2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Dan O'Brien had the button.
He opened to 16,000 and Giovanni Rosadoni flung out a call.
The dealer produced a flop of 

and Rosadoni took control of the hand with a 22,000 bet. O'Brien called and the
peeled off on the turn. Rosadoni checked and O'Brien bet 47,000. Rosadoni opted to make it 100,000 straight and O'Brien flat called.
The
completed the board and Rosadoni checked. O'Brien moved 115,000 into the center and Rosadoni called.
O'Brien showed 
for the wheel and Rosadoni threw his hand into the muck. O'Brien has now passed the one-million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,045,000
249,000
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249,000 |
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252,000
249,000
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249,000 |
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Giovanni Rosadoni opened to 18,000 from the button. Dan O'Brien called and the dealer spread out a flop of 

. O'Brien checked and Rosadoni continued for 42,000. O'Brien folded and the Rosadoni took down the first pot of heads up play.
The players are back in their seats and the cards in the air.
The players are on a short break before the heads-up battle commences.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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776,000
712,350
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712,350 |
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501,000
437,700
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437,700 |
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Dan O'Brien opened to 16,000 from the button and John Monnette three-bet all in for 180,000 from the small blind. O'Brien called and the hands were tabled to find the two players racing:
O'Brien: 

Monnette: 

The board fell 



and O'Brien's eights were able to hold, sending Monnette home in 3rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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796,000
247,000
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247,000 |
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Busted | |
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Giovanni Rosadoni opened to 18,000 from the small blind and received a call from Dan O'Brien in the big blind. The flop was 

and both players checked. Rosadoni checked the
turn and O'Brien fired out 28,000.
Rosadoni mucked his hand and O'Brien took downt he pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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560,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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549,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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185,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Giovanni Rosadoni opened to 22,000 from the small blind and Dan O'Brien called. The flop was 

and Rosadoni continued for 12,000. O'Brien folded and Rosadoni showed the
as he took down the pot.
The next hand John Monnette limped from the small blind only to find Rosadoni raise to 18,000 from the big blind. Monnette called and the both checked the 

flop as well as the
turn. Monnette check-folded to a bet on the
river and Rosadoni dragged another pot.
John Monnette raised to 16,000 on the button and was called by Dan O'Brien from the big blind.
The flop was 

and both players checked. The duo did so once again on the
turn and a third time on the
river.
O'Brien showed 
for a rivered pair of aces and Monnette mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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180,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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