Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

09-24-2009 00:04 UTC+2

Flying Finn

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It wasn't too much of a mission finding the current chip leader: he was the one submerged in chips. Yes, Jani 'KObyTAPOUT' Vilmunen - a Finnish pro who plays high stakes online and is friends with fellow countryman Patrik Antonius - is daddy big balls with a gargantuan 210,000.

Tags: Jani Vilmenen

09-23-2009 23:55 UTC+2

Back In Action

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The cards are back in the air and the chips soon will be. It's level Nine, and there are two more levels to go until the end of Day One.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

09-23-2009 23:52 UTC+2

Lederer Doubles Through

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Shaun Deeb raised to 2,300 from UTG and received two callers: Howard Lederer in mid to late position, and Dave Callaghan on the button.

Although Deeb was the initial aggressor, he was just a witness to the post-flop fireworks. On the {2-Clubs}

flop, there was a bet of 8,000 and a call (Callaghan the aggressor, I believe).

The {A-Hearts}

turn triggered a bet of 20,000 from Lederer, a raise from Callaghan and an all-in call from Lederer.

On their backs:

Lederer = {K-Hearts}

Callaghan = {9-Hearts}

River =

Lederer doubles up.

Tags: Dave Callaghan Howard Lederer

09-23-2009 23:37 UTC+2

No More Thorson

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William Thorson, having been recently moved to table Durrrr, just lost the remainder of his stack to him. All I know is it was all in on the flop, in the closing seconds of the last level...

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Tags: William Thorson

09-23-2009 23:21 UTC+2

Welshman Takes a Hit

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I caught the end of a {7-Hearts}

board, Yuval Bronshtein leading out for what looked like 10,000 on the river. Romanello thought for a while, before sliding in the call aggressively. But it wasn't good: Bronshtein showed {8-Hearts}

for the flush, and all Romanello coudl do was shake his head in frustration.

Romanello -- 25,000
Bronshtein -- 53,000

09-23-2009 23:09 UTC+2

Devilfish Busto

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The final 13k or so belonging to the Devilfish was last seen being piled on top of Jeff Kimber's plump stack, and I saw a trace of a full house of some sort being whisked into the muck as Kimber's winning hand was shuffled back in.

I leave you with one of his just-pre-bust jokes he told to the lovely massage ladies: "What has 100 legs and no teeth?"
"The front row of a Cliff Richard concert."

What will they do for entertainment without him?

Tags: Devilfish

09-23-2009 23:08 UTC+2

Prize Structure

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1st = £204,048
2nd = £126,134
3rd = £93,293
4th = £69,030
5th = £51,890
6th = £39,913
7th = £29,830
8th = £22,869
9th = £17,772
10th = £14,900
11-12th = £14,900
13-15th = £12,713
16th-18th £11,034

Prize pool = £770,000

09-23-2009 23:06 UTC+2

Shallow Draw Cripples Dubai

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Dave Shallow is busto - having returned from the dinner break with a 20k stack which was far from his 90k mid third level. One hand only was responsible for his chip drop and subsequent exit - a set vs. set against Dave Callaghan.

Callaghan had check-called a {K-?}

two-spade flop, then check-raised what amounted to all-in on the {2-Diamonds}

turn with a set of Fives. Dubai held a set of Eights, but once the 130k pot was scooped into the middle, it went Callaghan-wards after another five came on the river.

I overheard Snoopy say to him, "Well, does it make you feel better that your chips are with a good player?" "No, not really."

Tags: Dave Callaghan Dave Shallow

09-23-2009 22:57 UTC+2

Dwanned by the River

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Having called a raise of 2,800 preflop, Dwan called a continuation bet of 4,500 on the {J-Clubs}

flop before checking the {K-Diamonds}

turn. On the {A-Diamonds}

river, his opponent made a alluring bet of 2,500, which had Dwan looking up at the heavens as he appeared to shuffle between all three options. In the end, he opted for a call, but was duly shown {Q-Diamonds}

for the straight.

Dwan takes a minor hit, and is back down 37,000.

Tags: Tom Dwan