2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #4: €3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€182,048
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Entries
258
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Binger Makes a Good Fold

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Matt Waxman
Matt Waxman

The action is on Nick Binger who decides to check the {10-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop putting the action on the recent WPT Grand Prix de Paris champion Matt Waxman, who also checks.

The dealer puts out the {2-Diamonds} on the turn and Binger bets 400 from the small blind, Waxman raises to 1,500 and Binger quickly calls. The river brings the {Q-Spades} into play and Binger now checks. Waxman, who is busy peeling the prawns in his rice dish, vocally bets 2,500 sending Binger into the tank. He stays for there for just under a minute before relinquishing his hand.

"Good fold bro," said Waxman to his fellow countryman, before continuing to eat his now peeled prawns.

This table only has four players remaining, Waxman, Binger, Andrew Robl and Ryan D'Angelo.

Tags: Matt WaxmanNick Binger

ElkY Crushing as Negreanu Doubled

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
ElkY in control
ElkY in control

It seems as if ElkY is having it all his own way at his table. He's up to 30,000 in chips after he eliminated Philip Jacobsen to take his table to seven-handed.

We're not sure how the action went but it seemed as if Jacobsen three-bet all-in from the small blond after an early position raise from the Frenchman. He called with pocket queen and stayed ahead of Jacobsen's king-six.

Daniel Negreanu is staying competitive meanwhile after a double-up. He just tweeted: "doubled thru Shak. Raised 88 button called Shak reraised. I put him on exactly AQ and said so. He shows AQ and the 88 held."

Tags: Dan ShakDaniel NegreanuElkYPhilip Jacobsen

Back to Chinese Poker

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick is busily playing Chinese poker with Dan Kelly via Bluetooth on an iPad and iPhone, but he interrupted his game to quickly double-up Nikita Nikolaev.

Nikolaev raised to 550 from mid position and then moved all-in when Chidwick three-bet to 1,500 from the big blind. Call.

Chidwick: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Nikolaev: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran {j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The flop was about as good as it got for Nikolaev as it left Chidwick with one out. It didn't come and he dropped to 7,200 chips.

Tags: Stephen ChidwickNikita Nikolaev.

"I'm Not Perfect," Says Tony G

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Table 34 is being played four handed at the moment and Tony G seems to be running the show. He just raised to 575 and everyone folded. "That raise is too big," explained Maria Ho, "I can't play a hand with you,"

"I only had a king. {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} is a big hand for me," replied Tony G before adding the words no poker fan thought they would ever heard, "I'm not perfect!"

The very next hand he raised to 450 under the gun and found callers in the shape of Nikolay Volper and Vladimir Shchemelev. The flop came down {9-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and all three players checked. Teh turn was the {5-Diamonds}, Shchemelev bet 1,100 and both Tony G and Volper called. The river brought the {5-Diamonds} into play and again s
Shchemelev bet 1,100, Tony G snap-called and Volper got out of the way.

Shchemelev{6-Spades} {6-Clubs}
Tony G{J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

"See how much better 450 is?" joked Ho, prompting laughs from her table mates.

Tags: Vladimir ShchemelevMario HoNikolay VolperTony G

Tony G Not Quite Sure What Friendly Is?

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Tony G is back to his vocal best over on Table 34, though everything seems like friendly banter at the moment.

Tony G limps in on the small blind and Kirill Telezhkin raises to 600 from the big blind. "Keep it friendly you mug," demands Tony G before making the call. The flop comes down {7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Tony G checks, Telezhkin bets 400 and Tony G quickly calls. The turn is the {J-Clubs} and Tony G bets 1,200 and his opponent quickly folds.

Tags: Tony GKirill Telezhkin

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Break Down

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Two levels have passed already and not surprisingly, no tables have been won yet. Come back in 20 minutes and we'll see what we can achieve in the next two levels