2009 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£801,603
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,340,000
Entries
334
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

No More, Man

Chris Moorman was just spotted in the narrow corridor that separates the cardroom from the casino. A quick prod and slant of the head and he unearthed his exit details upon me.

"[Richard] Kellett raised to 600 under the gun, I called, Charder [Christian Harder] called, and Andy Black made it 3,600, a big raise. Kellett folded, so I made it 9,000. He pushed all in and I had like 29,000 behind, so called. I hit a king too, but he rivered the ace."

"I have to call," he continued. "There was this hand earlier on where he flatted a raise, and then peeled a three-bet from [David] Pham. On a Q-2-4 flop, Pham bet 1,300, Black made it 3,100, Pham raised to 8,700 and Black put him all in. Pham had 15,000 behind and folded what he said was kings. Black turned over A-9."

Tags: Andy BlackChris Moorman

Minieri Bests Naujoks in Curious Hand

Somehow 9,000 chips had made their way into the pot before the turn of the {8-Hearts} {4-Spades} {J-Hearts} {3-Clubs} board, so it was a little surprising to see the action tail off into Dario Minieri checking from the small blind position and Sandra Naujoks checking behind on the button.

Nevertheless they saw an {A-Hearts} river and this time Minieri bet out a measly 500. Naujoks called, but mucked when Minieri turned over {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts}. Curious.

Tags: Dario MinieriSandra Naujoks

Assorted Chip Counts

Max Pesatori: 26,300 and whistling to himself while reading La Gazzette dello Sport
James Akenhead: 53,300
Ben Grundy: 48,000
Vanessa Rousso: 20,000
Todd Brunson: 35,825
Phil Ivey: recovered to 29,000
Thor Drexel: 39,000
Christian Harder: 11,000
Andy Black: 87,000
Richard Kellett: 20,500
Erik Seidel: 15,000
David Pham: 14,500
Beth Shak: 31,000
Nikolay Evdakov: 30,500
Andy Bloch: 28,500
Joe Beevers: 60,000
Nick Schulman: 39,300

Hellmuth Doubles Up

Phil Hellmuth, down to 12,000 or so, managed to get his last chips in on a {6-Spades} {9-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} flop, and he was behind...

Hellmuth: {7-Spades} {10-Spades}
Would-be Hellmuth assassin: {9-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

Turn: bink! {8-Spades}

River: {8-Diamonds}

Hellmuth enjoys a fortunate double up to 24,900.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

All Mouth and No Trousers

Three players in the hijack, cutoff and button saw a {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {A-Clubs} flop. The action checked to Mike "The Mouth" Matusow on the button who bet 2,500 or so. Hijack Peter Gould called, cutoff Andy Bloch passed, and they were heads up to the turn.

Gould now turned on the aggression, betting out 4,000 on the {10-Diamonds} turn and 6,000 on the {9-Diamonds} river. Matusow called both times, but was most unhappy when Gould announced, "The nuts," and duly flipped over {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs}. Matusow mucked and started smashing his chips around in a frustrated manner.

Gould: up to 45,000
Matusow: down to 23,000

Tags: Mike MatusowPeter Gould

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0