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

Venneri Coolered

Antonio Venneri and Matan Krakow were involved in a pot and we were at the turn. The board was showing {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {2-Spades} and Krakow bet 600. Venneri moved all-in and Krakow made the call and was in terrible shape.

Krakow{A-Clubs} {6-Clubs}
Venneri{A-} {J-}

River: {6-Hearts}

Krakow survived and Venneri was left to wander around the poker room cursing in Italian.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Venneri
Antonio Venneri
64,000 -35,575
Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
27,000

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Cooler Sends Bejedal Home

Tyler Kenney
Tyler Kenney

We just missed the betting action but after a raising war Tyler Kenney and Dennis Bejedal got their chips in the middle pre flop. Kenney later explained that Bejedal had openend to 1,300, Kenney three-bet from the small blind to 3,000 and later called the shove.

Tyler Kenney{K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Dennis Bejedal{J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}

Bejedal didn't get a good sweat for his money when the board ran out {A-}{6-}{5-}{7-}{4-}. Kenney is doing very well early on day two and soon after this hand his table broke.

Player Chips Progress
Tyler Kenney us
Tyler Kenney
61,000 14,600
Dennis Bejedal
Dennis Bejedal
Busted

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The Big Three

The top three chip stacks (Flavien Guenan, Benjamin Pollak and Casey Kastle) are all playing cards on the same table so there should be some interesting spots throughout the day and here is one such spot.

Pollak raised from the hijack, Alexander Salabaschew called in the cut-off and Flavien Guenan squeezed out a three-bet from the button making it 4,400 to play. Casey Kastle was seated in the small blind and he tanked for a few minutes before folding, as did the big blind, and Pollak and Slabaschew both called.

Flop: {9-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts}

The action checked to the pre-flop squeezer and Guenan made it 6,600 to play. Pollak folded but Salabaschew moved all-in for 17,000 and Guenan reluctantly made the call.

Salabschew{7-Diamonds} {7-Spades}
Guenan{A-Hearts} {k-Clubs}

Neither the turn nor the river helped Guenan and Salabschew doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
120,000 20,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
93,000 -13,425
Flavien Guenan fr
Flavien Guenan
85,000 -23,800
Alexander Salabaschew fr
Alexander Salabaschew
58,000

Tags: Flavien GuenanAlexander Salabaschew

Creative Short Stacking

Phil Hellmuth raised pre flop to 1,500 getting calls from Kenney, Pollak and Radoja. Kenny was the one in position on the button while Pollak and Radoja were in the blinds.

The flop was {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and without flinching all four players checked. On the turn the {J-Clubs} appeared and Pollak lead out for 2,950. Radoja thought about it for half a minute and then called leaving himself with only 10,000 chips remaining. Hellmuth and Kenny folded so we got to see the river card.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Pollak tanked for a good minute before checking to Radoja. The 2011 WSOP bracelet winner threw out a small 2,500 bet and Pollak snap-called. Radoja showed {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
99,000 -7,425
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 6,000

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Break

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

There is a short ten minute break to race off the green 25 chips. We will be right back with more action from Cannes!

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Level Ten Assorted Chip Counts

We have just dispensed with the 25 green chips and had a ten-minute break. Here are some chip counts during that break.

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
120,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
93,000 -6,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
78,000 7,000
Tyler Kenney us
Tyler Kenney
68,000 7,000
Azusa Maeda jp
Azusa Maeda
66,000 17,250
Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
64,000 3,825
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 500
Michael Freidrich
Michael Freidrich
56,000
Jamie Rosen us
Jamie Rosen
53,000 5,925
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
45,000 -9,000
Anatolii Ozhenilok ru
Anatolii Ozhenilok
44,000 12,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
42,000 10,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
34,000 -6,350
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 -11,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 10,000

Hellmuth and Selbst Clash in Big One

From the under-the-gun position, Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,200 and Hans Winzeler made the call from the cutoff. Vanessa Selbst was on the button and also called, so we had three-way action on the flop.

The flop was {A-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Hellmuth bet out 4,000. Winzeler folded before Selbst called. The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and this time Hellmuth opted to check. Selbst went into the tank and counted out a 9,800-chip bet. Hellmuth pondered for a while, counted out the chips and eventually rumbled them into the pot.

The {K-Hearts} completed the board and Hellmuth snap-checked once more. Selbst took even more time than on the turn but ended up betting 25,700. "I call!" Hellmuth shouted within a split second and turned over the {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. Selbst shrugged and mucked her cards.

The two engaged in a conversation with the following cliff notes, Hellmuth really liked the king on the river and Selbst was convinced the 11-time bracelet winner would have folded if it wasn't for the king.

Selbst still has just under the average stack while Hellmuth is amongst the largest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
96,000 55,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
36,000 -45,100

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