2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€258,047
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€921,600
Total Entries
96
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 96
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Eskandani Gets Some Help From Helppi

We didn't catch the action but we do know famed poker TV producer Mori Eskandani just doubled through Juha Helppi. All we know is that Eskandani held {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} on a {3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop and doubled to 42,000.

Tags: Juha HelppiMori Eskandani

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Chip Counts from the Right

Chip Counts From the Right

Ivey Doesn't Find Soft Metaal

Phil Ivey's stack is in the red for the first time today after he called a river bet from Govert Metaal which was bad.

Ivey opened from mid position and Metaal peeled from the big blind to see a {7-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop where he check-called a 1,000 c-bet. Both players checked the {9-Hearts} turn before the Dutchman led for 2,500 on the {5-Spades} river.

Ivey took his time and threw in the calling chips. Metaal opened {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a flush and Ivet mucked.

Tags: Phil IveyGovert Metaal.

Charania Finds thin Value, on Himself

Mohsin Charania must've thought he was betting for value with {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} on a {3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} board versus Amirroussine Alibay, but he was "value-towning" himself.

Charania raised to 400 from mid position and called when Alibay three-bet to 1,100 in position. Both players checked to the river where Charania bet 1,150. Alibay threw his hands up in a look of pain and went on to make a call with {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for the pot.

Tags: Mohsin CharaniaAmirroussine Alibay

Speidel Looking for Some Northern Hemisphere Success

Back in January, Oliver Speidel burst onto the poker scene by winning AUD$1.6 in the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event. The young Australian has made the trek to Cannes to test his luck in the WSOP, but he's having a rough go of it here in the Mix Max event.

In a recent hand, there was 4,200 in the pot and a board reading {4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{5-Diamonds} when Speidel bet 2,500 into Paul Newey, who tanked for a solid minute before releasing his hand. Despite that small win, Speidel is sitting with 11,800.

Tags: Oliver Speidel

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Two Players Missing from Level 3

Joann Lenne and Timothy Adams failed to appear for level 3. The reason? They followed Eugene Katchalov out of the door in level 2.

Tags: Joann LenneTimothy Adams