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

10-08-2011 00:47 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	Busted
Will Failla	Busted
Antonin Teisseire	Busted
Matt Giannetti	Busted
Joseph Cheong	Busted
Alexander Kostritsyn	Busted
Fabrice Soulier	Busted
Nicolas Chiouty	Busted
Isaac Haxton	Busted
Dan Kelly	Busted
Brandon Cantu	Busted
Olivier Busquet	Busted
Terrance Chan	Busted
Mclean Karr	Busted
John Tabatabai	Busted
Men Nguyen	Busted
Jonathan Aguiar	Busted
Ludovic Lacay	Busted
Erik Cajelais	Busted
Richard Toth	Busted
Toby Lewis	Busted
Stephen Chidwick	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted
Byron Kaverman	Busted

Joe Ebanks knows a thing or two about six-max tournaments. He won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed Championship this summer at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas for $1,158,481. From under the gun, Ebanks raised to 700 before action folded around to Todd Terry on the button. Terry three-bet and made it 1,750 to go. The blinds folded and play fell back on Ebanks. He tanked for about two minutes and then moved all in for around 10,000 in chips. Terry quickly mucked and Ebanks scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Terry	18,000
Joe Ebanks	12,500

Tags: Todd Terry Joe Ebanks

10-08-2011 00:45 UTC+2

Mikko Sundell Bites The Dust

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We arrived at the table with the flop already splayed out on the felt and a lot of action between Mikko Sundell and Azusa Maeda. The flop was {J-Hearts} {5-Spades} {4-Spades} and Maeda had a bet of 6,350 in front of him from the small blind and Sundell had a bet of 2,750 in front of him from under the gun. Everyone was staring at Sundell to make his move and when he did it was for all of his chips. Back to Maeda and he made the call.

Maeda
Sundell

Turn: {K-Spades} and River: {5-Hearts}

Player	Chips	Progress
Azusa Maeda	39,000
Mikko Sundell	Busted

Tags: Azusa Maeda Mikko Sundell

10-08-2011 00:42 UTC+2

Knee Deep in Day One

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121 Runners left to the Loot

10-08-2011 00:32 UTC+2

The Payouts!

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

1	€215,999
2	€133,471
3	€92,629
4	€65,068
5	€46,250
6	€33,255
7 - 8	€24,183
9 - 10	€17,790
11 - 12	€13,228
13 - 18	€9,936
19 - 24	€7,560
25 - 30	€5,789
31 - 36	€4,536

10-08-2011 00:21 UTC+2

Kastle Doubles Through Wice

Happy_Freaked

Casey Kastle and Alex Wice just got their chips in the middle and we witnessed the following showdown.

Casey Kastle
Alex Wice

The board ran out {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and Kastle doubled up. Both players have almost the same stack now which is around 25 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Wice	7,500	-10,500
Casey Kastle	7,200	2,200

Tags: Casey Kastle Alex Wice

10-08-2011 00:21 UTC+2

Big Three-Way Action Preflop Sends Kongsgaard Home

donpeters

Tyler Kenney, Soren Kongsgaard and Alessandro Speranza (far right)

From middle position, Tyler Kenney raised to 725 to kick off the action on this hand. Soren Kongsgaard flatted from the cutoff seat and then play fell on Alessandro Speranza on the button. He three-bet to 2,475. The two blinds folded before Kenney four-bet to 6,175.

Kongsgaard tanked for a bit and then five-bet shoved for 18,850. Speranza didn't do anything right away. He took a little bit, double checked his hole cards and then eventually announced that he was all in. Kenney had about 20,000 behind and Speranza had him covered. Kenney gave it up though and let Speranza do battle with Kongsgaard on this one.

Kongsgaard: {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Speranza: {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}

The flop came down {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {3-Hearts} and upon seeing it, Kongsgaard immediately stood from his chair and began turning around. That's when the {5-Spades} landed on the turn and left him drawing dead. By the time the {2-Spades} landed on the river, Kongsgaard was about 30 feet away from the table headed to the door. Speranza moved to about 60,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Speranza	60,000
Tyler Kenney	20,000	14,200
Soren Kongsgaard	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Speranza Soren Kongsgaard Tyler Kenney

10-08-2011 00:16 UTC+2

Prize Pool Information

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Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

It has just been announced that the total prize money for Event #1 is €864,000.

36 places will be paid.

36th place will receive €4,536 and 1st place will receive €215,999.

10-08-2011 00:14 UTC+2

Kenney's Aggression Wins Him This One

donpeters

First up on the {Q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop, Mario Adinolfi checked to John Racener. He was second to act on this flop and also checked. Last to act was Bryn Kenney and he bet 1,300. Adinolfi folded, but Racener made the call.

Fourth street was the {K-Spades} and Racener passed the action to Kenney again. Kenney didn't take too long to himself before betting 3,450. Racener made the call.

The river card was the {4-Hearts} and completed a possible flush draw. Racener checked and Kenney started counting out chips for a bet. He fired 9,200 and Racener went into the tank. After a minute or so, Racener mucked his hand and Kenney won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	67,000
Bryn Kenney	34,000	23,000
Mario Adinolfi	3,200	-8,800

Tags: Bryn Kenney John Racener Mario Adinolfi

10-08-2011 00:13 UTC+2

Nicolas Levi is in cruise control at the moment.

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Nicolas Levi made a standard raise from the hijack and Krakow Matan three-bet on the button and Levi made the call. Both players shared a flop of {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {5-Spades} and Levi check-called a 2,000 Matan bet. Both players then checked the {Q-Diamonds} turn before Levi took the betting lead at the sight of the {6-Diamonds} river. The bet was 4,200 and Matan folded his hand without too much fuss.