2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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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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Hellmuth Fired Up

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

The war between Phil Hellmuth and chip leader Brandon Cantu continues.

Hellmuth has been talking Cantu's ear off throughout the entirety of this level. Cantu has been opening most pots with a raise before the flop as his large stack allows him to do so. Cantu's aggression over the table has infuriated Hellmuth to the point where it seems like Hellmuth's personal mission is to gun after Cantu.

Despite many stacks around the room being shorter than him, Hellmuth has shoved all in against Cantu twice, and so far it has been working as Hellmuth's stack has increased.

However, when we last came upon the table, Hellmuth was in the middle of another one of his tirades.

Cantu opened for 8,000 from the cutoff.

As Cantu reached for chips, Hellmuth said "OK, here we go. 10k. Oh eight? Eight this time? Alright." Hellmuth called and the rest of the table folded.

The flop was {5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Cantu continued out with a 10,000 bet and Hellmuth called. The turn was the {3-Spades} and Cantu moved 35,000 into the middle.

"Trying to push me out now, huh?" said Hellmuth. "You see, the thing is, I've got it, but that's fine. You can push me out."

Hellmuth flashed {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and flung his cards into the muck.

As long as we remain in hand-for-hand play and these two players stay next to one another this clash is certain to continue.

Tags: Brandon CantuPhil Hellmuth

Troyanovskiy Doubles

Valdimir Troyanovskiy, the shortest stack in the room, moved all in before the flop for 16,600. Brandon Cantu called and the cards were shown:

Cantu: {6-Spades}{3-Spades}
Troyanovskiy: {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}

The board came down {8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{J-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Troyanovskiy's fours were able to hold, keeping him alive in this tournament and continuing hand-for-hand play.

Tags: Brandon CantuVladimir Troyanovskiy

Level Up?

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We've reached the point in play where normally the level of blinds and antes would increase, but since they players are playing hand for hand, they will continue to play at 1000-2000 with a 300 ante.

Hairabedian and Tilly Clash Again

On a flop of {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, Paul Tedeschi checked to Roger Hairabedian who bet 7,000. Jennifer Tilly quickly called and Tedeschi released his hand.

The turn was the {5-Spades} and Hairabedian slowed down with a check. Tilly took this opportunity to bet 13,000 but Hairabedian decided to stick around. The {6-Spades} finished the board and Hairabedian moved 25,000 into the middle.

Tilly took off her glasses and headphones and studied the situation carefully. Eventually she opted to fold her hand, which prompted Hairabedian to show the {K-Clubs} as he scooped his new chips.

Tags: Jennifer TillyRoger Hairabedian

Cantu Can Be Beat

Action folded to Joe Kuether's small blind and he moved all in for 32,700. Brandon Cantu called from the big blind and the hands were shown:

Cantu: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}
Kuether: {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

Kuether jumped into the lead when he paired up on the {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades} flop. The turn was the {J-Spades} and the river the {K-Hearts}, ensuring that Kuether stays alive in the tournament. While this double up was huge for Kuether, this was but a minor chip in the armor of Cantu's giant stack.

Tags: Brandon CantuJoe Kuether

War? What is it Good For?

On a flop of {10-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{3-Clubs}, Brandon Cantu checked to Phil Hellmuth and he bet 8,000. Konstantin Puchkov folded and Cantu called.

The turn was the {K-Hearts} and Cantu came out firing with 30,000.

Hellmuth jumped in his seat and ripped his headphones off of his ears.

"This is SO stupid," Hellmuth muttered to himself. "These guys are like 'Let me see if I can outplay Phil Hellmuth. He probably has like eight-nine off-suit".

After about thirty seconds of deliberating out loud, Hellmuth threw away his cards.

"War!" Hellmuth boomed. "I declare war on you, Brandon! We are at war!"

While Hellmuth's declaration of war is now official, he's decided to go up against the man with all of the ammunition. Cantu's stack is now flirting with 800,000 while Hellmuth's has fallen to about 110,000.

Tags: Brandon CantuPhil Hellmuth

Tilly Slipping

We've witnessed Jennifer Tilly play two of the pots during hand for hand play and lose both of them.

During the first hand, Tilly bet 6,000 on a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Jonathan Aguiar was her lone opponent and he called the bet. The turn was the {Q-Hearts} and Tilly fired 11,000. Aguiar called once again and the river brought the {3-Hearts}.

Tilly slowed down and checked on this street only to find a bet of 32,000 from Aguiar. Tilly folded and Aguiar took it down.

The next hand saw Paul Tedeschi opened to 4,500. It folded to Tilly's small blind and she made it 20,000 to go. Tedeschi called and the flop was {2-Spades}{A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. Tilly continued for 25,000 and Tedeschi called. The turn was the {9-Spades} and Tilly checked. Tedeschi moved out a bet of an unknown amount and Tilly threw her hand away. She's slipped a little since hand for hand began but is still the second biggest stack in the room.

Tags: Jennifer TillyJonathan AguiarPaul Tedeschi

Hand-for-Hand Play

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Play in now hand-for-hand until we lose one more player.

The TD has asked the players to think if they'll want to play the first heads-up match tonight so the tournament can be finished tomorrow, or continue as scheduled. The former option allows players to jump the PLO tournament tonight.

Official Chip Counts at the Break (full)

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300