£10,000 WSOPE Main Event Day 1b | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOPE Main Event

Day 1b Completed

09-28-2009 01:29 UTC+2

Day 1b Complete

[user4144]

And that's a wrap, folks. With the dust beginning to settle and the smoke clearing, there are a total of 107 players remaining, 28 more than survived yesterday. If anything, that signifies what kind of day this was: a day in which the grinder prevailed, and few big stacks were created.

But if there was one player that broke the mold today it was 'Bald Eagle' Steve Zolotow, who after his monster encounter late in the day, finished level six with 160,000 and the honour of being today's chip leader. But with joy comes disappointment, as tomorrow he'll be the chaser rather than the chasee, with Brian Powell commencing Day Two as the 'man to beat' with just under 200,000.

Thanks to the religion of Judaism, we'll be returning later than normal (lie-in, woohoo) at the more poker-player-friendly time of 5.30pm. Join us then, different bat time, same bat channel.

09-28-2009 01:24 UTC+2

Last Six Hands See Stacks Settle

[user46298]

Apart from Steve Zolotow's. A report has come which says that his chip-leading 160k+ stack was up until recently just an 80k stack, which somehow enticed a double through on a {Q-Spades}

board like so: The utg raiser and big blind had checked to preflop caller Zolotow on the button who bet 2,300. Back to the big blind who made it 5,200. The utg guy got out of the way and Zolotow shoved. Yes - all 80k got over the line, with him holding {3-?}

for flopped bottom set and what's more, he got called.

The other player held {3-?}

for bottom two. I didn't see this first hand, but Zolotow's escalation into pole position chipwise certainly did happen fast and my source is reliable...

Other big stacks as they prepare to bag and tag and count properly overnight:

Praz Bansi - 130,000
Noah Boeken - 105,000
Ram Vaswani - 118,000
Antoine Saout - 121,000
Steven Fung - 100,000
Matt Hawrilenko - 82,000
Daniel Negreanu - 88,725

And other less towerlike but very much still in it stacks:

Ziigmund - 28,000
Justin Smith - 39,000
Morten Erlandsen - 19,400
Devilfish - 50,500
Dennis Phillips - 35,600
Kenna James - 49,000
Julian Thew - 11,600
Ben Roberts - 44,000
Andrew Lichtenberger - 96,000
Christer Johansson - 32,800
Michael Binger - 9,000
Jason Somerville - 38,500
Richard Herbert - 59,200
Nik Persaud - 60,000
Michael Tureniec - 57,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 78,000

09-28-2009 01:17 UTC+2

Persaud Doubles Through

[user4144]

Nik Persaud now has 65,000 after doubling through with aces versus Big Slick. When I asked him which hand he had, he replied, "What do you think I had? I wouldn't get it in with a hand like Ace-King, it's a nothing hand."

"Careful," warned Matt Hawrilenko with a smile, revealing that he was the likely opponent.

Tags: Matt Hawrilenko Nik Persaud

09-28-2009 01:14 UTC+2

Grinders of the Day

[user4144]

Today we have joint winners in the form of Julian Thew and Barry Greenstein who have 11,000 and 7,475 respectively - Thew for turning his eggshell of rice into a bowl, and Greenstein for losing most of his stack early doors, then somehow maintaining several thousand for the rest of the day. Incredible grindage. Well done, boys.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Julian Thew

09-28-2009 00:56 UTC+2

Feature Table Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Annette Obrestad - 51,950
Seat 2: Sam Trickett - 47,675
Seat 3: Daniel Negreanu - 82,450
Seat 4: Shaun Deeb - 39,200
Seat 5: Ray Dehkharghani - 42,000
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein - 8,625
Seat 7: James Keys - 64,100
Seat 8: Moshin Charania - 19,400

09-28-2009 00:54 UTC+2

Somebody Call a Medic

[user4144]

Nenad Medic found himself all in for 2,150 with {Q-Hearts}

on an

(most the action had been preflop), but was picked off by {A-Spades}

which more than held on an {A-Spades}

turn and

river.

Tags: Nenad Medic

09-28-2009 00:52 UTC+2

Hougaard Eliminated

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Hell hath no fury like a poker player scorned, and I couldn't help but notice as double bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard stormed away from his table and across the upper deck with more than a disgruntled stride.

A fellow journalist informed that Hougaard had been decimated in two hands:

(1) Teddy Sheringham opened for 1,400 under the gun, Jesper Hougaard made it 4,400, but Moritz Schmeskal pushed all in for around 25,000. Sheringham folded, but, after tanking, Hougard made the call. Big Slick versus Big Slick - with Hougard dominating one suit - but four diamonds awarded the pot to Schmeskal.

(2) Schmeskal opened this time, another player flatted, Hougaard pushed all in. Schmeskal fodled, but the caller matched the all in with {A-?}

. Hougard had tens. Ace on the river.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard

09-28-2009 00:50 UTC+2

Even More Agressive Tendencies

[user46298]

Jesper Hougaard maybe hadn't made a fourbet move on someone in a while and thought that the second half of the final level of the day might be just the spot for it. That's what seems to have happened - the button had made it 2,800 after a late position raise to 1,300, and small blind Hougaard paused to consider, before making it 9,250. This represented about a quarter of his stack, and with neither of his opponents on a much bigger one, they both had to seriously consider this challenge. Both eventually passed, and Hougaard rewarded them with a glimpse of his {4-Diamonds}

.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard

09-28-2009 00:44 UTC+2

Aggressive Tendencies

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On the feature table James Keys, Annette Obrestad and Daniel Negreanu got to the turn when the board read {7-Hearts}

. Now the pot swelled in size as Keys bet out around 8k, and Obrestad considered for a moment and raised to 17k. Keys thought for a while, looked at his stack which was around the 35k mark, at her, back at his stack...

Finally he pushed all in and she passed immediately. I seem to remember the two of them tangling in last year's event, and him saying something about being bet off a hand he shouldn't have been - does history against the agressive young Norwegian have anything to do with that bet? Sadly we'll have to see if it makes the final TV edit to find out.

Tags: Annette Obrestad James Keys