2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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
Entries
96
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

Seiver Moving in the Right Direction

Scott Seiver was busy organizing his stack after winning a pot off his neighbour Vladimir Troyanovski in a battle of the blinds.

Some chips went in on the flop before Seiver led for 3,400 and 6,000 on the turn and river. The final board read {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and Seiver opened {a-Spades}{3-Spades} for a rivered flush. Troyanovski flashed a ten and mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
35,000
14,500
14,500
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Vladimir TroyanovskiScott Seiver

WSOP Europe Bracelets by Country

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

WSOP Europe Bracelets by Country

RankCountry# of Bracelets
1stUnited States7
2ndDenmark3
United Kingdom3
4thCanada2
Italy2
6thAfghanistan1
Australia1
Finland1
Germany1
Norway1
Switzerland1

*Prior to the start of the 2012 WSOP Europe

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

"I Said If He Folded I'd Fold"

Just prior to the level up, Eli Berg opened for 700 from middle position and was met with a three-bet to 1,575 from Kyle Julius in the hijack. Marvin Rettenmaier took his time in the cutoff before four-betting to 4,125, and action folded back around to Berg, who sent his cards to the muck. Julius then slid out his entire stack, approximately 19,000, and Rettenmaier snap-called.

"God, why do I do that to you," Julius lamented even before seeing his opponent's {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. "I said if he folded I'd fold." Julius then tabled the inferior {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. Julius immediately regretted his decision, and he was left to ponder it on the rail after the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Meanwhile, Todd Terry was eliminated when his {10-}{10-} failed to crack his opponent's {Q-}{Q-}.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
70,000
15,000
15,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
Busted

Tags: Kyle JuliusEli BergMarvin Rettenmaier

Tilly Apolgetic for Running So Good

Jennifer Tilly is back into the lead, a clear lead, after rivering Senh Ung in a hand.

We reached the action on the {k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop where Ung committed his last 10,500. Tilly was on the button and made the call with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

She was way behind though as Ung opened {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}. That didn't matter though as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades} to make Tilly a set. She said to Ung, "I'm sorry. I made a bad call and got lucky. I've been running so good today!"

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
170,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Senh Ung
Senh Ung
Busted

Tags: Jennifer TillySenh Ung

Peters vs. Lichtenberger

With 10,000 in the pot and a board reading {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger checked from middle position and opened the door for David Peters to be 4,625 from the hijack. The bet proved enough to take down the pot as Lichtenberger sent his hand to the muck.

It wasn't much, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their stacks.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
31,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
29,300
-22,700
-22,700
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David PetersAndrew Lichtenberger

Negreanu Busts Second Tournament of the Day

After busting Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout in 16th place earlier this evening, Daniel Negreanu entered the Mix Max to try for a bracelet. Unfortunately for "Kid Poker," he just busted his second tournament of the day.

It happened when he got his last 10,000 or so all in preflop holding {10-}{10-} and racing against the {A-Spades}{K-Spades} of Mori Eskandani. Obviously this is an elimination post, so you know those tens didn't hold. Negreanu has already confirmed that he will be playing in tomorrow's Event #6: €1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuMori Eskandani

Prize Pool & Payout Information

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em has officially draw 96 runners and created a prize pool of €921,600. That will be distributed to the top 16 as follows:

PlacePrize
1st€258,047
2nd€159,459
3rd€86,087
4th€86,087
5th€42,094
6th€42,094
7th€42,094
8th€42,094
9th-16th€20,443

Mizrachi No Longer Table Chip-Daddy

Michael Mizrachi lost a sizeable pot to Marc Andre Ladouceur, and in doing so dropped to second in chips at his table. Both players are in a very healthy position though.

Mizrachi was in late position and Ladouceur was in the big blind. Somehow 18,000 chips had made it into the middle before the latter led for 11,700 from the big blind. Mizrachi took his time and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
89,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
85,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Michael MizrachiMarc Andre Ladouceur

Counts From Half the Room

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
80,000
-9,000
-9,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
73,000
52,500
52,500
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
73,000
43,700
43,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
70,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
60,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
55,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
50,000
8,500
8,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
50,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
44,000
6,000
6,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
43,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
39,000
-5,000
-5,000
EPT 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
32,000
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
31,000
1,000
1,000
WPT 1X Winner
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
28,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Anthony Gregg
Anthony Gregg
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
28,000
-3,000
-3,000
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
24,000
5,000
5,000
Sandra Naujoks de
Sandra Naujoks
20,000
-9,000
-9,000
EPT 1X Winner
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
14,000
4,400
4,400
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
13,500
-500
-500
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
13,000
-8,600
-8,600
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
11,000
-5,300
-5,300
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
7,000
-24,000
-24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
5,800
-14,200
-14,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner