Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€2,500
Prize Pool
€544,800
Entries
227
Level
25
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 227
Filter
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
From the small blind, Phil Hellmuth raised to 3,600. Then, Roberto Romanello reraised to 10,600 from the big blind.
"All right, I'm all in," said Hellmuth.
"I call," quickly came the response from Romanello.
Romanello turned over the 
and Hellmuth the 
.
"Wow, you called off 50,000 with ace-queen off," commented Hellmuth. "Unreal!"
The flop came down 
and Hellmuth's tens stayed in front. The turn was the 
and that also kept Hellmuth in the lead, but did give Romanello some additional outs to a flush. When the river hit with the 
to deliver Romanello's flush, Hellmuth's gasket blew.
"Unbelievable!" cried Hellmuth. "This guy finally gets it in with me and calls off 50,000 with ace-queen off."
"It was standard, Phil," replied Romanello.
"Standard?!?! Yeah, standard for a guy who hasn't won any tournaments!" fired back Hellmuth. All Romanello could do was laugh.
The stacks were officially counted down and Romanello's 59,500 had Hellmuth covered, who had roughly 42,000. Hellmuth collected his things quickly and stormed off, but not before stopping off to talk to Brandon Cantu and let him know what happened.
"This guy called off 50,000 with ace-queen," Hellmuth complained to Cantu. "And then said it was standard! Yeah, standard like Durrrr! Jeesh, these guys are all so bad!"
Hellmuth mumbled a bit more to himself as he exited the room, while Romanello was busy stacking up his chips with a big smile on his face. For his finish, Hellmuth toom home €4,887.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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From the cutoff seat, Alessandro Meoni raised to 3,500. Phil Hellmuth reraised all in for 20,800 from the small blind and Meoni called.
Meoni: 
Hellmuth: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Hellmuth finished with a straight to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
44,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
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From the cutoff seat, Romain Chauvassagne raised to 3,500. Phil Hellmuth was the only player to make the call, and he did so out of the big blind. The flop then came out 
and Hellmuth checked. Chauvassagne bet 5,000 and Hellmuth quickly called.
The turn card was the 
and Hellmuth had checked in the dark to his opponent. Chauvassagne thought for a minute and then checked back.
The river completed the board with the and Hellmuth led for 4,800. Chauvassagne raised to 10,000 and Hellmuth gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
21,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
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After breaking a table play continued, and Govert Metaal was all in on the very first one. From middle position he moved all in for 11,700, and Sandy Denis called from the small blind.
Metaal: 
Denis:
The board ran out 
, and Metaal doubled up. He's still one of the short stacks with 24 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
After a raise to 3,500 from Matan Krakow on the button, Jeff Rossiter reraised all in for about 25,000 from the small blind. Krakow made the call with the 
to have Rossiter and his on the ropes.
The flop of kept Krakow in front, as did the on the turn. Rossiter needed a club on the river, an ace or a queen, but couldn't find any of those when the 
landed. He was eliminated in 25th place as the official tournament bubble boy.
By busting Rossiter and the bubble, Krakow, last year's fourth-place finisher, climbed to 240,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Jennifer Tilly and Sandy Denis were all in on the bubble. Tilly held the against Denis' 
. The board ran out 
and Denis doubled up.
Denis was all in preflop for 36,800, leaving Tilly with just 9,000 in chips after she paid him off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
9,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
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Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The field is down to 25 players and the tournament will now go to hand-for-hand play. It's bubble time!
