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

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
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
270,000 120,000
Barbara Martinez fr
Barbara Martinez
Busted

Tags: Barbara MartinezDan Smith

Chip Counts Part 6

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
340,000 17,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
315,000 45,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
284,000 -11,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
230,000 -20,000
Joe McGowan us
Joe McGowan
210,000 126,600
Vadzim Markushevski by
Vadzim Markushevski
182,000 -4,000
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
WSOP 1X Winner
145,000 82,325
[Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
141,000 1,000
Vladislav Varlashin ru
Vladislav Varlashin
135,000 22,450
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
122,000 -14,000
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
WPT 1X Winner
60,000 22,000
Patrice Chamarre fr
Patrice Chamarre
50,000 -16,450
Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
34,000 -27,000
Stephane Gard fr
Stephane Gard
32,000 -15,725
Robert Schiffbauer us
Robert Schiffbauer
14,000 -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
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
250,000 50,000
[Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
140,000 -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
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
340,000 62,000
Axel Pergolizzi fr
Axel Pergolizzi
310,000 266,225
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
258,000 11,000
Christopher Brammer gb
Christopher Brammer
WSOP 1X Winner
235,000 160,600
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
228,000 -4,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
195,000 -19,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
124,000 -16,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
97,000 75,100
Eric Harris us
Eric Harris
90,000 -74,000
Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
90,000 35,000
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
90,000 -5,000
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
82,000 7,000
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
71,000 -69,000
Flavien Guenan fr
Flavien Guenan
45,000 -95,000
Patrick Gastaldi fr
Patrick Gastaldi
44,000 -6,000
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
42,000 -68,000
Marco Leonzio it
Marco Leonzio
42,000 -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
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
232,000 20,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
214,000 14,000

Tags: Jason MercierKyle Julius

Chip Counts Part 4

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

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
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
275,000 5,000
Fung Cheung cn
Fung Cheung
140,000 5,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
104,000 -18,000

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
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
212,000 144,500
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
95,000 -80,000

Tags: Kyle JuliusSam CohenJason Mercier