2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €10,400 No-Limit Hold'em (Split Format)
Day: 1
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Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€336,008
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,400
Prize Pool
€1,200,000
Entries
125
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 125
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Kostritsyn Picks One Up

On the {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, 2,600 chips were in the middle between Davidi Kitai and Alexander Kostritsyn. Kitai checked and Kostritsyn bet 1,500. Kitai made the call.

The turn card was the {J-Hearts} to pair the board. Kitai checked and Kostritsyn bet 3,500. Kitai gave it up and Kostritsyn won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Davidi Kitai
38,000
8,000
8,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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Alexander Kostritsyn
25,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Alexander KostritsynDavidi Kitai

Katchalov Cut in Half

Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov has just had his early chip boost erased (and then some) at the hands of his neighbor Jani Sointula.

We didn't pick up the action until the turn, walking up to see a board of {10-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {8-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} out on the felt. Katchalov had checked, and Sointula put out a bet of 4,200 into a pot of just more than that. Katchalov spent a few minutes considering, and he eventually made the call to see the {5-Clubs} fill out the board. When he checked one last time, Sointula moved his last 14,350 into the middle on a pot-sized shove.

Katchalov hated the news, and he sunk in his chair a bit as he began to mumble to himself. He looked up at the ceiling and shook his head with a "Why me?" look on his face, but he couldn't get away from it. He made a reluctant call, and Sointula tabled {8-Spades} {8-Clubs}. Katchalov threw his hands up, open-palmed, and it looked like he flashed ace-ten as he sent his cards into the muck.

After that exchange, Katchalov has been reduced to about three-quarters of his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Jani Sointula
43,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
22,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Eugene KatchalovJani Sointula

A Few More Chips

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
45,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
37,000
7,000
7,000
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Chad Brown
36,000
6,000
6,000
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Chris Moorman
33,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Andrew Robl
33,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
27,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Tom Dwan
24,000
6,000
6,000
GTO Wizard
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Scott Seiver
21,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 7X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Noah Schwartz
20,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Roland Isra
Roland Isra
19,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
18,000
12,000
12,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
17,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Kelly Eliminated by Robl

We picked up the action on the {9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop where Andrew Robl had check-raised Steven Kelly to 2,200 and Kelly had three-bet it to 4,450. Robly came back over the top with a reraise to 9,200 and then Kelly made it 18,400. Robl moved all in and Kelly called for less.

Kelly: {A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}
Robl: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

Robl's set held up with the {K-Diamonds} falling on the turn and {2-Spades} hitting on the river and Kelly was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Robl
60,000
27,000
27,000
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Steven Kelly
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Steven KellyAndrew Robl

November Six Down to Five

We just saw former November Niner and current Frenchman Antoine Saout making a hasty exit from the tournament area, and he's presumed busto unless we learn differently. The other five current and past November Niners are still alive, though, and they stack up thusly:

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Lamb
41,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
38,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
27,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Giannetti us
Matt Giannetti
19,000
11,000
11,000
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
17,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted

One-One-Two

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We're into three figures now as the number on the board has ticked up to 112.

And we're expecting at least one more player. Phil Hellmuth is dead serious about chasing down Ben Lamb for WSOP Player of the Year, and there's no chance he misses this event. Registration is still open until the beginning of Level 5.

November Five Back Up To Six

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Well, we lose one and we gain one. Antoine Saout and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi probably passed each other in the hallway, though they were going in opposite directions. Saout's day is done, but Mizrachi's is just getting stated. He's taken his seat at the table with Ben Lamb, and he's got David Benyamine on his direct left.

Welcome to Mixed-Max, Grinder.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi