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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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€882,000
Total Entries
180
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 180
Filter
Level 4
: 100/200, 0 ante
It's time for a 60-minute dinner break
Here are some chip counts as the players break for dinner.
All the players were staring at a flop of 
and there was three-way all-in action involving Shannon Shorr, Dan Kelly and Fabrizio Gonzalez.
| Shorr |     |
| Gonzalez |     |
| Kelly |     |
The big favourite in the hand was Dan Kelly.
Turn: 
Shorr hits the nut straight but still needs to avoid a lot of cards.
River: 
Shorr's hand holds and Dan Kelly and Fabrizio Gonzalez were eliminated.
Two hands after Sam Chartier took over the chip lead it was Shannon Shorr who raised it up to 450. Action got folded to Jyri Merivirta who called in late position, Sam Chartier called from the big blind giving us three-way action on the flop.
The flop was 
and Shorr continuation bet 800. Merivirta and Chartier called bringing us to the turn, the 
. Chartier and Shorr checked to Merivirta who bet pot, which was 3,850. Chartier folded and Shorr called. The river was the and Shorr checkd again. Merivirta tanked for well over a minute before shoving all-in for his remaining 6,300. Shorr didn't look happy but called and mucked his cards when Merivirta turned over 
.
We haven't seen a pot today like the one Sam Chartier just won. Stephane Albertini raised under the gun to 500 to start off the action. Chartier was in the under-the-gun-plus-one position and three-bet to 1,400. The action got folded to Dan Kelly who four-bet to 5,000, after which it got folded back to Albertini. Both Albertini and Chartier called giving us a huge pot preflop.
The flop brought out 
on which Albertini went all in straight away. Chartier came over the top and Kelly put in his chips as well. A total of 12 cards got turned over and we managed to get all of them down.
| Sam Chartier |  |
| Dan Kelly |  |
| Stephane Albertini |   |
Chartier had the bottom wrap and a nut flush draw against Kelly who had aces and the high end of an open-ended straight draw. Albertini had the same straight draw as Kelly but also top pair, a back door flush draw and a gutshot to a higher straight. A whole lot of things to look out for and the 
on the turn gave Albertini a flush draw as well.
Kelly was rooting for a blank so his aces could hold while the other two players needed help. Help came for Chartier who hit his straight with the 
on the river giving him this massive pot with a six-high straight.
Kelly was left behind with 9,000 chips and we said goodbye to Albertini who got knocked out. Chartier has the chip lead for now but with crazy action happening all over the place we expect some other players to rise pretty quickly.
We have just seen Patrik Antonius get to his feet so we bolted over to his table. Daniel Negreanu was hauling in the Finns chips and the word around the table was that Ramzi Jelassi had opened with a raise to 500, Daniel Negreanu had three-bet to 1,800 and Patrik Antonius had moved all-in. Jelassi folded and Negreanu made the call.
| Negreanu |    |
| Antonius |   |
Board: 
Mixed game specialist Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 800 in the cut-off and Sam Trickett three-bet on the button making it 2,900. Kostritsyn called and the two of them shared a flop.
Flop: 
Checkity-check.
Turn: 
Kostritsyn bet 3,800 and Trickett called.
River:
Checkity-check.
| Kostritsyn |    |
| Trickett | Mucked |
Tristan Clemencon raised to 350 in early position and the cut-off called, as did Govert Metaal in the big blind. The flop was 
and When checked to, Clemencon bet 600 and only Metaal decided to see a turn. The turn was the and a 1,800 took the pot down for Clemencon.
