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2009 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,340,000
Entries
334
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Turn of the Screw
board. A raising war resulted in his opponent all in, and when the cards were flipped it transpired that the unfortunate opponent was drawing dead.Mr. Opponent:
Begleiter:
River, for the sake of completeness:
Begleiter is up to a very healthy 76,000.
Set on the River
flop, Brunson led for 1,000, checked the blank turn, before check-calling 3,000 on the 
river. Much to Brunson's frustration - he shrugged and raised his palm - Brown had rivered a set with 
. Brunson showed 
.Brunson -- 50,000
Brown -- 65,000
Mercier Moves On Up
The two of them saw a
flop and the action went as follows:Soon-to-be-busted gentleman: check
Mercier: bet 2,900
S.T.B.B gent: raise to 7,675
Mercier: reraise to 16,900
S.T.B.B.G: all in
Mercier: call
And the cards:
S.T.B.B.G:
Mercier: pocket fours for a set
Turn:
River:
Mercier is up to 70,000, although he is not quite the, "New chip leader," that tablemate Viffer is claiming he is.
Bloch Chipped Away
versus on a 
flop, 
turn. This left him with just 900, with evaporated shortly after.
Grace-ious Richard
On the
flop, Grace bet 800, the blinds folded, but the hijack called. A
turn triggered another bet from Grace, this time 2,500. The hijack made it 5,000, Grace raised to 13,000 and the hijack called. Grace then put his opponent all in for 15,000 on the
river - call - and showed . His opponent mucked allowing Grace to construct a newly acquired stack of 75,000.
Ivey All Over the Place
Good Call from Evdakov
board. Onwards.They saw a
river, and Bjorin now moved all in to cover Evdakov. A long pause......And a call.
Bjorin:
Evdakov:
To a cacophony of various, "Holy s***"s and "Wow"s from the rest of the table, they chopped it up.
One for the Ladies
That's right, Mr. Patrik Antonius has taken his seat at one of the upstairs feature tables, sharing with a fearsome and varied line-up that includes Beth Shak, Nikolay Evdakov, Peter Gould, Chris Bjorin, Mike Matusow and Joe Beevers.
That Cantu Hand
board, 17,100 in front of Markus Golser and 35,025 before Brandon Cantu. It could have been a simple check-raise, or maybe even bet, two-bet, three-bet, but either way, it was a massive pot. After much dwelling, and with only 11,000 behind, Golser made the fold, allowing Cantu to proudly show
."Woooooh," said one player. "Sick," said another. "That's like that Ivey hand where it went air, air, air."
Cantu now has 65,000; Golser has a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, although he did later tap the table gently in recognition of the bluff.