Getting Close to the Money
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2011 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €2,680 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€2,500
Prize Pool
€753,600
Entries
360
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Benjamin Pollak Eliminates NA Sugimoto
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Na Sugimoto moved all-in for his last loose change holding 
and Benjamin Pollak called holding 
. Pollak hit trips on the flop to send us one player closer to the money.
Benyamine Hurting
We missed the pre flop action but David Benyamine was heads-up from the big blind against Benjamin Pollak who was seated in the under the gun position. The pot was around 18,000 chips when the flop brought out 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Benyamine bet 6,500, Pollak called quickly. On the river another six, the 
, appeared and Benyamine checked to Pollak who counted out a bet and threw 15,000 towards the middle. Benyamine pondered for a while before making the call leaving himself with only 24,000. Pollak showed 
and raked in this big pot just before the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 33,000 |
|
24,000 | -35,000 |
Benjamin Pollak Doubles Up Michael Freidrich
Once again it was Pollak involved in an all-in confrontation, but this time he was way behind.
| Freidrich |   |
| Pollak | |
The board remained Queen free and Freidrich doubled up much to the annoyance of the rest of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
104,000 | 4,000 |
|
30,000 |
Mark Radoja Doubles Up And Eliminates John Racener
John Racener became our penultimate bubble boy after losing a coin flip versus Mark Radoja.
| Radoja |   |
| Racener |  |
The board was kind to Radoja and Racener was eliminated leaving 38 players and a bubble to avoid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 5,000 |
|
Busted |
Bubble Time!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With 37 players remaining we just entered the hand for hand stage of this tournament. This always slows down the action but with a lot of pro's and a 6-max format we don't expect it to take till the end of this level.
Another Hand!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Hand for hand play has been going on for quite some time now. We've just entered the fifth hand in which nobody busted out. We're still closely monitoring the action so as soon as anything changes we will give you all the info.
Bubble Time Chip Counts
Here are the chip counts while Happy-Freaked goes in search of our bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 15,000 |
|
175,000 | -10,000 |
|
150,000 | 39,000 |
|
120,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
115,000 | 24,000 |
|
110,000 | 10,000 |
|
110,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
104,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
94,000 | 22,000 |
|
94,000 | -4,000 |
|
92,000 | 9,000 |
|
90,000 | -15,000 |
|
90,000 | 51,000 |
|
88,000 | 43,000 |
|
79,000 | 21,000 |
|
76,000 | 12,000 |
|
72,000 | -10,000 |
|
72,000 | 6,000 |
|
70,000 | 2,000 |
|
60,000 | -38,000 |
|
|
56,000 | 32,000 |
|
40,000 | -18,000 |
|
40,000 | -10,000 |
|
36,000 | 15,000 |
Finally Some Action, Freidrich Doubles
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Michael Freidrich just managed to find a double up on the bubble. There were multiple hands going to showdown while this hand was going on so was only saw the money go in on the turn.
The board read 
when Pollak got Freidrich's chips into the pot and they went to showdown.
| Michael Freidrich |  |
| Benjamin Pollak |  |
The river was the and Freidrich double to almost 100,000 chips. Pollak still has 95,000 chips in front of him.
Benyamine Dodges The Bubble
Michael Friedrich raised to 2,500 and Bruno Benveniste made it 6,000 from the small blind. David Benyamine was lurking in the shallow waters of the big blind and he made the cold-call before Friedrich folded. The flop was perfect.
Flop: 
Benveniste moved all-in and Benyamine called.
| Benyamine |   |
| Benveniste | |
Turn: 
Quads for Benyamine and a double up in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 | -20,000 |