2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship
Day: 4
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 4 Started

Day 4 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
11Brian Roberts901,000
12Jeremy Kottler943,000
13Patrik Antonius696,000
14Max Silver1,780,000
15Michael Drummond230,000
16Thibaud Guenegou546,000
17Elio Fox889,000
18--empty-- 
    
21Ricardo Tavares462,000
22Tony G226,000
23John Duthie314,000
24Dermot Blain1,200,000
25John Eames210,000
26Steven Moreau709,000
27--empty-- 
28--empty-- 
    
31Shawn Buchanan1,267,000
32Amir Lehavot1,398,000
33Alex Dovzhenko627,000
34Erik Seidel242,000
35James Schafer332,000
36Dario Sammartino838,000
37--empty-- 
38--empty-- 
    
41Andy Moseley863,000
42Chris Moorman1,759,000
43Philippe Ktorza133,000
44Moritz Kranich571,000
45Arnaud Mattern171,000
46Jake Cody522,000
47--empty-- 
48--empty-- 

Welcome To The Penultimate Day Of The €10,400 WSOPE Main Event

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is creeping towards its conclusion and we think we are in for something special. The Hotel Majestic Barriere, Cannes, has been host to the biggest, baddest and most beautiful WSOPE main event ever. We started with 593 players, creating a huge prize pool of €5,692,800, and we are now down to the final 25 all vying for that €1.4 million first prize.

The two men neck and neck at the top of the chip counts are from the UK. Max Silver and Chris Moorman are separated by a mere 11 chips going into the penultimate day and they dominate their starting tables in terms of stack size. Chris Moorman once again finds himself battling with Jake Cody, and we will keep our eye on that confrontation, as the two will know each others game very well. Silver has position on the best looking man in the universe, Patrik Antonius, who can play a bit as well.

At the other end of the chip counts we have the world's top live tournament earner Erik Seidel. Seidel has yet again found himself in the deep end of one of the worlds top tournaments. He shares table space with the WSOPE phenom that is Shawn Buchanan. Buchanan, who has now cashed in four WSOPE events this series, is playing that well at the moment do not be surprised to see him at the final table. Buchanan is not the only player left in the event to have cashed in multiple WSOPE events this series either. John Eames has also cashed in three events this series and is another of the short stacks. He shares a table with the third short stack, and his father, Tony G. The G-Meister General brought the house down yesterday when he used a singing Donkey as a card protector. He was on top form and if he finds an early double up who knows what mayhem he has in store for the rest of the day.

The Caesars Cup has started today and Jake Cody and Tony G are representing Team Europe. This presents us with a slight logistical problem and we may possibly have a slightly later start. Keep your eyes on the blog and we will keep you posted about the actual start time, which we doubt will be 14.00 (CET)

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Moreau Barrels Early

Steven Moreau opened to 26,000 second to act, and Dermot Blain defended his big blind to see a heads-up flop.

It came out {4-Spades} {8-Clubs} {A-Clubs}, and the turn and river would be the {5-Hearts} and the {6-Clubs}. Moreau got bullets in on all three streets -- 28,000 on the flop, 64,000 on the turn, and another 73,000 behind the river card. Blain didn't waste too much time calling the first two bets, but he took a long while check-folding to the last bullet.

Moreau takes it, though, moving up over 800,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
1,080,000 -120,000
Steven Moreau fr
Steven Moreau
842,000 133,000

Tags: Dermot BlainSteven Moreau

Arnaud Mattern Gets a Fortunate Double Up

Arnaud Mattern moved all-in from the cut-off for 138,000 and Jake Cody re-shipped from the button and had the Frenchman covered. Everybody else at the table folded and we had a showdown.

Showdown

Mattern{J-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Cody{A-Spades} {J-Hearts}

Mattern was in a horrific spot, but all that would change by the river.

Board: {K-Spades} {6-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {9-Diamonds}

Player Chips Progress
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
EPT 1X Winner
304,000 133,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
300,000 -222,000

Tags: Arnaud MatternJake Cody

Chris Moorman Watch

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Chris Moorman has started the day using his stack to his advantage. In the first ten minutes he has brought out the three-bet on at least three occasions to take down a lot of unchallenged money.

Buchanan Punishing; Lehavot Getting No Respect

The last three hands at Table 2:

Under the gun, Shawn Buchanan opened to 25,000, and his neighbor Amir Lehavot three-bet to 65,000. It's a pairing we're going to keep a close eye on today as it pits two skilled an accomplished players against each other, and each have plenty of chips to do some damage. Buchanan four-bet here, though, making it 150,000 straight, and Lehavot shot him a look and mucked.

The next hand, Lehavot opened to 27,000 under the gun, and Alex Dovzhenko three-bet to 62,000. Action came around to Buchanan in the big blind, and he decided a cold four-bet was in order. He slid out 175,000 this time, and both of his opponents quickly folded in turn.

Lehavot finally got some love on the third hand of the series, picking up a walk in the big blind.

Buchanan is approaching a half-million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,470,000 203,000
Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
WSOP 1X Winner
1,305,000 -93,000
Alex Dovzhenko ua
Alex Dovzhenko
525,000 -102,000

Tags: Amir LehavotShawn BuchananAlex Dovzhenko