2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€126,207
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€600,960
Entries
626
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
WSOP 2X Winner
8,500 5,500
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
7,000 -4,000
Ashly Butler us
Ashly Butler
7,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
6,000 -1,500
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
5,600 4,275
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
WSOP 1X Winner
5,400 2,400
Mannig Loeser
Mannig Loeser
5,000 2,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
4,500 1,500
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
3,825 825
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
3,600 -2,200
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
3,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
2,800 -200
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
2,400
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
2,200
John Duthie gb
John Duthie
2,150 -850
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
2,000 -1,000
Jessica Bian
Jessica Bian
1,600 -2,400
Elli Dror
Elli Dror
1,325 -3,375

Speidel Takes a Hit

Oliver Speidel raised to 250 from middle position and received four callers, including the button and both blinds. The {5-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop saw the latter two check, Speidel bet 600, the hijack call, and the button move all in for 1,375. The blinds got out of the way, Speidel made the call, and the hijack released.

Showdown
Speidel: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Button: {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The button had outflopped Speidel's pocket pair, and neither the {5-Spades} turn nor {A-Clubs} river allowed the Australian to recapture the lead. Despite that loss, Speidel is still up from the last time we checked in with him.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
7,500 1,500

Tags: Oliver Speidel

Welcome Grinder

We just noticed Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has joined the field, and not a moment too soon. We're not 100% sure it was his first hand, but it appeared to be when the under-the-gun player raised to 300, a middle-position player called, and Mizrachi moved all in from the small blind for 3,000. Only the original raiser made the call and Mizrachi liked what he saw.

Showdown
Mizrachi: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
UTG: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

"I like the suits too," Mizrachi chimed in before the board ran out an uneventful {7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. With that, Mizrachi is already up to 6,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
6,000

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WSOP Europe Bracelets by Country

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

According to this year's WSOP Europe Media Guide, during the five years WSOP Europe has been contested there have been nearly a dozen different countries win WSOP gold bracelets across the 23 events. Here’s the list:

WSOP Europe Bracelets by Country

RankCountry# of Bracelets
1stUnited States7
2ndDenmark3
United Kingdom3
4thCanada2
Italy2
6thAfghanistan1
Australia1
Finland1
Germany1
Norway1
Switzerland1

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Kitai Makes the Right Decision

A player in early position opened for 125 and received a call from the hijack. A short-stacked Davidi Kitai, who won a big tournament in Berlin back in April for €712,000, then three-bet to 275 from the big blind, which only the hijack called. The latter proceeded to call a bet of 100 from Kitai on the {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop, and then bet 1,000 out of turn on the {8-Diamonds} turn.

The floor was called and said that action was on Kitai, but that if he checked the bet would stand. Kitai only had 850 remaining, and he seemed amused by the situation. He thought long and hard before tossing out a small bet of 50, but it didn't slow the hijack down as he still bet 1,000. The rest of the table laughed, as did Kitai, but the man from Brussels had a decision to make. He thought long and hard before folding {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} face up, and it proved to be a good fold as the hijack flashed the {J-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
800 -2,200

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