2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akq3
Prize
€238,140
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€882,000
Entries
180
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

Chartier is Good

The flop and turn have been dealt and the cards facing the ceiling are {8-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}. Dimitry Motorov is seated in the big blind and bets 1,500 and Sam Chartier takes the call in position. The river card is the {3-Diamonds} and Motorov checks to Chartier. He studies the board before making a bet of 1,600 and Motorov calls and the dealer sweeps the chips into Chartier's direction.

Chartier{J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {10-Spades} {6-Spades}
MotorovMuck
Player Chips Progress
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
98,000 11,000
Dimitry Motorov
Dimitry Motorov
55,000

Tags: Sam ChartierDimitry Motorov

Are You For Real?

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante
Erik Seidel is probably going to win the Main Event anyway.
Erik Seidel is probably going to win the Main Event anyway.

Erik Seidel has been eliminated from the tournament and that's, of course, very big news. The Seidborg is having the best year in poker known to man but this tournament is not going to be on his list of accomplishments.

It was David Williams who ended Seidel's run early and he told us what happened. The two got it in on a {Q-}{6-}{5-} flop with two diamonds. Williams had a set of fives against the nut flush draw of Seidel and he didn't managed to hit one of his outs. Williams is up to 81,000 and among the biggest stacks in the room.

Tags: Erik SeidelDavid Williams

Time For Sad News

These players all have been knocked out. Too bad guys, better luck next time!

Player Chips Progress
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
Busted
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Tony G lt
Tony G
Busted
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
Busted
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
Busted
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
Busted
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
David Sands us
David Sands
Busted
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
Busted
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
Busted
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
Busted
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Busted
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The final 20 minute break of the day just started. There are 88 players left with an average stack of 30,700.

The Reigning Champ Hangs On!

Our reigning champion, Jeff Lisandro, has just clung on to his tournament survival against our chip leader

On a board of {Q-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} both Jeff Lisandro and Elie Payan got it in and here were the hands:

Payan{K-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {5-Spades}
Lisandro{Q-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}

Lisandro was ahead but had to avoid a lot of cards, that was until the {9-Clubs} on the turn gave Lisandro the boat.

Player Chips Progress
Elie Payan fr
Elie Payan
WSOP 1X Winner
95,000 -10,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
17,000 3,000

Tags: Jeff LisandroElie Payan

Chip Counts; Part 2

Player Chips Progress
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
87,000 9,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
87,000 15,000
Niall Charlton
Niall Charlton
80,000 10,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
44,000 23,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
38,000 20,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 21,000
Kambiz Kashi
Kambiz Kashi
34,000 -10,000
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
25,000 -10,000
Erich Kollmann
Erich Kollmann
24,000 9,000
Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
23,000 14,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
21,000 -2,000
Tony G lt
Tony G
21,000 6,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
20,000 3,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
18,000 2,000
Steve Bilirakis
Steve Bilirakis
18,000 -12,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
16,000 1,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
15,000 -4,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
11,000 2,800

Chip Counts; Part 1

Player Chips Progress
Elie Payan fr
Elie Payan
WSOP 1X Winner
105,000 5,000
David Williams us
David Williams
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
81,000 24,000
Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
74,000 13,000
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
WSOP 2X Winner
52,000 11,000
Dave Ulliot
Dave Ulliot
39,000 13,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
35,000 16,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
33,000 14,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
31,000 1,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
26,000 -3,000
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
24,000 10,000
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
18,000 7,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 6,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
16,000 -2,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000 7,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
14,000 -10,000
Bruno Benveniste fr
Bruno Benveniste
14,000 -1,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
4,000 -16,000
Thomas Wahlroos fi
Thomas Wahlroos
3,800 -11,200
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
Busted

2nd WSOP Bracelet?

In June this year, Elie Payan won $292,825 and a WSOP bracelet after defeating 1017 entries in the $1,500 PLO event. There is a very long way to go in this event but he is currently the chip leader as he tries to win his second bracelet of 2011. We just caught him getting some value on the river in the following hand.

On a board of {6-Spades} {2-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} Payan was seated in the big blind. There was a bet of 12,200 strewn out in front of him and Jan Jachtmann was the player facing a decision from the button. He made the call and Jachtmann flipped over {K-Spades} {7-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} to win the hand with a straight and Jachtmann was left thumping the table in frustration.

Jachtmann ~ 21000

Player Chips Progress
Elie Payan fr
Elie Payan
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 13,000

Tags: Elie Payan