Event #1: €2,680 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 2011 World Series of Poker Europe

10-09-2011 16:51 UTC+1

Czuczor Gets it Back

Remko Rinkema

Chips are changing hands quickly with two four handed tables remaining in this tournament. Marton Czuczor just doubled up Phil Hellmuth but a within a matter of hands he got his chips back.

Action got folded to Czuczor who was in the small blind and the Hungarian pro decided to shove for his remaining 96,000 chips. Hellmuth asked for a count and called quickly.

Marton Czuczor
Phil Hellmuth

The board ran out {Q-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {10-Spades} {6-Hearts} giving Czuczor a double up. Hellmuth won two small pots right after this hand putting him on 150,000 chips which is still 15 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	205,000 100,000	100,000
Phil Hellmuth	150,000 75,000	75,000

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10-09-2011 17:04 UTC+1

Allain Getting On Top Of Hellmuth

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Adrien Allain is letting his poker do the talking for him and it is getting on Phil Hellmuth's nerves.

Allain raised to 20,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth clicked it back from the big blind and Allain called. The flop was {Q-Spades} {J-Spades} {8-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and Hellmuth bet 25,000 and Allain called. The river was the {7-Clubs} and Hellmuth checked again and Allain made a tiny bet of 20,000. Hellmuth rose from his seat and started talking to himself before making the call. Allain showed {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} and Hellmuth mucked.

"So dead, so dead… what does it feel like to smack the deck like that every time? I have you dead every time…I make you put your money in with jack-nine…but don't worry I will make you put your money i again real soon," said Hellmuth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Allain	380,000 72,000	72,000

Phil Hellmuth	130,000 20,000	20,000

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10-09-2011 17:09 UTC+1

Hellmuth Can Still Fold

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Remko Rinkema

The quiet Azusa Maeda just raised to 18,000 from the under the gun position. Action got folded to Hellmuth who was in the big blind, and after counting down his chips numerous times he decided to raise to 54,000. "All-in," Maeda declared within a second and Hellmuth, who still had his headphones on, didn't realize this right away.

"He's all-in?," Hellmuth asked when the dealer pulled in his raise and after getting confirmation he decided to quietly fold.

Hellmuth is all the way down to 72,000 chips and in serious need of a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Azusa Maeda	380,000 28,000	28,000
Phil Hellmuth	72,000 58,000	58,000

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10-09-2011 17:14 UTC+1

Salabaschew Stays Alive

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Remko Rinkema

Matan Krakow has been in command of the outer table ever since he got moved there. The Israelite just raised to 22,000 from the small blind and that was the moment Salabaschew was waiting for. The Frenchman decided to shove for his final 88,000 chips and Krakow called within a heartbeat.

Matan Krakow
Alexander Salabaschew

The board ran out {3-Hearts} {4-Spades} {9-Spades} {7-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} giving Salabaschew a much needed double up. Krakow meanwhile is still among the chipleaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	490,000 80,000	80,000

Alexander Salabaschew	185,000 95,000	95,000

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10-09-2011 17:22 UTC+1

Alexander Salabaschew Eliminated in 8th place (€24,183)

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Remko Rinkema

Alexander Salabaschew and Roy Finlay tangle.

Guillaume Humbert raised to 25,000 from the under the gun position and after Krakow folded it was Alexander Salabaschew who shoved all-in. Roy Finlay, who was in the big blind, grabbed a huge stack of black 5,000 chips and isolated Salabaschew. Humbert shrugged and folded and this was the showdown that followed.

Alexander Salabaschew
Roy Finlay

The board ran out {8-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} giving Finlay a pair of kings and the knock-out. "I folded sevens," Humbert claimed as Salabaschew was exiting the room. The Frenchman takes home €24,183 while Finlay moves into the chip-lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roy Finlay	654,000 171,000	171,000
Alexander Salabaschew	Busted

Tags: Alexander Salabaschew Roy Finlay

10-09-2011 17:24 UTC+1

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 7th Place (€24,183)

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The great Phil Hellmuth is going to have to wait a little bit longer if he is going to don that 12th bracelet after being eliminated here in Cannes.

He came into this final day like a shark but ended it like a damp squib. In a series of hands Hellmuth managed to reduce his stack to two big blinds before being eliminated. Here are the final few hands.

Adrien Allain raised to 21,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth called in the big blind with 80,000. The flop was {K-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} and Hellmuth checked to Allain who moved all-in and Hellmuth tank-folded. This left him with 60,000.

Hellmuth limped into the pot from the small blind and Azusa Maeda raised and Hellmuth folded.

Adrien Allain raised to 21,000 on the button and once again Hellmuth called in the big blind. Hellmuth had 20,000 behind and the flop came down {10-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} and he folded to another shove from Allain.

"Seth! I have 20k left! This is a fair match now boys," said Hellmuth.

With 5,000 invested in the small blind and 15,000 behind Hellmuth folded.

With Hellmuth in the big blind, Azusa Maeda limped into the pot before Marton Czuczor moved all-in from the small blind. Hellmuth flicked his last 5,000 into the pot and Maeda folded.

Czuczor
Hellmuth

Board: {6-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {4-Spades}

Hellmuth was eliminated in 8th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	260,000 55,000	55,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

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10-09-2011 17:24 UTC+1

Re-draw

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Remko Rinkema

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

With the elimination of Alexander Salabaschew and Phil Hellmuth we're down to a final table of six. There is a re-draw at this moment and we will bring you the updates chip counts before play restarts.

10-09-2011 17:46 UTC+1

WSOP Event #1 Final Table Seat Draw

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Remko Rinkema

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Seat	Name	Chips
1	Matan Krakow	660,000
2	Roy Finlay	654,000
3	Azusa Maeda	380,000
4	Guillaume Humbert	364,000
5	Marton Czuczor	242,000
6	Adrien Allain	406,000

10-09-2011 17:48 UTC+1

WSOP Event #1 Final Table

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Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Jack Effel is currently announcing the bibliographies of the final six players to the spectators.

Action will resume very shortly folks.

10-09-2011 17:51 UTC+1

The Final Six

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	660,000 170,000	170,000

Roy Finlay	654,000
Adrien Allain	406,000 26,000	26,000

Azusa Maeda	380,000
Guillaume Humbert	364,000 214,000	214,000
Marton Czuczor	242,000 18,000	18,000