2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€1,022,376
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€4,032,000
Entries
420
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Bedell's Flush Bests Mizrachi's Straight

Tom Bedell fired 3,100 on the {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop, and Phil Ivey folded. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi made the call, then the dealer dealt the {Q-Clubs} on the turn. Bedell bet 4,500, and Mizrachi snap-called.

The river was the {4-Spades}, and Bedell checked. Mizrachi fired 25,000, and Bedell made the call. Mizrachi showed the {J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, but Bedell's {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for the flush proved to be the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
242,000 -53,000
Tom Bedell no
Tom Bedell
106,000

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Bagging and Tagging

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

All tables have finished up with their final six hands of play and the players are bagging up their chips for the night. A recap of the day will be posted shortly.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
234,850
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
180,675
Stephane Girault fr
Stephane Girault
172,850 172,850
Sergii Baranov ua
Sergii Baranov
152,000
Martial Blangenwitsch fr
Martial Blangenwitsch
129,800
Denis Biscaldi
Denis Biscaldi
122,625
Michael Moise Kolkowicz fr
Michael Moise Kolkowicz
122,150
Henry Tran ca
Henry Tran
118,750
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
110,525 65,525
Joao Barbosa pt
Joao Barbosa
EPT 1X Winner
101,925 3,925
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
101,000 5,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
100,875
Gaetan Balleur fr
Gaetan Balleur
99,000
Herve Clerc fr
Herve Clerc
98,500
[Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
91,175
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
90,500
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
89,000
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
88,200 -500
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
86,900 56,900
Gael Duchesne fr
Gael Duchesne
86,125 -15,875
Stephan Gerin fr
Stephan Gerin
86,000
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
WPT 1X Winner
85,975 55,975
Joe McGowan us
Joe McGowan
83,400
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
WSOP 2X Winner
83,025 18,025
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
80,725

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Mizrachi Emerges as Day 1a Chip Leader; Ivey, O'Dwyer & Alvarado Punch Ticket to Day 2

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi

The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #7 €10,450 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event kicked off on Saturday as 215 players took to the felt in the first of two starting flights. After six 90-minute levels of play, the field had been reduced to 115 with Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and his stack of 234,850 leading the way.

It didn’t take long for things to heat up at the Majestic Barrière in Cannes, France; in fact, in Level 1 there was a hand that had the whole tournament floor talking. "It's nuts, nuts and a flush draw," Jean-Robert Bellande said from a nearby table. "Two guys have the nuts and one has top pair and a flush draw... with one to come."

The board read {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and three hands were face up on the felt. Henry Tran held the {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for top pair with a flush draw; Erik Cajelais held the {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a turned nut straight; and Brandon Barnes held the {6-Spades}{5-Hearts} for the same turned straight. "Club!" yelled Tran before the put out the{5-Clubs}. Cajelais was not happy at all, and he got up from his chair and quickly stormed out of the room while Barnes left more quietly. Tran had them both covered and has catapulted to over 90,000, which carried him to the end of the night where he bagged up 118,750.

Another big hand happened early on and set the stage for Mizrachi. Shortly after taking his seat, we came upon a Mizrachi hand with 23,000 already pulled into the middle with a board reading {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. The Grinder had his remaining chips in front of him, and Konstantinos Mamaliadis made the call.

Mamaliadis: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Mizrachi: {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}

Mizrachi was in the lead with a turned two pair, which held when the {5-Diamonds} blanked on the river. With that, Mizrachi doubled to 56,000 and never looked back.

Not everyone was as fortunate as Mizrachi. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1a were Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Nam Le, Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabrice Soulier, Victor Ramdin, Jennifer Tilly, Will Failla, Chris Moorman, Jeff Lisandro, Frank Kassela and Vanessa Selbst.

With that said, quite a few notables managed to punch their ticket to Day 2 including JC Alvarado (180,675), Sergil Baranov (152,000), Martial Blangenwitsch (129,800), Dan Shak (100,875), Philipp Gruissem (90,500), Steve O’Dwyer (89,000), Prosper Masquelier (70,450), Matt Stout (61,650) and Phil Ivey (55,000), just to name a few.

Day 1b action is set to kick off at 12:00 CET on Saturday, so be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the second starting flight of the 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event.

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Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

Day 1a Completed