2012 World Series of Poker Europe

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

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Negreanu Gets Boujenah to Fold a Set

During one of the final hands before the break Ilan Boujenah played a big pot against Daniel Negreanu. Boujenah raised to 400 pre flop and got two callers, among which Negreanu from the big blind.

The flop brought out {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Boujenah bet 600 after which Negreanu check-raised to 1,800. Boujenah made it 4,000 and Negreanu called.

On the turn the {A-Hearts} hit and Negreanu followed through with a 5,600-chip bet. Boujenah called.

The river brought the {2-Spades} and Negreanu did not slow down. He fired out 12,500, putting a lot of pressure on his opponent. Boujenah tanked for a long time, but eventually he folded {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} face up. Negreanu mucked his cards and is off to a very good start here in Cannes.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
54,000 2,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
15,000 -11,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuIlan Boujenah

QQuads

We found Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and an opponent looking at a board of {2-Spades}{J-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}. Grospellier checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Grospellier came over the top for 7,275 and his opponent went into the tank for about a minute before throwing away his hand.

"Show it," said ElkY's opponent.

Grospellier let out a laugh and flipped up {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs} for quad queens. Despite winning this pot, Grospellier is still under the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
29,500 4,500

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
47,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
43,000 13,000
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
42,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
EPT 1X Winner
42,000
Philippe Boucher ca
Philippe Boucher
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 8,000
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
36,000 6,000
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
36,000 6,000
Barbara Rodriguez
Barbara Rodriguez
36,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
33,500
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
33,000 3,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
32,000 500
Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
31,000 1,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
30,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
30,000
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
29,000 -1,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
29,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
26,000
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
26,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 -4,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
15,000 -15,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
12,000 -18,000

Another Round of Counts

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Varlashin ru
Vladislav Varlashin
91,000 31,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
57,000 -3,000
Barbara Martinez fr
Barbara Martinez
44,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
42,000 9,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
38,000 3,000
Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
38,000 3,000
Philippe Boucher ca
Philippe Boucher
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000 -1,000
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
36,000 6,000
Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
35,000 2,000
Coralie Nauder
Coralie Nauder
34,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
33,000 -1,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
31,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
31,000 3,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
28,000 -5,500
Ben Hamnett us
Ben Hamnett
WPT 1X Winner
24,000 -6,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
23,000 4,000
Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
23,000 -8,000
Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
16,000 -14,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
15,000
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
12,000 -13,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
12,000 -18,000
Marc Convey gb
Marc Convey
8,325 -3,675

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 18,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
43,000 13,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
40,000 -1,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
40,000 10,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
38,000 8,000
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
36,500 6,500
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 6,500
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 -1,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
35,000 -3,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
31,300 1,300
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
WPT 2X Winner
28,500 4,100
Steve Dannenmann us
Steve Dannenmann
26,000 -4,000
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
25,200
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
22,000 -8,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
21,200 -9,300
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
18,400 -12,600
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
12,500

Petrov Takes One From Aguiar

Mikhail Petrov just raised to 650 and Jon Aguiar called from the small blind. The flop came down {3-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, and Aguiar check-called 850.

On the turn the {6-Clubs} hit and Aguiar check-called 1,500. The river brought out the {2-Spades} and both players checked.

"Queen high," Aguiar said as Petrov kept his cards face down. A few seconds later Aguiar showed {q-Hearts}{J-Spades} after which Petrov showed his {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

Aguiar wondered why Petrov didn't turn his cards over and said, "Which queen high beats a pair of tens?"

"I wanted to see your cards," Petrov replied as starting stacking chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Petrov ru
Mikhail Petrov
48,000
Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
29,000 -6,000

Tags: Jon AguiarMikhail Petrov

There's Rousso

Vanessa Rousso just sat down at Table 1. She will be playing against, among others, Roberto Romanello, Timothy Adams and John Duthie. Right now there are 201 players registered for Day 1b with 186 remaining. Late registration will remain open all throughout the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
30,000