2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k532
Prize
€142,590
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€475,300
Entries
97
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
0

Ketels Puts The Pressure On

Pot-Limit Omaha is a very fast paced game, and Belgian player Lieven Ketels just showed that it's easy to get your money in. Jennifer Tilly raised under the gun to 150 after which Ketels called under the gun plus two.

The player in the cutoff three-bet to 800, and Konstantin Puchkov called from the button. The action was folded back to Tilly who put in the call. Ketels took his time before announcing a pot-size re-raise.

The total raise was 4,125 and the three-bettor called. Puchkov hesitated, but eventually folded. As did Tilly. The flop brought out {4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Ketels moved all in for 9,200. His opponent sighed, and folded within five seconds.

Ketels is up to 19,000 chips and doing well early on.

Player Chips Progress
Lieven Ketels
Lieven Ketels
19,000 4,000

Tags: Lieven KetelsJennifer TillyKonstantin Puchkov

A Who's Who of Poker

The room is filled with familiar faces, and so far we recognized all these players.

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Pickering au
Jamie Pickering
15,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
15,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
15,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
15,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
15,000
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
15,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000
Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
15,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
15,000
Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
15,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
15,000
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
15,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
15,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
15,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
15,000
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,000
Thomas Wahlroos fi
Thomas Wahlroos
15,000

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Shuffle Up and Deal!

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante

The cards are in the air for Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. The board reads that 74 players are currently registered.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/75

Ante: 0

It's Time For the Big Boys

Last year's champion, Steve Billirakis
Last year's champion, Steve Billirakis

Pot-Limit Omaha is one of those games that always draws a special crowd. Especially when the buy in is €5,300 you can really expect to see a ton of super stars. Today is one of those days, and we expect to see an amazing field of players to show up.

The big online poker weekend has passed, and many top pros are making their way to Cannes today. Jason Mercier already Tweeted about joining the fun, as will many others. Expect to see a star-studded field as we play eight one-hour levels here today. Late registration is expected to be open until 10:15 PM, and that leaves plenty of time for late arrivals. This is a three day event, and make sure you don't miss a second of it!

Last year Steve Billirakis defeated a field of 180 players. He took home the €238,140 first place prize after beating, among others, Ramzi Jelassi, Sam Trickett and Sam Chartier at the final table.

Tags: Jason Mercier

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha

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