€50,000 Majestic High Roller
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
€50,000 Majestic High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,880,000
Entries
60
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | Mike McDonald | 121,400 |
| 21 | 2 | Erik Seidel | 293,800 |
| 21 | 3 | Alex Mostafavi | 269,900 |
| 21 | 4 | Tony G | 350,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Roger Hairabedian | 218,600 |
| 21 | 6 | Mike Watson | 379,900 |
| 21 | 7 | Richard Yong | 408,200 |
| 21 | 8 | Igor Kurganov | 169,200 |
| 22 | 1 | Kristijonas Andrulis | 235,400 |
| 22 | 2 | Dan Smith | 50,700 |
| 22 | 3 | Tom Dwan | 84,200 |
| 22 | 4 | David Benefield | 375,100 |
| 22 | 5 | Tony Gregg | 196,200 |
| 22 | 6 | Juha Helpii | 150,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Thomas Wahlroos | 224,200 |
| 22 | 8 | Paul Phua | 123,700 |
| 23 | 1 | John Juanda | 538,000 |
| 23 | 2 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 355,000 |
| 23 | 3 | Zheng Tang | 45,200 |
| 23 | 4 | Lifeng Chen | 239,900 |
| 23 | 5 | Talal Shakerchi | 204,700 |
| 23 | 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 232,400 |
| 23 | 7 | Fabian Quoss | 131,900 |
| 23 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 24 | 1 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 112,400 |
| 24 | 2 | Fung Cheung | 138,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Yi Cheng | 95,300 |
| 24 | 4 | Justin Bonomo | 238,600 |
| 24 | 5 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 348,800 |
| 24 | 6 | Daniel Negreanu | 320,200 |
| 24 | 7 | Sam Trickett | 143,300 |
| 24 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 25 | 1 | JC Alvarado | 124,600 |
| 25 | 2 | Winfred Yu | 108,200 |
| 25 | 3 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 168,400 |
| 25 | 4 | Isaac Haxton | 134,800 |
| 25 | 5 | Steve O'Dwyer | 166,600 |
| 25 | 6 | Jani Sointula | 178,800 |
| 25 | 7 | Paul Newey | 291,500 |
| 25 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
Big Day, Big Money, Big Pros
There are still 37 players remaning in the biggest buy-in event of this year's World Series of Poker Europe, and the re-buy period is not even over yet. During the first hour of the second day of play players can re-buy, and we are bound to see some crazy action.
Yesterday there were already quite a few players who re-bought like Tom Dwan, John Juanda and Marvin Rettenmaier. Juha Helppi busted on the first last hand of play, and he as well will pull out another €50,000 to enter this event. Juanda re-bought twice but eventually he had a very good day finishing as the chip leader with 538,000. Among the top stacks we also see Richard Yong, David Benefield and Tony G.
The goal today is to play down to a final table, and PokerNews will be right there to follow all the action! Play will resume at 4:00 PM local time.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
The Cards Are in the Air!
Level 9
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The last level with re-buy options has just started and the clock says there are 38 players playing so far.
Small Pot For Alvarado
Jani Sointula raised to 5,500 and Paul Newey called. JC Alvarado was on the button and he threw in the needed chips after which both blinds folded.
The flop came down 
and Sointula fired out 9,000. Newey folded and Alvarado made the call.
On both the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
, both players checked. Sointula showed 
and lost to Alvarado's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | -10,800 |
|
148,000 | 23,400 |
"Ahh, F*** It, I've Got a Rebuy"
On the first hand of the day, Yi Cheng raised to 5,100 from under the gun. Action folded to Sam Trickett on the button, and he announced, "Raise," before tossing out a single gray T5,000 chip. Daniel Negreanu pointed out that Cheng had already raised, but Trickett didn't see it. Because his intention was announced as a raise, Trickett had to make it 10,200. Mind you, due to French gaming law, all raises must be double the total previous amount.
"Good morning, fish," Negreanu joked to Trickett as he knew Tickett had mis-clicked with the raise.
Action then folded back to Cheng. He took a few moments, then reraised all in for 94,900. Everyone laughed at what had happened, knowing Trickett made a mistake.
"I guess he probably wants me to call now," Trickett said. He spread his stack out, then said, "Ahh, f***it, I've got a rebuy," and pushed his chips forward.
Trickett revealed the 
and Negreanu made sure to point out his hand. "Queen-jack off! Ha!" laughed Negreanu. Cheng held the dominating 
.
The flop came down 
to give Trickett a monster with a full house. The turn was the 
and river the 
. Trickett had won the pot to eliminate Cheng in true bad-beat fashion.
"Must be nice to be Trickett!" said Negreau as he laughed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,200 | 100,900 |
|
Busted |
Duhamel Enters
The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel just entered the event. Duhamel took his seat right next to Sam Trickett and Daniel Negreanu.
This table has to be among the toughest ones in the field right now as it also has Justin Bonomo, Tobias Reinkemeier and Marvin Rettenmaier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 |
Troyanovskiy Exits
Vladimir Troyanovskiy's €50,000 High Roller appearance was very short lived as he's already been eliminated. The tournament staff informed us that Troyanovskiy lasted for around 20 minutes, and opted not to re-buy.
There are 30 minutes remaining in the current level after which the re-buy period will be closed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Three-Bet from Hairabedian
Level 9
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Action folded to Alex Mostafavi on the button. He raised to 6,200, and Tony G called from the small blind. In the big blind, Roger Hairabedian reraised to 27,500. That was good enough to win the pot as both of his opponents folded.