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
Winner
Winning Hand
10976
Prize
€83,275
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Entries
206
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0

Benyamine Dispatches Bronshtein

"He was short," we heard David Benyamine telling Daniel Negreanu as Yuval Bronshtein walked away from the table. We made out way over to discovered that Benyamine held {K-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{10-Diamonds} on a {J-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} board, and while the dealer had already mucked Bronshtein's hand, we do know that the Frenchman's hand was good enough to score the knockout and chip him up to 20,000.

Meanwhile, W.J. Vincent has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
20,000 9,000
W.J. Vincent
W.J. Vincent
Busted
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Yuval BronshteinDavid Benyamine

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Shak Awards Merson Some Fame

Greg Merson during the October Nine bubble
Greg Merson during the October Nine bubble

With all the ESPN WSOP Main Event footage being shown lately Greg Merson hasn't had anything to complain about getting media attention. The October Nine finalist is sitting at the table right in front of the PokerNews desk, and Dan Shak just hinted towards some possible action at the table.

Shak thought he was going to get involved himself, but things panned out a bit different. Dominik Nitsche had raised under the gun to 300, after which Merson three-bet to 1,150. The other players, including Shak, folded and Nitsche made the call.

The flop showed {7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Nitsche checked. Merson moved all in for 1,950 and the German bracelet winner called.

Showdown:
Dominik Nitsche: {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Greg Merson: {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

The turn was the {4-Spades}, and the river the {8-Diamonds} giving Merson a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
6,200 1,700
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
3,600 -4,200

Tags: Dan ShakDominik NitscheGreg Merson

Dropping Like Flies!

Player Chips Progress
Ken Gibson
Ken Gibson
Busted
Emin Aghayev
Emin Aghayev
Busted
Michel Pomaret fr
Michel Pomaret
Busted
Jihad Ayoub
Jihad Ayoub
Busted
Mazlum Acar
Mazlum Acar
Busted
Chuc Hoang fr
Chuc Hoang
Busted
Douglas Corning
Douglas Corning
Busted
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
Busted
Michel Guerriche
Michel Guerriche
Busted
Gordon Huntly gb
Gordon Huntly
Busted
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Johan Hirvonen
Johan Hirvonen
Busted
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Alexandre Clar
Alexandre Clar
Busted
Florent Aubert
Florent Aubert
Busted
Oleg Poluzhnikov
Oleg Poluzhnikov
Busted
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Dmitry Shilnikov
Dmitry Shilnikov
Busted

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

With 750 in the pot and a flop of {4-Hearts}{10-Spades}{6-Hearts}, Joe Hachem led out for 600 from the small blind only to have Micah Smith raise to 2,500 from the big, leaving himself just 800 behind. Rocco Palumbo folded from under the gun and Hachem splashed out a raise. Smith called off and the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Hachem: {10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Smith: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}

Hachem was ahead with two pair, but that wouldn't hold as the {8-Clubs} hit the turn followed by the {2-Hearts} river. Smith completed his flush draw for the double while Hachem took a small hit down to 11,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
11,000 1,400

Tags: Joe HachemRocco PalumboMicah Smith

Kassela Out

On a {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} flop Frank Kassela bet 525 and his opponent check-called. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and Kassela was put all in by his opponent for about 1,000.

Kassela called with {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts}, but was up against {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. Kassela did not catch a king or a queen on the river, and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Frank Kassela

Behbehani Falls To Ramdin

We caught the action on the flop that read {J-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and Salman Behbehani got his small stack all in against Victor Ramdin. This pot also meant, a close to certain, elimination for Ramdin who barely had his opponent covered.

Showdown:
Victor Ramdin: {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Salman Behbehani: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

The turn was the {10-Spades} giving Ramdin a full house, and Behbehani could not come back. The {4-Diamonds} completed the board, and Ramdin took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
4,600 100
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
Busted

Tags: Salman BehbehaniVictor Ramdin