Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker Europe

09-22-2012 02:26 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Ribes	42,000 -1,500	-1,500
Phil Hellmuth	27,000 500	500

McLean Karr	17,500 -7,000	-7,000

Tony Gregg	11,000 2,000	2,000
Nicolas Cardyn	Busted
Joe Kuether	Busted

Baker Wins One and Loses One

donpeters

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

From the cutoff seat, David "ODB" baker raised to 850. Marcello Marigliano called on the button and the flop came down {K-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} . Baker bet 1,000 and Marigliano called.

The turn was he {9-Clubs} and Baker stayed on the gas with a bet of 2,000. Marigliano folded and Baker won the pot.

A couple hands later, John Tabatabai raised from the cutoff seat to 800 and Baker called from the big blind to see a flop of {J-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} . Baker checked, and Tabatabai fired 800. Baker made the call.

After the dealer added the {5-Clubs} on the turn, Baker check-folded to a bigger bet of 1,700 from Tabatabai.

Tags: David "ODB" Baker Marcello Marigliano John Tabatabai David Baker

09-22-2012 02:51 UTC+3

Tabatabai Gets Baker

donpeters

Picking up the action on the final board of {A-Spades} {10-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {3-Spades} {K-Spades} with several thousand chips already in the middle, John Tabatabai checked to David "ODB" Baker. Baker fired a bet of 3,000, and Tabatabai came back at him with a reraise to 8,200. Baker tanked, then called.

Tabatabai tabled the {J-Spades} {6-Spades} for a pair of sixes on the flop that backed into a straight. Baker mucked his hand and dropped back to 62,000 in chips. Tabatabai climbed to nearly 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Baker	62,000 -20,000	-20,000

John Tabatabai	38,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker David Baker John Tabatabai

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

09-22-2012 03:00 UTC+3

Baker Check-Raises Right Back Against Tabatabai

donpeters

David "ODB" Baker check-called a bet of 1,500 on the {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs} {A-Hearts} board from John Tabatabai before the {4-Clubs} landed on the river. Baker checked again and Tabatabai fired 2,700. Baker check-raised to 8,350 and Tabatabai tank-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Baker	75,000 13,000	13,000

John Tabatabai	26,500 -11,500	-11,500

Tags: David "ODB" Baker David Baker John Tabatabai

09-22-2012 03:01 UTC+3

Ivey Raise-Folds

donpeters

Action folded to Phil Ivey on the button and he raised to 1,000. David Baker reraised to 3,250 from the small blind and play folded back to Ivey. He snapped his cards and then tossed them into the muck, dropping back to just over 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	5,300 -700	-700

Tags: David "ODB" Baker David Baker Phil Ivey

09-22-2012 03:13 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Tilly	110,000 18,000	18,000

David Baker	75,000

Brandon Cantu	53,000 38,500	38,500

Matan Krakow	43,500 13,500	13,500
Rémy Biechel	33,000 5,500	5,500
Roberto Romanello	30,000 3,000	3,000

Marc-Andre Ladouceur	25,000 -11,400	-11,400
John Tabatabai	24,000 -2,500	-2,500
Jeff Rossiter	19,000 -9,000	-9,000
Barbara Martinez	13,000 -15,000	-15,000
Phil Ivey	6,000 700	700

Ben Roberts	Busted

09-22-2012 03:23 UTC+3

Ivey Eliminated

donpeters

Phil Ivey check-raised all in for 5,050 on the {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} flop against Christophe Julien's bet of 1,200. Julien got a count of Ivey's stack, then tossed in the call with the {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} . Ivey held a dominated {A-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} .

The turn was the {K-Spades} , and as soon as Ivey saw that hit the felt, he popped out of his chair and headed for the door, knowing he was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the {A-Hearts} and that was the end of Ivey's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Christophe Julien Phil Ivey

09-22-2012 03:30 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Ribes	46,000 4,000	4,000
McLean Karr	28,000 10,500	10,500

Phil Hellmuth	26,000 -1,000	-1,000

Padraig Parkinson	17,000 9,500	9,500
Greg Merson	14,000 -6,000	-6,000

[Removed:163]	10,000 3,000	3,000
Govert Metaal	7,000 -25,000	-25,000

09-22-2012 03:45 UTC+3

Four More Hands

donpeters

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Theclock has been paused with 10 minutes left in the level, and the tournament staff just announced that each table will play four more hands before the players bag and tag their chips for the night.