2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 3
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

Silver Fires All Streets

Max Silver on Day 2
Max Silver on Day 2

Max Silver just raised under the gun and Mazlum Acar was his only caller from the button.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Silver bet 6,200, Acar quickly called.

On the turn the {9-Hearts} hit and Silver grabbed chips again. He threw out 12,800, and once again Acar called quickly. The river brought out the {4-Clubs}, and after a ten-second pause Silver threw out 30,000. Acar folded quickly and Silver took down this early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
362,000 28,400
Mazlum Acar ch
Mazlum Acar
60,000 -23,000

Tags: Max SilverMazlum Acar

Hellmuth Taking No Prisoners Today

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Phil Hellmuth being Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth being Phil Hellmuth

The flop read {J-Spades}{K-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Phil Hellmuth checked. JC Alvarado bet 7,000 only to have Hellmuth make it 22,000.

"That's what I do, kid," Hellmuth said. "I check-raise."

Alvarado sat thinking of what action to take on the hand.

"Throw it away, kid, I'll show ya." said Hellmuth.

Eventually Alvarado agreed and threw his cards away. Hellmuth turned over {7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} for absolutely nothing.

"You raise my blind and I think you're weak, I'll raise you," Hellmuth said as he scooped up the pot.

Tags: JC AlvaradoPhil Hellmuth

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
81Jonathan Little95200
82Paul Tedeschi72500
83Ping Chan45800
84Marco Leonzio34200
85Phil Hellmuth364900
86JC Alvarado206700
87Julien Lefebvre190100
88Daniel Weinman84100
    
91Timothy Adams214000
92Remy Biechel149900
93Sergii Baranov607000
94Kyle Julius205300
95Lifeng Chen340500
96Christopher Brammer246300
97Eugene Katchalov123900
98Daniel Negreanu290000
    
101Keven Stammen100400
102Tino Lechich88100
103Nicolas Cardyn112900
104Aaron Lim130900
105Stephane Gard33300
106Benjamin Roberts117500
107Salman Behbehani126200
108Joseph Kuether163300
    
111Jesse Sylvia209000
112Joseph Cheong328400
113Dan Smith274300
114Curt Kohlberg298500
115Tom McCormick26800
116Justin Bonomo45600
117Bruno Fitoussi61900
118Alex Bilokur35400
    
121Jason Mercier195800
122Vladislav Varlashin114800
123Axel Pergolizzi419400
124Prosper Masquelier187800
125Vadzim Markushevski207300
126Joao Barbosa154100
127Nicolas Cieutat266500
128Anaras Alekberovas60000
    
131Sergey Baburin54400
132Steponas Venckus142500
133Patrice Chamarre40500
134Bertrand Grospellier326700
135[Removed:138]108000
136Jean-Robert Bellande60300
137Andy Frankenberger103600
138Lotfi Yahyaoui18900
    
141Scott Seiver117100
142Fung Cheung140000
143Adrien Allain44100
144Mazlum Acar83000
145Emil Patel125700
146[Removed:163]146500
147Max Silver333600
148Sam Cohen119700
    
151Mikhail Petrov31800
152Martin Jacobson48900
153Jean Pasqualini57800
154Herve Clerc150500
155Maxime Conte342300
156Olivia Boeree140800
157Steven Dannenmann42100
158--empty----
    
161Kristijonas Andrulis271700
162Stephane Albertini50000
163Stephane Girault189400
164Joseph Mcgowan200000
165Tobias Reinkemeier46900
166Timothy Reilly217800
167David Benyamine201500
168--empty----
    
171Hui Chen-Kuo339950
172Elio Fox201300
173Samuel Trickett134600
174Toby Lewis247700
175Eric Harris101000
176Philipp Griussem235000
177Vladimir Troyanovski375100
178--empty----

The Money Bubble Looms as 77 Players Return

Phil Hellmuth among the chip leaders
Phil Hellmuth among the chip leaders

Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Yesterday's field of 230 players saw the combination of runners from Day 1a and Day 1b combine to battle for WSOP glory. At the end of the night only 77 players remained in the hunt for the WSOPE Main Event title. With the top 48 making money, it is almost certain that the field will cash today. The man currently closest to achieving that goal is Sergii Baranov who is sitting on a massive stack of 607,000.

The combination of the two starting fields saw the elimination of many notable names. Among those who were eliminated from Day 2 play were Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Mohsin Charania, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Antonio Esfandiari, October Niners Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jacob Balsiger, and start-of-the-day chip leader Michael Mizrachi.

While those saw their WSOPE Main Event come to an end, many of the game's biggest names are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth worked up a stack of 364,900 which is good for the fourth biggest stack in the room. Joseph Cheong (328,400) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (326,700) were also able to breach the top ten in chips. Also returning for Day 3 are Daniel Negreanu (290,000), Dan Smith (274,500), October Niner Jesse Sylvia (209,000), last year's champion Elio Fox (201,300), Liv Boeree (140,800), Eugene Katchalov (123,900), Steve Dannenmann (65,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (50,300), and many more.

2012 WSOP Europe End-of-Day-2 Top Ten Counts

PlacePlayerCount
1Sergii Baranov607,000
2Axel Pergolizzi419,400
3Vladimir Troyanovskiy375,100
4Phil Hellmuth364,900
5Maxime Conte342,300
6Lifeng Chen340,500
7Huichen Kuo339,950
8Max Silver333,600
9Joseph Cheong328,400
10Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier326,700

Cards will be in the air at 12:00 PM CET so be sure to stay tuned to all of our coverage as we play down and through the money bubble.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierJoseph CheongPhil HellmuthSergii Baranov

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

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