Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #6: €1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Entries
206
Level
20
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 206
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We saw a crowd gathering around Table 16 and made our way over to see a big three-way all-in pot. We didn't catch the betting, but we do know that both Rocco Palumbo and John Eames were all in and covered by Daniel Negreanu on a 
flop. Palumbo was the short stack, while Eames was in for 17,000.
| Showdown |
Palumbo:     |
Negreanu:     |
Eames:     |
Palumbo was drawing to the nut flush, Negreanu held top two, but Eames was out in front with top set. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Eames doubled through Negreanu while simultaneously eliminating Palumbo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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22,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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Busted | |
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David Benyamine has been chirpy and quite active over on Table 9. He just raised under the gun to 900 and two players called. Dries Goyens was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,500. Dan Shak folded his big blind, and the action was back on Benyamine.
Without hesitation Benyamine threw in a grey chip worth 5,000, and the two callers folded. Goyens thought he had won the hand, and threw his cards towards the muck.
The players at the table quickly reminded him Benyamine hadn't folded, and Goyens tried to retrieve his cards. One of Goyens' cards had hit the muck, and the dealer put her hands over the cards in order to keep them in place. The floor was called over.
"I hate this," Benyamine sighed as he felt bad for Goyens who had made an honest mistake.
All the other players at the table were very vocal about Goyens cards all being retrievable, and eventually he got all four back.
The flop brought out 
, and Benyamine threw his cards into the muck right away. After a few seconds of confusion Goyens received the pot, and he opted to show the 
. Jason Mercier started laughing, and Benyamine could not keep a straight face either.
"I'm sorry," Goyens said abou the situation. "I should be sleeping more."
"It's alright, the only mistake you made was showing the seven," Benyamine replied with a smile after which he asked what Goyens had.
"I had a rundown, 
" Goyens said, and that had Benyamine smiling again. He later admitted to having had 
, and Goyens was drawing very slim pre flop. Things turned out differently, and Goyens took down the pot in a situation where he probably would've lost a very big percentage of the time due to his hand hitting the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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21,000 | |
Petteri Kalenius moved all in on a board reading 
and Jason Mercier called off his remaining 6,300. Kalenius confidently rolled over 
for the second-nut flush, and despite the dealers instructions to turn over his hand because it was an all-in situation, Mercier mucked his hand.
"You can turn them over if you want," Mercier said as he grabbed his bag and made a hasty exit from the tournament area. At the same time, Noah Schwartz was eliminated over at Table 8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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A raising war on a 
flop saw McLean Kar get his stack of 11,500 all in against Dan Smith.
| Showdown |
Karr:   |
Smith:  |
Karr held both straight and flush draws, but the latter was no good as Smith had bigger clubs to go with his pocket pair of kings. Both the 
turn and river proved uninteresting, and Smith's kings claimed the pot. "Good hand, Dan," Karr said before collecting his things and exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,100
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20,100 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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|
32,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
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30,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
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29,900
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
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||
|
28,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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26,400
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
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|
26,000 | |
|
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21,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
18,700
10,300
|
10,300 |
|
18,200
6,900
|
6,900 |
|
10,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
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|
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9,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
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"I have a chance," we heard Phil Hellmuth say. By the time we made our way over to the table, that chance had went out the window. The dealer was too quick in swiping the board, but we do know Hellmuth held 
and was eliminated by October Niner Greg Merson, who held 
.
Hellmuth seemed in decent spirits despite the loss, no doubt focused in on his big heads-up match in the Round of 16 in Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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33,000
26,500
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26,500 |
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Busted | |
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Level 7
: 200/400, 0 ante
A total of 206 players entered this event creating a prize pool worth €302,820. The top 21 players will be paid.
| 1 | €83,275 |
| 2 | €51,443 |
| 3 | €36,351 |
| 4 | €25,831 |
| 5 | €18,463 |
| 6 | €13,273 |
| 7 | €9,596 |
| 8 | €9,596 |
| 9-10 | €6,977 |
| 11-12 | €5,103 |
| 13-18 | €3,752 |
| 19-21 | €2,774 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Level 6
: 150/300, 0 ante
Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night.
