2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€1,400,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,400
Prize Pool
€5,692,800
Entries
593
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship

Day 2 Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Constant Rijkenberg nl
Constant Rijkenberg
462,800
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
429,900
-4,100
-4,100
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
353,500
33,500
33,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
323,200
-56,800
-56,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Giuseppe Sammartino
Giuseppe Sammartino
305,900
75,900
75,900
Profile photo of Tom Bedell
Tom Bedell
301,900
11,900
11,900
Profile photo of Andy Moseley
Andy Moseley
301,400
41,400
41,400
Profile photo of Hyacinthe Bonnin
Hyacinthe Bonnin
296,000
213,800
213,800
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
291,900
193,900
193,900
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
291,400
-8,600
-8,600
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
285,500
202,500
202,500
Profile photo of Thibaud Guenegou
Thibaud Guenegou
279,000
211,800
211,800
Profile photo of Joel Dodds au
Joel Dodds
270,400
-104,600
-104,600
Profile photo of Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
259,800
88,800
88,800
Profile photo of Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
259,500
197,000
197,000
Profile photo of Ricardo Tavares br
Ricardo Tavares
249,500
154,500
154,500
Profile photo of Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
241,400
36,400
36,400
Profile photo of Philippe Ktorza fr
Philippe Ktorza
238,000
180,700
180,700
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
237,300
135,300
135,300
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
233,100
8,100
8,100
Profile photo of James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
231,100
146,100
146,100
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Emin Aghayev
Emin Aghayev
229,300
229,300
229,300
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
228,100
-36,900
-36,900
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joao Barbosa pt
Joao Barbosa
219,200
177,425
177,425
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeremy Kottler us
Jeremy Kottler
212,300
37,300
37,300

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Day 2 is In the Bag; Rijkenberg Flying High

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Constant Rijkenberg
Constant Rijkenberg

They're pumping Coldplay through the speakers, and that's our cue to get out of here.

Day 2 is done and dusted here at the WSOPE Main Event, and our starting field has been dashed to bits. The remaining 328 (of the 539 starters) walked back into the tournament room today, but more than 200 of the walked right back out with a frown over the course of six testing levels. Including the start-of-day chip leader, Jamie Rosen. And the third-place stack of Tommy Vedes. It was Vedes' birthday today, but he was the one doing the giving, quickly passing his chips out to his table mates and heading off to (hopefully) celebrate.

With the bags out on the tables, it looks like Constant Rijkenberg has done the most work today, and his stack of 462,800 puts him atop the pack heading for the run to the money tomorrow.

Rijkenberg's finishing stack is still less than Rifat Palevic's high point on the day. Palevic was the first player to amass a big stack today, working his count up over the half-million mark at one point. The aggression that gave him the chips took a chunk of them away, however, and Palevic had to settle for a finishing count of 353,500 -- still quite healthy. Others who are still in the hunt for this title include Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Robert Mizrachi, Victor Ramdin, Patrik Antonius, Tony G, and the defending champion, James Bord. And don't look now, but last year's 13th-place finisher, Hoyt Corkins, finds himself in second place overall with 429,900 at night's end.

Everyone's chasing Rijkenberg, though, and the Dutchman certainly knows what it takes to win a big tournament. Rijkenberg is the EPT San Remo champion from a couple years back, and his game seems to have grown even a bit more mature in the time since then. He'll bring almost a half-million chips back with him tomorrow.

Play is set to resume at noon tomorrow, and we'll play eight-handed from here on out.

Until then, all that's left is goodnight!

Tags: Constant Rijkenberg

Dodds Doubles On Last Hand

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Joel Dodds (Day 1b)
Joel Dodds (Day 1b)

On the last hand at his table, Joel Dodds scored a big double up through Mustapha Kanit, but he had to come from behind to do so.

Dodds was all in preflop with the {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} versus {A-}{K-} for Kanit. The window card was the {Q-Spades} to give Dodds the lead, but it was followed by the {J-Spades} and {10-Hearts} to give Kanit a Broadway straight. The turn paired the board with the {10-Diamonds} and then the river put another ten out there with the {10-Clubs} and gave Dodds a straight.

Dodds was all in for 135,000 and doubled up big just before bagging up for the night.

Tags: Joel DoddsMustapha Kanit

Bucky Drags a Monster

There were about three dozen people encircling one of the far tables, and that's usually our cue that something big is going on. When we walked over, there was a board of {3-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} out on the table and a big pot piled in the center. Shawn Buchanan had bet 73,000, and Carlos Mortensen was deep in the tank. He only had about 100,000 chips left, so the call was for nearly all of it. After several minutes, he talked himself into the call.

Buchanan showed up {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} for top set, drawing a "Wow," from a couple players at the table. Mortensen was not one of them, however. He quietly mucked, left now with just barely what he began with two days ago.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
300,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
32,000
-98,000
-98,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Shawn BuchananCarlos Mortensen

Day Two Chip Leader? Keep An Eye On Table Eight!

Hoyt Corkins - leading the way
Hoyt Corkins - leading the way

We have been saying it all day, but the magical table eight seems to be where it is all happening. It will be surprising if the chip leader does not rise out of the mayhem that is table eight. With fifteen-minutes of the level remaining we watched a few hands so see who was favourite to come out of the pack.


Hand 1

Rifat Palevic raised to 5,100 in early position and Anthony Lellouche raised to 13,700 a few seats to his left. Action on Tom Bedell in the big blind whio started to think.

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz," snored Palevic at the top of his voice.

"Alright I call," said Bedell.

The flop was {K-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and the action checked to Lellouche who bet 16,400. Bedell folded but Palevic check-raised to 34,300 and Lellouche folded his hand after Palevic told him he had nothing but knew he had nothing either.

Hand 2

Ifergan raised to 4,200 under the gun and folded to a 10,250 Cody three-bet from the button.

Hand 3

Robert Mizrachi raised to 5,000 in early position and Hoyt Corkins called. The flop was {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} {4-Hearts} and Mizrachi bet 5,300 before folding to a 20,000 Corkins raise.

Hand 4

Cody raised to 4,500 from the hijack and three players called. The flop was {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Spades} and Cody won the pot with a 12,500 c-bet and flashed the {A-Diamonds}.

End Result

SeatNameChipcount
1Jake Cody380,000
2Tom Bedell290,000
3Ben Kessas40,500
4Rifat Palevic320,000
5Vadim Ifergan200,000
6Anthony Lellouche180,000
7Robert Mizrachi140,000
8Pretty Vacant 
9Hoyt Corkins395,000
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
395,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
380,000
134,000
134,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
320,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Bedell
Tom Bedell
290,000
132,000
132,000
Profile photo of Vadim Ifergan
Vadim Ifergan
200,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
180,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
140,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Benjamin Kessas
Benjamin Kessas
40,500
7,475
7,475

Gimme Five!

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The clock has been paused with ten minutes to go in the day, and we'll play another five hands at each table before calling it a night.

Antonius Takes One from Sihvo

Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

From the hijack seat, Lari Sihvo raised to 4,000. Patrik Antonius called from the big blind and the flop came down {J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Antonius checked and Sihvo bet 5,200. Antonius put in a check-raise to 13,000 and Sihvo made the call.

The turn card was the {K-Spades} and Antonius fired 22,000. Sihvo didn't take too long to make the call and see the {7-Spades} land on the river. Antonius took some time to himself. He eventually fired a bet worth 27,000. Sihvo called.

Antonius tabled the {K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Sihvo slammed his hand on the table in disgust. "You're so lucky!" he said to Antonius. Sihvo then mucked his hand and Antonius scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
265,000
85,000
85,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lari Sihvo
Lari Sihvo
58,000
-57,000
-57,000

Tags: Lari SihvoPatrik Antonius