Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Days: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€4,032,000
Players
420
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
None Other Than Betrand 'ElkY' Grospellier Leads After Day 1b
Level 6
: 250-500, 50 ante
The second starting day of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event drew a crowd of 205 players, bringing the total for this event to 420. Just 115 players survived the day with none other than Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier on top. These players will meet with the 115 that survived Day 1a, and a total of 230 will see poker action on Day 2.
Like in every tournament here in Cannes during the WSOPE, the tables were filled with top poker professionals. Two of those from France had very short days as both Guillaume Darcourt and Roger Hairabedian were eliminated quickly. Hairabedian has no reason to complain though, as he won the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha and finished third in the €10,000 Mix Max earlier this week.
Marvin Rettenmaier, John Tabatabai and Marc Convey also didn't last long. The latter made his WSOPE debut, but could not get anything going. A turned set ran into Bruno Fitoussi's turned flush, and Kristijonas Andrulis hit a gut shot straight against Convey's flopped set. Jon Aguiar and Brandon Cantu played till late last night in the finals of the €10,000 Mix Max, and both players entered the Main Event today. It didn't work out for either of them, however, and they will get back at it tomorrow in their heads-up match. You can follow all that action here.
Arnaud Mattern is a feature a the WSOPE every year, and once again he showed off his skills. The former EPT Prague winner has cashed in the Main Event in the previous three years, but he's not going to add a fourth. Timothy Adams won the $2,500 4-Max during the 2012 WSOP, and he had a great starting day. He finished the day with 134,475, and that was a lot more than what his buddy and WSOPE bracelet winner Tristan Wade (33,075) finished with.
Daniel Negreanu was singing and winning on Day 1B as his stack kept rising. After getting Ilan Boujenah to fold a set he seemed in full control. Later he busted Brandon Adams with a flush versus a set of eights, and Negreanu ended the day with 137,500. You can have a good day like Negreanu, but that doesn't mean you're going to beat Betrand 'ElkY' Grospellier on the leader board. The French superstar closed out the day with 190,400 and is the tournament chip leader. Daniel Weinman is in second with 169,000 and also Phil Hellmuth cracked the top 10 with 116,150.
Play will resume tomorrow at 12:00 PM GMT, make sure to tune back into PokerNews as we bring ou all the action from the Majestic Barrieré in Cannes, France.
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,400 | 4,400 |
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176,275 | 80,275 |
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169,000 | 71,000 |
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137,500 | 7,500 |
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134,475 | 26,475 |
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116,150 | 36,150 |
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112,550 | -24,450 |
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109,700 | 28,700 |
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107,800 | 41,800 |
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103,500 | 3,500 |
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101,400 | |
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94,650 | |
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90,100 | 31,100 |
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90,100 | 36,100 |
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89,475 | |
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85,575 | 575 |
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82,500 | |
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82,050 | 42,050 |
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81,625 | |
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79,825 | |
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78,550 | 24,550 |
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77,750 | -6,250 |
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77,125 | 9,125 |
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75,125 | 19,125 |
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74,925 | -5,075 |
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Ambassador
Ambassador
Boeree and Griffin Clash in the Dying Seconds
The night was almost over, but not for Liv Boeree and Ashton Griffin. The latter was nowhere to be found, and Boeree explained what had happened on the third to last hand of the night.
Boeree raised to 1,200 with 
and Andrey Gulyy called in position. Griffin three-bet to 5,200 from the big blind after which only Boeree called. The flop brought out 
with one heart. Griffin bet 5,000, Boeree called.
On the turn the 
hit and Griffin moved all in for 25,000 chips. Boeree called with top two pair, and Griffin showed 
. Boeree was close to ending the day as the chip leader, but the 
hit on the river. Griffin won a big pot, and left the tournament room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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94,650 | 41,650 |
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80,000 | 68,000 |
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Ace on the River Puts an End to an October Niner
October Niner Steven Gee got his last 8,000 or so in preflop and was racing against Phil Hellmuth.
| Showdown |
Hellmuth:  |
Gee:   |
"That's a good flop for you," Hellmuth said after the dealer put out the 
. "That's a good turn too," he added when the 
turned. Gee was on his feet and just needed to dodge an ace and queen on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. With that, Gee's pursuit of a bracelet will have to wait until the Main Event final table at the end of October.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Six More Hands
Level 6
: 250-500, 50 ante
The remaining players will play six more hands before play is done for today.
Sanioglu Gives Up Big Pot to Nguyen's Shove
There was already 50,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when we picked up the action. Ekrem Sanioglu had bet 10,000 from the small blind only to have Tianna Nguyen move all in for 12,450 more.
Sanioglu was in the tank for a few minutes and knew a call would cost him most of his chips. Eventually he showed 
and folded. Nguyen did not show.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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73,000 | |
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14,000 | |
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The Payouts!
Level 6
: 250-500, 50 ante
| Place | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | €1,022,376 |
| 2 | €632,592 |
| 3 | €423,360 |
| 4 | €292,320 |
| 5 | €207,648 |
| 6 | €149,184 |
| 7 | €108,864 |
| 8 | €84,672 |
| 9-10 | €66,528 |
| 11-12 | €52,416 |
| 13-14 | €40,320 |
| 15-16 | €32,256 |
| 17-24 | €26,611 |
| 25-32 | €22,982 |
| 33-40 | €21,250 |
| 41-48 | €20,150 |
Trickett Makes Big River Bet
Level 6
: 250-500, 50 ante
Jason Mercier raised to 1,000 and was called by the cutoff and Sam Trickett from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Trickett led out for 2,000. Mercier called and the cutoff folded. Fourth street brought the 
and Trickett took about thirty seconds before checking. Mercier checked behind.
The paired the board on the river and Trickett fired a rather large bet of 16,000. Mercier was confused by the size of the bet and began talking the hand out.
"Why did you check the turn?" asked Mercier.
"I can't tell you things like that," replied Trickett.
"It doesn't make sense," said Mercier. "I've got to figure out how you have anything....King-seven? King-six?"
Trickett's only response was a smile.
"This is so dumb," said Mercier as he finally released his hand. The pot was awarded to Trickett who, despite other at the table asking, did not show his hand.
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Level 6
: 250-500, 50 ante
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