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
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
Players Left 1 / 420
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Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend

Barbara Martinez waiting for the river, and her fate.
Barbara Martinez waiting for the river, and her fate.

We found Barbara Martinez and Dan Smith looking at a connected flop of {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. Martinez bet 10,000 and Smith made it 31,000 to go. Martinez called and the {8-Clubs} turned.

Smith moved her all in and she snapped with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for a straight. Smith was drawing live, however, with the {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The {5-Diamonds} drilled the river and made Smith's flush. Martinez quickly stood up and exited the tournament area while Smith stacked his new chips. He's currently sitting on about 270,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Smith
270,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Barbara Martinez
Busted

Tags: Barbara MartinezDan Smith

Chip Counts Part 6

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
340,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
315,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
284,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
230,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of Joe McGowan us
Joe McGowan
210,000
126,600
126,600
Profile photo of Vadzim Markushevski by
Vadzim Markushevski
182,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
145,000
82,325
82,325
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of [Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
141,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Vladislav Varlashin ru
Vladislav Varlashin
135,000
22,450
22,450
Profile photo of Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
122,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
60,000
22,000
22,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Patrice Chamarre fr
Patrice Chamarre
50,000
16,450
16,450
Profile photo of Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
34,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Stephane Gard fr
Stephane Gard
32,000
15,725
15,725
Profile photo of Robert Schiffbauer us
Robert Schiffbauer
14,000
61,000
61,000

Who Knew Hellmuth Had It in Him

We caught the action with 120,000 already pulled into the middle with a board reading {2-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. [Removed:138], who was in the small blind, was considering what to do as Hellmuth had 35,000 out in front of him.

"Let's gamble. One of us wins the chips," Hellmuth said as Guinand contemplated. Eventually Guinand folded his hand and Hellmuth smiled and quickly flipped over {10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for a stone-cold bluff.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
250,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of [Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
140,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Andrulis Wins with Continuation Bet

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

From under the gun, Kristijonas Andrulis raised to 4,300. Vladislav Varlashin called from middle position, Phil Hellmuth called from the cutoff seat, and Adrien Allain called from the big blind. From there, the dealer ran out the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Allain checked. Andrulis fired a continuation bet of 6,500, and all of his opponents folded.

Tags: Adrien AllainKristijonas AndrulisPhil HellmuthVladislav Varlashin

Chip Counts Part 5

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
340,000
62,000
62,000
Natural8
Profile photo of Axel Pergolizzi fr
Axel Pergolizzi
310,000
266,225
266,225
Profile photo of Max Silver gb
Max Silver
258,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christopher Brammer gb
Christopher Brammer
235,000
160,600
160,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
228,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
195,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
124,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
97,000
75,100
75,100
Profile photo of Eric Harris us
Eric Harris
90,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
90,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
90,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
82,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
71,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Flavien Guenan fr
Flavien Guenan
45,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Patrick Gastaldi fr
Patrick Gastaldi
44,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
42,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Marco Leonzio it
Marco Leonzio
42,000
14,000
14,000

Full House for Julius

From middle position, Jason Mercier raised to 4,000. Kyle Julius called from the big blind, and the flop came down {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. Both players checked to see the {K-Clubs} come out on the turn. Julius checked, and Mercier bet 4,400. Julius called.

The river was the {Q-Diamonds} to pair the board, which prompted Julius to lead for 15,000. Mercier called.

Julius tabled the {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for a full house, and Mercier mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
232,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
214,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jason MercierKyle Julius

Chip Counts Part 4

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
180,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Julien Lefebvre fr
Julien Lefebvre
136,000
61,075
61,075
Profile photo of Steponas Venckus lt
Steponas Venckus
124,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
110,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mazlum Acar ch
Mazlum Acar
105,000
68,350
68,350
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
100,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
85,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
80,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
70,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Steve Dannenmann us
Steve Dannenmann
65,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
60,000
2,200
2,200
Profile photo of [Removed:247] fr
[Removed:247]
52,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
52,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
26,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Beware of Cheung

Liv Boeree opened for 4,500 under the gun and received a call from October Niner Jesse Sylvia, who had chipped up considerably since the last time we check in with him. Fung Cheung, who had just moved from another table a few hands before, then came in with a three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind.

As the big blind was considering his action, another player started chatting up Cheung, who has been known to hang out with Phil Ivey. When asked where she learned to play poker, Cheung simply said, "Macau." When asked for how long, she whispered, "Long time."

The Macau games are the stuff of legends in the poker world, and it's possible the other players found the newly revealed information a bit intimidating as one by one they folded. Appropriately, Cheung revealed {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} before sending her cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
275,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fung Cheung cn
Fung Cheung
140,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
104,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Fung CheungJesse SylviaLiv Boeree

Huge Double For Julius

Jason Mercier opened to 4,000 from early position and was called by Sam Cohen as well as Kyle Julius from the small blind and the player in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and there were three checks to Cohen. She fired 7,700 and Julius raised to 17,000. The big blind got out of the way and Mercier joined him by throwing his cards to the muck.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and Julius bet 9,500. Cohen called and the {4-Hearts} river put a straight on the board. Julius moved all in for 67,000 and after about a minute Cohen announced a call.

Julius showed {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a higher straight than on the board and Cohen threw away her hand. Julius is now sitting on roughly 212,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
212,000
144,500
144,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
95,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Kyle JuliusSam CohenJason Mercier