2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
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

McDonald Struggling

Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

On a {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs}{A-Hearts} board we picked up the action between Mike McDonald and Kambiz Kashi. McDonald checked to Kashi who bet 11,000 into a 16,000 chip pot. The youngest EPT winner ever finally made the call leaving himself with just 7,800. Kashi showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and took down the pot.

The very next hand McDonald raised to 3,500 from the button after which he got his chips in against Kashi who was in the big blind.

Mike McDonald{K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{4-Spades}
Kambiz Kashi{A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Spades}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades} giving McDonald the win and the much needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kambiz Kashi
Kambiz Kashi
55,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
16,100
-38,600
-38,600
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonaldKambiz Kashi

Level 10 Chip Counts

Here are the chip counts as we hit 36-players

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dimitry Motorov
Dimitry Motorov
162,000
162,000
162,000
Profile photo of Erich Kollmann
Erich Kollmann
160,000
41,500
41,500
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
127,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
125,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
118,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
116,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of [Removed:146]
[Removed:146]
106,000
47,600
47,600
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
105,000
-8,800
-8,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
100,000
15,800
15,800
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
95,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kambiz Kashi
Kambiz Kashi
86,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Elie Payan fr
Elie Payan
81,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michele Di Lauro it
Michele Di Lauro
75,000
-60,000
-60,000
Profile photo of Konstantin Uspenskiy
Konstantin Uspenskiy
72,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
68,000
12,100
12,100
Profile photo of Niall Charlton
Niall Charlton
63,000
-7,100
-7,100
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
59,000
27,400
27,400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Francis Dubois
Francis Dubois
57,000
100
100
Profile photo of Jerome Bradpiece
Jerome Bradpiece
54,000
-74,500
-74,500
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
54,000
-13,700
-13,700
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
50,000
-2,400
-2,400
Profile photo of Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
50,000
7,100
7,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Salim Boukrouma
Salim Boukrouma
48,000
13,300
13,300
Profile photo of Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
42,000
-12,700
-12,700
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Evgeny Zaytsev ru
Evgeny Zaytsev
31,000
-5,700
-5,700

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McDonald Done

Mike McDonald couldn't make a comeback after having a very rough start. The Canadian got his last chips in, according to his former opponents, with {A-}{Q-}{J-}{4-} against a set of sevens on {A-}{10-}{7-}. No help for McDonald who missed out on a cash by two tables.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonald

A Warm Welcome For Trickett

Sam Trickett
Sam Trickett

After his table broke as we got down to 36 players Sam Trickett got moved to table 78. Trickett took McDonald's old seat right next to Dermot Blain and close to Shannon Shorr and Michele Di Lauro. The warm welcome didn't come from either of those players, it was Konstantin Uspenskiy who put the pressure on him.

Uspenskiy is been having a great day so far and we just witnessed two pots he won. In the first one the board read {3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} when he called a 9,200 bet from Salim Boukrouma who is sitting to directly to his right. The river was the {K-Hearts} and both players checked. Boukrouma showed {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} but that couldn't beat Uspenskiy's {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Spades}.

The very next hand Uspenskiy raised to 2,400 from the under the gun +1 position and got three-bet by Trickett who was was in the cut-off. The Brit had re-raised to 7,000 and Uspenskiy asked the dealer what a pot size four-bet would cost him. The Russian quickly threw in 17,500 which was considerably less. Trickett called and gave us heads-up flop action.

The flop was {A-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Uspenskiy immediately announced a pot bet. Trickett smiled and folded as he was left with 86,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Konstantin Uspenskiy
Konstantin Uspenskiy
100,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
86,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Salim Boukrouma
Salim Boukrouma
21,000
-27,000
-27,000

Tags: Konstantin UspenskiySalim BoukroumaSam Trickett

Stein's Head Hurting

Unfortunately we didn't catch the pre-river action but on a {A-Diamonds}{Kc]{Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts} board Erich Kollmann threw out a pot sized 14,300 bet. Stein was talking to himself saying things like, "There's only one hand that beats me. This is so silly".

"I'm sorry guys," he apologized after a couple of minutes for his long tanking. The rest of the table gave Stein all the time in the world and eventually he folded his cards giving Kollmann the pot. "If you bet 9,000 I'm calling 100%. This bet is either the best or the worst," Stein said as Kollmann was quietly stacking the chips.

Stein is one of the short stacks in the room while Kollmann is cruising.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erich Kollmann
Erich Kollmann
145,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
19,000
-9,000
-9,000

Tags: Erich KollmannSam Stein

Double Ups Minus Detail

Salim Boukrouma has just doubled up through Sam Trickett and Jelassi Ramzi has just doubled up through Randy Dorfman.

"Well played," said Dorfman.
"I was ahead," said Ramzi.
"At what point on that flop did you think you were ahead? What Maths school did you go to?" Asked Dorfman.
"I dropped out," replied Ramzi

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
76,000
47,000
47,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
72,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Salim Boukrouma
Salim Boukrouma
62,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
43,000
-57,000
-57,000

Tags: Sam TrickettSalim BoukroumaRamzi JelassiRandy Dorfman

Williams Wins

Dimitry Motorov raised to 1,700 in middle position, Elie Payans called in the cut-off, Michel Abecassis called in the small blind before David Williams three-bet to 13,500 in the big blind. Motorov and Payans made the call and Abecassis folded.

Flop: {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}

Williams bets pot and both players snap-fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dimitry Motorov
Dimitry Motorov
155,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
90,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Elie Payan fr
Elie Payan
39,000
-42,000
-42,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David Williams

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0