Players are slowly filling up the empty seats around the room and a few interesting tables have emerged:
Good friends Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton have draw each other, the latter with position
Mike Watson, Matt Stout, Antonio Esfandiari and David Benyamine are together and in that seating order.
Dan Shak has to battle against Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Andrey Gulyy. Shak will know all about the former but he should be wary of the the latter; a dangerous Russian player.
The make up of Scott Seiver, Juha Helppi, and John Robert Bellande will make for interesting viewing today.
Tournament Director has informed the players that there is a chance this event, which was originally supposed to take place over four days, may be cut down to three based upon the field size. An official determination won't be made until registration closes in approximately five hours from now, but it's something to be aware of.
Tournament Director Jack Effel just gave the tradition, "Shuffle up and deal," which means cards are in the air here in Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em. The plan is to take a one-hour dinner break after Level 4, and then return and play through Level 8.
Today, the sixth annual World Series of Poker Europe at the Casino Barrière in Cannes, France will continue with Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em. The event, which was introduced to the WSOP Europe schedule last year, has proven popular with players because of its unique format—nine handed on Day 1; six handed on Day 2; and then heads-up for the final 16.
In 2011, this very event attracted 125 of the world’s best players and the top 16 ended up being quite the star-studded affair that included Bryn Kenney, Erik Seidel, Matt Waxman, Jason Mercier, Brian Hastings, Dan Fleyshman, Noah Schwartz, Roger Hairabedian, Shawn Buchanan and Michael Mizrachi. Interestingly, both Hairabedian and Mizrachi are at the Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha right now—Follow that action by clicking here.
In last year’s final match, Mizrachi squared off against Buchanan and emerged victorious to capture the €336,008 first-place prize and what was then his second bracelet (he captured his third in this year’s $50,000 Poker Players Championship and could win his fourth in the aforementioned PLO event here at the WSOP Europe).
2011 WSOP Europe €10,400 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em
Place
Player
Prize
1st
Michael Mizrachi
€336,008
2nd
Shawn Buchanan
€207,624
3rd
Roger Hairabedian
€112,092
4th
Noah Schwartz
€112,092
5th
Dan Fleyshman
€54,810
7th
Brian Powell
€54,810
8th
Anatolii Ozhenilok
€54,810
9th
Jason Mercier
€26,618
10th
Dmitry Motorov
€26,618
11th
Matt Waxman
€26,618
12th
Erik Seidel
€26,618
13th
Alexander Roumeliotis
€26,618
14th
Joel Nordkvist
€26,618
15th
Bryn Kenney
€26,618
16th
Kent Lundmark
€26,618
This year’s installment is set to kick off in about a half an hour, and we’re expecting a big turnout with plenty of big names. Stayed tuned for all the latest and greatest from Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em!
