button in Safari
We've got the first four levels in the books, and the players have been sent off for a 20-minute break. When they return, they'll play two more levels before taking a 90-minute dinner break.
We'll be right back!
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£610,000
Total Entries
244
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 244
Filter
Scott Montgomery raised it up preflop and found a caller in Tai Tran who defended from the blind. Tran then check-called every street of a 
board including a river push for 4,000 before showing 
. Montgomery mucked his cards and headed for the bar.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 450 before his opponent three-bet to 1,400. Action folded back around to Hellmuth, he made the call and would be playing out of position from here on out.
The flop came down 
and Hellmuth checked. His opponent fired a bet of 1,200 and quickly, Hellmuth said, "2,800," and fired out a raise. His opponent thought for a bit and then decided to make the call.
The turn card brought the 
and completed a possible flush draw. Hellmuth tapped the table and passed the action to his opponent. The player fired 2,500 and Hellmuth made a quick call.
The river completed the board with the and Hellmuth checked to his opponent again. That player fired 4,500 after some thought. Hellmuth went into the for very long time. The bet was worth a good chunk of his remaining stack and would be a big blow if he were to call and lose. Hellmuth decided to make the call in the end and right he was. His opponent announced, "You got it," when Hellmuth called and showed just jack high with the 
. Hellmuth revealed the 
for two pair and scooped the pot.
"You're writing that down right, the whole thing?" asked Hellmuth.
"Yep, I got it all," responded our reporter.
"Awesome! I check-raised the flop, too! All I could really beat was a float," finished Hellmuth, who now has 29,000 in chips.
Dave Ulliot is less like his "Devilfish" moniker today and more like a spitting camel. He was all-in on a 
with against 
.
"But!" we hear you cry, dear reader, "How can he lose from there?"
A queen and a ten quickly followed and a very grumpy Devilfish was made to ead to the rail.
The numbers have been tallied and triple-checked, and the staff has told us that 244 runners have played Event #1 of the WSOPE this year, 37 of them entering as alternates after play began. The entries have created a prize pool worth £610,000, and that's not too shabby. We'll have the prize pool for you as soon as it's calculated, but it looks like the winner of this opening event will take home well over £150,000 for their investment.
That is what all of Toby Lewis' mates call him. After having quad queens against Andrew Robl's quad nines in a recent TV tournament, Lewis is at it again with the quad queens, though this time none were in his hand.
"I run so good," he laughed, explaining how he had flipped with 
against 
after Chris Moorman had folded an ace. "The flop came 
and then another 
on the turn, so I called for the 
on the river and it came!"
The EPT Vilamoura champion has about 11,000.
I didn't catch the exit, but John Juanda standing from his chair, walking away from the table, and leaving no chips on the felt immediately before him signifying that he was possibly out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
45,900
|
45,900 |
|
||
|
23,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
19,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
||
|
12,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
11,500
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
||
|
8,700
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
|
||
|
8,200
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
||
|
7,300
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
|
||
|
6,300
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,900
125
|
125 |
|
||
|
3,400
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
|
||
A quick scour around the room revealed that Brit Eli Heath is the current chip leader with a a stack that's at least double his age. He currently leads the pack with 45,000.
Javed Abrahams is a well-respected English player with several deep finishes in many tournaments, most recently at the EPT in Tallinn. Joe Serock though, has just managed to push him off a hand when it was check to Abrahams on the river of a 
board.
Abrahams bet 2,600 on the end only for Serock to check-raise to 10,000 total, Abrahams affected a look of concern but silently folded, handing his opponent the pot.
