Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€2,500
Prize Pool
€544,800
Entries
227
Level
25
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Bonnet Leads Final Eight in Chase for First Bracelet of 2012 WSOP Europe
Today marks the third and final day of Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. The field has been cut down to its final eight players with Yannick Bonnet from France leading the way.
Just two spots away from the official final table, Matan Krakow has a chance to pull off an amazing feat by making back-to-back final tables in this event. Last year he finished fourth out of the larger field of 360 competitors. He'll be aiming to top that result and earn his first gold bracelet here today.
Another player looking to make history happen is Roberto Romanello. With European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour titles already in his trophy case, Romanello can earn poker's elusive Triple Crown achievement by taking home the WSOP hardware. He came close to completing that feat here in Cannes last year when he took fifth in the €1,000 No Limit Hold'em event and then this recent summer as he placed seventh in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em — Shootout. Romanello is by far the most decorated player left in the field with over $2.6 million in live tournament earnings; experience he hopes that will help him earn the victory today
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yannick Bonnet | 476,000 |
| 2 | Senh Ung | 289,000 |
| 3 | Matan Krakow | 250,000 |
| 4 | Sylvain Ribes | 212,000 |
| 5 | Roberto Romanello | 200,000 |
| 6 | Imed Ben Mahmoud | 184,000 |
| 7 | Demis Hassabis | 88,000 |
| 8 | Romain Chauvassagne | 7,000 |
As you can see from the counts above, the odds are severely stacked against Romain Chauvassagne. On the final hand at his table last night, Chauvassagne lost nearly all of his chips with pocket eights to Sylvain Ribes' pocket aces. You know what they say though, "A chip and a chair."
Play is scheduled to kick off to 1:00 PM local time and PokerNews will be right here providing all the coverage straight from the tournament floor. Following the first elimination, the remaining seven players will combine at one table and then work their way towards the title from there. Once the official final table is reached, a live stream without holecards will be available.
There's nearly €150,000 awarded to first place and everybody wants it. We'll see you back here shortly.
Play To Begin Shortly
The start time has been delayed a tiny bit, but the cards will be in the air shortly. The players are currently unbagging and stacking up their chips to get things kicked off. Stay tuned!
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 3 of Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em.
Romain Chauvassagne Eliminated in 8th Place (€16,529)
Romain Chauvassagne surely had the deck stacked against him here on Day 3 as he only began with 7,000 in chips. After posting the ante of 1,000, Chauvassagne moved all in for his final 6,000 from under the gun. Senh Ung completed the small blind and Demis Hassabis checked in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and both remaining active players checked. They also checked the 
turn card and 
river card as Chauvassagne watched on.
At the showdown, Ung showed the 
, Hassabis the 
and Chauvassagne the 
. Hassabis had trip tens for the winner and Chauvassagne was eliminated in eighth place.
The remaining seven players are now redrawing to one table on the main stage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
281,000 | -8,000 |
|
103,000 | 15,000 |
|
Busted |
Down To One Table
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sylvain Ribes |
| 2 | Senh Ung |
| 3 | Roberto Romanello |
| 4 | Yannick Bonnet |
| 5 | Matan Krakow |
| 6 | Demis Hassabis |
| 7 | Imed Ben Mahmoud |
Four-Bet from Ung
From early position, Senh Ung raised to 12,000 to kick things off. Matan Krakow reraised on the button to 27,000 before play folded back to Ung. He wasted little time in putting out a four-bet to 68,000. Krakow snap-folded and Ung won the pot to move to over 300,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 29,000 |
|
220,000 | -30,000 |
Krakow Shoves On Hassabis
From under the gun, Demis Hassabis raised to 12,000 and left 79,000 behind. Action then folded to Matan Krakow in the big blind. He slid one of his stacks of 20,000 over towards Hassabis' stack and mentioned that he was sizing it up to see if they were in stacks of 20. He then pulled his stack back and announced that he was all in. Hassabis tanked for a bit, then folded, and Krakow won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
79,000 | -24,000 |
Demis Hassabis Eliminated in 7th Place (€16,529)
Action folded to Demis Hassabis in the small blind and he raised to 41,000, leaving himself with just 20,000 behind. In the big blind, Imed Ben Mahmoud reraised all in. Hassabis called and the cards were on their backs.
Hassabis: 
Mahmoud: 
Hassabis was all in and at risk, but not in good shape. Mahmoud had him dominated with a flop, turn and river to come.
The flop came down 
and Mahmoud stayed in front. The turn was the 
and now Hassabis was left needing just a three on the river to double up.
The completed the board on fifth street and Hassabis was eliminated. He finished in seventh place and took home €16,529.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |