With registration closed for the first event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, the prize pool has been generated. A field of 227 players entered the event, creating a prize pool of €544,800. The top 24 spots will be paid out and a min-cash earns a player €4,887. No one's playing for that, though. They're all playing for the top prize of €147,099 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
For a complete list of the payouts, please head over to the Payouts Page.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi will not be winning another gold bracelet in this first event as he was just eliminated. Mizrachi was a late entrant to the event, but just saw his tournament come to an end when his lost to Xavier Capacci's .
The money went in preflop and the board ran out to bust Mizrachi.
From under the gun, a player raised to 600. Phil Ivey called from the hijack seat and the flop came down . The first player bet 800 and Ivey made the call.
The turn was checked by both players after the fell and then the paired the board on the river. Both checked again.
The under-the-gun player showed the , but Ivey's was best and he won the pot.
Salman Behbehani was all in with the against Ruben Velasco's . The board ran out and Velasco backed into a four-card flush to eliminate Behbehani. Behbehani was all in for just under 17,000.
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Action folded to David "ODB" Baker on the button and he opened with a raise to 850. In the small blind, Marcello Marigliano reraised to 2,450. John Tabatabai moved all in from the big blind for 10,425, and Baker folded. Marigliano called.
Marigliano:
Tabatabai:
The board ran out to give Tabatabai the double up on the river.
lost to Xavier Capacci's 
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to bust Mizrachi.
fell and then the 
paired the board on the river. Both checked again.
, but Ivey's 
. The board ran out 
and Velasco backed into a four-card flush to eliminate Behbehani. Behbehani was all in for just under 17,000.
to give Tabatabai the double up on the river.
