2009 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 4
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♠10♣
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
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Kabbaj Too Cool

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Arriving late today to the felt, Mr John Kabbaj.

He is here now, though. Shame, looked as though table neighbour Daniel Negreanu was rather enjoying dipping into his stack to pick out blinds and antes and the like.

Tags: John Kabbaj

Masterclass

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Men Nguyen
Men Nguyen
My assumption would be that all the chips went in preflop, but either way, Men 'The Master' Nguyen has doubled through to just over the 100,000 mark thanks to an encounter with Oyvind Riisem, {A-?}{J-?} out-gunning {A-?}{K-?} on a jack high board. Rissem down to 90,000.

Tags: Men NguyenOyvin Riisem

Happy Birthday, Arnaud

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Arnaud Mattern, who is in danger of missing his own birthday party tonight by virtue of still being in this (it's ok, that's making the bloggers feel better about having to work through the party too), is having a nice, relaxing morning.

He raised to 15,000 in early position and James Akenhead called from the button to see a {2-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {4-Diamonds} flop. Mattern bet out 22,000 and Akenhead raised to 56,000 -- but Mattern sipped nonchalantly at a cappuccino and then reraised to 83,000. Akenhead looked a bit ill (although it could just be all the early mornings) and folded, defeated.

Akenhead's down to 115,000.

Tags: Arnaud MatternJames Akenhead

Timoshenko Versus Bansi

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Praz Bansi bet 30,000 into a pot of around 50,000 with a board of {8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. Yevgeniy Timoshenko, as calm and calculated as ever, made the call. On the {10-Spades} turn, Bansi opted to check, which was enough to encourage Timoshenko into a bet of 56,000. Bansi made a reluctant fold.

These two seem to be crossing swords constantly at the moment. A monster pot could be on the horizon.

Carnage: Interrupted?

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We are a little afraid that the usual post-bubble frenzy that usually makes the latter stages of a tournament a lot of fun for spectators is not really happening today.

Usually as soon as the bubble bursts the short stacks can't wait to get their chips in and double up or go home, but a good night's sleep and an early start seems to have disrupted the will to gamble. With the average stack still very deep at 50 big blinds, it looks like we're just going to have to wait.

Dreaming of Ace

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Sometimes dreams come true, although you have to dream that you opponent has a big hand too... and doesn't hit.

Keith Hawkins = {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}
Christian Harder = {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

Board = {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Hawkins - 561,000
Christian Harder - 195,000

Ram Finds Cowboys

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Word on the poker grapevine is that Ram Vaswani has doubled through up on the top floor. According to my source, Steven Fung button raised with 8-6 suited, Vaswani three-bet from the big blind with K-K, Fung four-bet and Vaswani called all-in.

Tags: Ram Vaswani

Feature Table Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Keith Hawkins - 535,500
Seat 3: Liz Lieu - 132,000
Seat 4: Teddy Sheringham - 342,000
Seat 5: Matt Hawrilenko - 581,000
Seat 6: Chris Bjorin - 365,500
Seat 7: Steve Zolotow - 144,500
Seat 8: Thomas Bichon - 264,400
Seat 9: Christian Harder - 223,000
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