Event #6: €1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker Europe

09-28-2012 00:13 UTC+2

Mix Max Finalists Show Up

Remko Rinkema

Because of the Mix Max controverse regarding the draw for the heads up round these players were not able to buy in on time. Jason Mercier left right when the tournament finished, and barely made it into the tournament the regular way. The following players were granted an extended late entry into this event, but as you can see both Brandon Cantu and Roger Hairabedian already busted.

Phil Hellmuth, Marvin Rettenmaier and Jennifer Tilly just sat down while Mercier is doing very well already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	4,500

Marvin Rettenmaier	4,500

Jennifer Tilly	4,500

Roger Hairabedian	Busted

Brandon Cantu	Busted

Tags: Brandon Cantu Jason Mercier Jennifer Tilly Marvin Rettenmaier Phil Hellmuth Roger Hairabedian

09-28-2012 00:16 UTC+2

Send Some Big Stacks to Table 9

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Chad Holloway

A short-stacked Ran Azor got his last 1,750 in preflop and was at risk against Andy Frankenberger.

Showdown

Frankenberger: {A-Clubs}

Azor:

Frankenberger was happy with his spot, but the {7-Clubs} {q-Hearts} {J-Hearts} gave him pause for concern. Much to his relief neither the {4-Spades} turn nor {Q-Clubs} river helped Azor and the two-time bracelet winner was pushed the pot.

"He's the first person to bust this table in three hours," Frankenberger said insinuating there weren't as many chips in play on that table as the others. "Send us some big stacks."

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Frankenberger	19,500 11,100	11,100

Ran Azor	Busted

Tags: Ran Azor Andy Frankenberger

09-28-2012 00:17 UTC+2

Another List of Eliminations

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Gulyy	Busted
Alain Roy	Busted
Justin Bonomo	Busted

Ran Azor	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Scotty Nguyen	Busted

Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

Jesper Hougaard	Busted

Erik Cajelais	Busted

Michael Schwartz	Busted
Brandon Adams	Busted

Brian Park	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Michael Zowie	Busted

09-28-2012 00:26 UTC+2

Playing for the Bread, Cheese, and Dough

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09-28-2012 00:29 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Paez	42,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Negreanu	34,000 20,000	20,000

David Benyamine	29,000 1,000	1,000

McLean Karr	24,000

Dan Shak	23,000 1,000	1,000
Aku Joentausta	22,000
Noah Schwartz	21,000 8,000	8,000

Jason Mercier	17,500 2,500	2,500

Toby Lewis	11,500 3,300	3,300
Jerome Bradpiece	9,800 1,900	1,900

09-28-2012 00:33 UTC+2

Last Break of the Night

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 150/300, 0 ante

Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

09-28-2012 00:56 UTC+2

Here Are Your Payouts!

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Remko Rinkema

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

09-28-2012 00:57 UTC+2

Merson Eliminates the Poker Brat

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Chad Holloway

"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 {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} and was eliminated by October Niner Greg Merson, who held {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} .

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
Greg Merson	33,000 26,500	26,500

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Greg Merson Phil Hellmuth

09-28-2012 01:12 UTC+2

Another Round of Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	36,000 3,000	3,000

Daniel Negreanu	32,000 2,000	2,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	32,000 10,000	10,000

Ana Marquez	30,000 24,500	24,500
Dan Smith	29,900 4,100	4,100

John Monnette	28,000 5,000	5,000

Mike McDonald	26,400 7,400	7,400

Ilan Boujenah	26,000
John Eames	21,000 11,000	11,000
Micah Smith	18,700 10,300	10,300
Jamie Pickering	18,200 6,900	6,900
Andy Frankenberger	10,000 9,500	9,500

Noah Schwartz	9,000 12,000	12,000