the call and the hands were flipped, Keston in the lead with {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} versus a dangerous {6-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}. But the turn ({4-Clubs}) and river ({9-Diamonds}) were both bricks, and Keston survived.

A quick guesstimate would suggest he's on around 45,000.

Tags: Robin Keston

Back Of the 'Nette

A progression of potting, re-potting and so on had Annette Obrestad virtually all in on a {2-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {10-Clubs} flop, her last 1,000 going in on the {6-Hearts} turn.

Obrestad: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}
Brian Johnson: {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {6-Clubs}

River: {9-Clubs} which changed nothing

Aces held up against kings, and Obrestad doubled up to stay in the game with a respectably above-average 47,500. Johnson meanwhile dropped to around 60,000.

There was a smattering of applause from the rail, which turned out to be coming from a handful of Betfair staff watching the action. Johnson looked up to meet the eye of his pal, UK circuit regular Catman. "It's not me clapping, Brian, it's them," assured the Catman.

Tags: Annette ObrestadBrian Johnson

Other Chip Counts

Dario Alioto -- 12,000
Michel Abecassis -- 40,000
Harri Suni -- 100,000
Huck Seed -- 21,000
Richard Gryko -- 32,000
Hoyt Corkins -- 46,000
Marc Goodwin -- 13,000
Nikolay Evdakov -- 48,000
Eric Cajelais -- 71,000
Robin Keston -- 45,000

Bleznick and Nguyen Not the Best of Friends

Jareth Bleznick does not seem full of the sportsmanlike spirit that one hopes might pervade this sort of affair. In fact, he seems to be developing some sort of personal issue with Men Nguyen, seated to his left in seat one, Bleznick in seat nine.

Bleznick raised to 2,300 and Nguyen called him to see a {Q-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Spades} flop, which they both checked. They both checked the {10-Hearts} turn as well, and come the {3-Clubs} river, Bleznick bet out a minimum 800. Nguyen chuckled as he called. "How big's your pair?" he asked, the most likely unintended double meaning of which was not lost on your blogger, at least. Nguyen flipped pocket eights, and Bleznick mucked.

A few hands later and Nguyen raised to 2,200 under the gun. It folded around to Bleznick in the big blind, who re-popped to 7,000 total, leaving himself 9,500 behind. There was a pause. Perhaps Bleznick didn't like something in Nguyen's face (your bloggers were stood on the wrong side of the table to see), but either way Bleznick suddenly got very angry and snapped, "Stop looking at my chips!" and banged his remaining stack down next to his reraise for some reason. Nguyen folded. Very odd. Good thing there's a dealer between the two of them to stop things getting out of hand.

Tags: Jareth BleznickMen Nguyen

Table (At The Back) Chip Counts

Seat 1: Men Nguyen -- 85,000
Seat 2: John Kabbaj -- 20,000
Seat 3: Tristan Clémençon -- 125,000
Seat 4: Bradley Oubre -- 7,500
Seat 5: Matthew Bell -- 18,500
Seat 6: Howard Lederer -- 13,000
Seat 8: Mats Gavatin --33,000
Seat 9: Jareth Bleznick -- 17,000

Feature Table Chip Counts

Seat 1: Roger Hairabedian -- 4,000
Seat 3: Annette Obrestad -- 23,000
Seat 4: Sammy George -- 60,000
Seat 5: Sami Kelopuro -- 47,000
Seat 6: Chris Bjorin -- 21,500
Seat 7: Allie Prescott -- 6,000
Seat 8: Vitaly Lunkin -- 24,000
Seat 9: Ian Frazer -- 35,000

George Takes One Down

(Hold'em)

Sammy George raised to 1,800 preflop and received one caller. On the {6-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop, he continuation bet 3,000, which again was called. He then check-called 7,800 on the {K-Diamonds} turn, before leading out for 14,000 on the {3-Hearts} river, leaving himself 20,000 behind. His opponent folded with frustration, and George picked up a nice pot uncontested.

He has since joined the feature table, and is currently seated to the left of Sammy George with around 60,000 in chips.

Tags: Sammy George

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