Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€3,250
Entries
141
Level
12
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Shootout in the French Riviera
The evening event today at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe is Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Last year, the 258-entrant field was topped by Tristan Wade as the American from Florida won his first-ever gold bracelet. For his win, Wade captured a first-place prize worth €182,048, and he plans to give it all he can to successfully defend his title this year.
Although all of the numbers have been down so far this year in Cannes, this event should be the start of things creeping back up. There have been several events that have wrapped up around the world and more and more players are flocking to the South of France in hopes of winning some WSOP hardware. Checking the wide world of social media, some of the players who we'll see in action this evening are Eugene Katchalov, Fabrice Soulier, Dan O'Brien, Mike Watson, Mike McDonald, Kyle Julius and Timothy Adams.
Each player will begin this event with 9,000 in starting chips and tables will be a maximum of 10-handed. There is no set schedule of length for the event today, as each table is required to play down to one winner in this shootout format. Then tomorrow, all the winners from Day 1 will return to do it all again for Day 2.
The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 5:00 PM local time and the event should pack loads of notables in action. Be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews for the live coverage coming to you shortly. And while you wait, head over and check out our coverage of the other two events running today: Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em and Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha.
Delayed
The start of the event has been delayed a tiny bit, but things will be kicking off shortly. Stay tuned!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The cards are in the air for Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout.
Tough Road for the Defending Champ
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Tristan Wade, the defending champion of this event, has a tough starting table. He's joined by David "ODB" Baker, Roberto Romanello, Thomas Wahlroos and Manig Loeser. Also at his table is the player he beat to win the title, Mike Watson. This is one of the tougher tables in the room, but Wade proved last year he has what it takes to earn the gold.
Numbers Down
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Looking up at the tournament clock, the number of registered players reads 127. That's less than half of the amount that played last year and a far cry from when we said this event would see the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe event field rise. Late registration will remain open for a bit and we'll see just how big this field gets, so stay tuned.
Slow Goings
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The player here in the first level has been extremely slow, but that was expected. With each player getting 9,000 chips to start and the blinds at 25/50, everyone is deep. This is a tournament, though, and things will be changing very soon when the blinds are raised.
Right now, two players have been eliminated from the field in unknown action.
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Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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Small One for Speidel with Flopped Boat
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Hiren "Sunny" Patel checked the 
flop and Oliver Speidel fired a bet of 200. Patel called, and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked. They also both checked after the 
fell on the river. Patel showed the 
, but Speidel's 
was better and he scooped the small pot.