2009 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 1a
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Nick Schulman - 57,000
Amnon Filippi - 42,000
Robin Keston - 36,000
Laurence Houghton - 70,000
Dominic Kay - 33,000
Marc Goodwin - 95,000
Ian Frazer - 46,000
Alain Roy - 47,000
Phil Hellmuth - 17,000
Richard Grace - 105,000
Scott Montgomery - 25,000
Brandon Cantu - 30,000
Markus Golser - 42,000
John Kabbaj - 105,000
Markus Gonsalves - 18,000
Marco Traniello - 46,000
Leonor Margets-Perez - 22,000
Sami Kelopuro - 80,000
James Akenhead - 65,000
Doyle Brunson - 30,000
Sandor Demjan - 135,000
Andrew Chen - 55,000
Tony Cousineau - 55,000
and Bruno Fitoussi in the small blind position betting out 12,000 into the already enormous pot. Over to Brian Powell on the button -- who raised to cover Fitoussi.There followed some minutes of alternating dwelling and gesticulating, before Fitoussi eventually folded. Powell showed him
."Damn, Kentucky, you're really playing, boy!" said tablemate Tony Cousineau. "Well, I got to do it once," Powell drawled back.
He raked in the huge pot and asked the dejected Fitoussi, "Jack?" Worse -- Fitoussi told him he had
.Powell - already chip leader before the hand, now massive chip leader on 170,000
Fitoussi - down to 22,000
Counts from that table:
John Kabbaj -- 105,000
Markus Golser -- 42,000
Scott Montgomery -- 25,000
Brandon Cantu -- 30,000
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50



board. His opponent checked, albeit after a dwell, the
river, at which point Nguyen announced a bet of 8,000. His opponent relinquished his hand."A-J?"
Nguyen released a devilish shriek of laughter. "It's OK, I'll let you watch it on TV to see what I got."
"I almost pushed the river,"
Nguyen shrieked again, like the Wicked Witch of the West. "If you push river, you probably got it."
Nguyen back up to 30,000.
and Hoyt Corkins turning over
for trips, virtually all of his chips in the middle. His opponent however, who had not looked at all like he wanted to make the call, flipped
for the flopped straight. The straight was good and Corkins was all in for the ante the next hand. He failed to make any kind of miraculous recovery, and busted out moments later.


where Docherty called a bet of 1,500. He then took it down with a bet of 2,700 on the
turn.Docherty on around 55-60,000.