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2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€4,032,000
Total Entries
420
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 420
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From the cutoff seat, Jonathan Duhamel raised. Matan Krakow reraised from the button, then Duhamel reraised to 10,600. The first two raise amounts were unknown, but Krakow made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down 
, and Duhamel fired 8,800. Krakow folded, and Duhamel moved to over 100,000 in chips.
David "ODB" Baker was all in preflop with the 
for 13,600 and against [Removed:247]'s 
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
to give Baker the double on the river.
Martin Jacobson put in a raise to an unknown amount before the flop and his sole caller was Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from the blinds.
The flop came down 
and Grospellier checked. Jacobson continued for 1,800 and received a call. Fourth street brought the 
and ElkY check-called a 4,000 bet.
The board finished with the 
and both players checked. Grospellier showed 
and Jacobson mucked.
Grospellier has increased his stack to 224,000 and is still sitting pretty in second place on the chip counts, bested only by top stack Michael Mizrachi.
Former World Series of Poker November Niner Sam Holden was just eliminated. Doing the deed was Philipp Gruissem and his set of jacks. Here's how it happened.
The two put a few thousand in each with Holden three-betting Gruissem's open before seeing the 
flop. Gruissem was in position and called Holden's flop bet of 5,800 to see the fall on fourth street. Both players checked.
The river was the , and Holden moved all in for 24,500. Gruissem snapped with the 
and beat Holden's 
to send him to the rail.
Thomas Miller check-rasied the 
flop against Chino Rheem, but Rheem made the call to see the 
land on the turn. Here, Miller checked again, and Rheem fired 6,900. Miller called. The two then checked after the fell on the river.
Miller showed a set of fours with the 
. Rheem was behind until the river with the 
, but was able to make a flush with four spades on board. He won the pot and moved over 140,000 in chips. Miller dropped back to 35,000.
With 11,500 in the pot and a board reading 
, Konstantin Puchkov checked from the big blind and opened the door for Phil Ivey to bet 7,000 from the cutoff. Puchkov had about 19,000 behinds and thought long and hard before giving it up to the man many consider to be the best in the world.
As we arrived on the scene the dealer ran the board out in a huge pot between Steve O'Dwyer and Sebastian Guinad. After the dust settled we asked David Baker what happened, and he told us the following.
Jean-Robert Bellande raised under the gun to 1,800 and the action was folded to Guinand who called on the button. O'Dwyer three-bet to 7,600 from the big blind, and Bellande folded. Guinand proceeded to move all in for 68,900 and O'Dwyer tank-called.
Showdown:
Sebastian Guinard:
Steve O'Dwyer:
The board ran out , and Guinard got up from his seat in excitement.
"Yes papa!" he yelled for everyone to hear. O'Dwyer was gutted by this big loss and he will continue with just 24,500.
"Why you call?" Guinard asked O'Dwyer who remained silent. "Easy fold!" the Frenchman added as he stacked his chips with a big smile on his face.
We caught up to find the board reading 
. Kyle Julius led for 3,200 only to have Jason Mercier make it 20,800. Julius called and Mercier showed 
.
"Those are good, too", said Julius
Julius showed his 
for the second best hand and Mercier was awarded the pot.
