2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: €2,680 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
58
Prize
€215,999
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,500
Prize Pool
€753,600
Entries
360
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Event #1: €2,680 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started

Welcome to Day Two of WSOPE Event #2 €2,500 Six-Max Event

Good afternoon and welcome to the best coverage of the WSOPE in the world!

In approx. 40-minutes we will be re-commencing where we left off yesterday, and let's hope we have as much excitement and drama. We are moving locations and will be playing at the Le Criosette Casino Barriere, just a few minutes walk from where we played yesterday.

The plan is a simple one - we either get down to our final table of nine-players of play ten-levels. There will be 20-minute breaks after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after four-levels.

Flavien Guennan and Benjamin Pollak are proving that home turf gives people an advantage as they currently top the charts. Other notables still in the hunt are Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, Anton Wigg, Marvin Rettenmaier, John Racener and Casey Kastle.

Tags: Benjamin PollakFlavien Guennan

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Heart and Commitment to The Game

Dominik Nitsche told us that his heart and commitment to this beautiful game is unquestionable after he woke up early (we started at 15.00!) to turn up at Day Three with only 450 chips.

He looked sharp and he acted sharp, moving in during one of the very first hands of the day holding {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs}. He received one caller holding {10-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}.

Flop: {K-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}

So far so good for Nitsche.

Turn: {10-Clubs}

Whoops!

"Queen!" Shouted Nitsche.

River: {Q-Diamonds}

Then in the very next hand Nitsche moved all-in again holding {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} and he received two callers. The player on the button was also all-in for 4,375 holding {Q-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and Freddy Deeb had called in the big blind holding {A-Clubs} {6-Hearts}.

Board: {K-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {J-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}

Deeb had eliminated two players and we assumed Nitsche either went back to bed or to his part-time job working as a cleaner in McDonalds.

Player Chips Progress
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
32,000 7,225
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Patrick Gastaldi
Patrick Gastaldi
Busted

Tags: Dominik NItscheFreddy Deeb

Hellmuth Starts off With a Win

One of the superstars that's still gunning for the first WSOPE bracelet of 2011, Phil Hellmuth, started the second day off with a win. The board read {4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} when Hellmuth checked from the small blind and his opponent, Dennis Bejedal, checked his option on the button.

The river was the {7-Diamonds} and with around 12,000 chips in the middle Hellmuth announced a 7,500 bet. Very smooth the 11-time bracelet winner threw out the chips, after giving it some though Bejedal folded. Hellmuth is up to 41,000 while Bejedal is getting short, he's got 24,000 left.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
41,000 12,550
Dennis Bejedal
Dennis Bejedal
24,000 -6,325

Tags: Dennis BejedalPhil Hellmuth

So Long Short Stack!

Miguel Tavarez started the day with the shortest stack in the room and unfortunately he couldn't find a way to make his comeback. We just witnessed the following showdown in which he got eliminated.

Miguel Tavarez{A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Javier Garvia{Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and after only 20 minutes of play we've lost five players.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Garcia
Javier Garcia
24,000 4,000
Miguel Tavarez
Miguel Tavarez
Busted

Tags: Javier GarciaMiguel Tavarez

The New and Improved Casey Kastle

Casey Kastle is one of the most underrated poker players in the game. We say that because it is very rare to actually find him awake during the tournaments that we cover! Kastle is the master of the power nap and can seemingly play his cards in his sleep!

The Kastle who has turned up for Event #1 at the WSOPE has found a new secret though - CHIPS! He has a lot of them and they are seemingly keeping him awake as he just demonstrated by eliminating the newest member of his table Hasan Anter.

Anter raised to 1,600 on the button and Kastle three-bet to 4,600 from the big blind. Anter moved all-in for around 12,000 and Kastle made the call.

Kastle{K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Anter{A-Hearts} {3-Spades}

Board: {J-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {J-Spades} {9-Clubs}

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
100,000 13,900
Hasan Anter se
Hasan Anter
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Casey Kastle

Kollmann Hits, Cardyn Out

When we approached table 79 the dealer was busy counting out a whole bunch of chips. Erich Kollmann was sitting in the cutoff while Cardyn, who didn't seem to happy with the delay, was anxiously waiting for the showdown from the button. After the dealer figured out Cardyn was the all-in player with 10,825 chips we saw the following showdown.

Nicolas Cardyn{A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Erich Kollmann{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {J-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and with that we say goodbye to Cardyn. Kollmann still has some work to do but with this stack he has more breathing room. Kollmann has to be happy with his position at the table because Martins Adeniya and Peter Jetten are seated directly to his right. The field in Cannes is very tough and we don't expect to see any easy table once we get closer to the money.

Player Chips Progress
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
28,000 28,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
Busted

Tags: Nicolas CardynErich Kollmann

Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up Through Nick Binger

Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up
Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up

You could sense that Nick Binger was not having a good start to the day. Every time we passed his table it seemed as though his opponents were three-betting him with impunity. Then disaster struck the WSOP Bracelet Holder.

Binger raised to 1,350 on the button and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 3,850 in the small blind. Nick Binger moved all-in and had Negreanu covered but he made the call.

Negreanu{J-Clubs} {J-Spades}
Binger{10-} {7-}

Board: {7-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {3-Spades}

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
54,000 28,150
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
8,000 -22,750

Tags: Daniel NegreanuNick Binger

Two All-Ins

Two all-ins to report for you. The first resulted in a double up when the {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} of Romain Gravisse found some respite on the board while up against the {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} of Stephen Williams.

The second all-in occurred between Anton Wigg and Sonia Dumas. Wigg made a standard button raise before Dumas defended the big blind. The flop was {9-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {2-Spades} and Dumas moved all-in for 17,000. Wigg laughed aloud before folding {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

"What a nit! You had a backdaw flush draw," said one of his opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
71,000 3,925
Romain Gravisse
Romain Gravisse
35,000 16,850
Sonia Dumas
Sonia Dumas
20,000 -4,650
Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams
9,000 -21,050

Tags: Anton Wigg