Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£610,000
Entries
244
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Supper Time
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We have played six full levels in Event #1, and the remaining players have had their survival rewarded with a dinner break of ninety minutes. The board shows about 82 players have made it this far, probably a few less. Brit Praz Bansi is up near the top of the counts, as is Mr. Phil Ivey himself, and we've got a whole slew of big-name notables left. Phil Hellmuth is still around too, though he's set himself for a grumpy dinner break and a short stack upon his return.
The cards we'll be back in the air just before 8:40 p.m. local time.
Phil-ling Lucky?
The hijack opened to 725 preflop and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind before checking the 
. His opponent responded by firing out a bet of 950 to which Ivey put in a check-raise to 3,000, a quick think and...call.
The 
, so usually a blank in poker, came on the turn completing the flush and both players checked before the 
appeared on the river and Ivey fired out a bet of 5,000. The hijack let out a loud sigh rechecking his cards before folding.
The Ivey bandwagon marches on.
A Hellmuthian Barrage
Under the gun, Phil Hellmuth opened to 700, and the table folded around to the blinds. Ted Lawson considered for about a minute before folding from the small blind, but Praz Bansi flicked in the call from the big. We can neither confirm nor deny that he looked at his cards first.
The flop came out 
, and Bansi checked. Hellmuth counted out a bet, then quickly checked with a sneaky look on his face. That led them to the 
turn, and Bansi took the lead with a bet of 1,100. Hellmuth called instantly, and the 
filled out the board. Bansi fired again, 3,000 this time, and Hellmuth called quickly once again. It was not a good call.
Bansi tabled 
for the flush, and Hellmuth sat still for about 10 seconds. Then, he suddenly shot himself out of his chair and paced behind the table for another 20-30 seconds looking absolutely disgusted. He sat back down, still not saying a word, and uncapped his cards, motioning for the dealer to take them. The dealer obliged, and Hellmuth sat mouse-quiet for another 30 seconds or so. Then came the eruption.
"Come on, what the f***?!? This guy f***ing cracks overpairs like it's nothing." The tirade continued for about another minute, though it became hushed enough that we could only make out bits and pieces. "Running f***ing diamonds. Unreal." Then a moment later, "F***ing four of diamonds. Congratulations!"
After another minute, one final, "Come onnnn!" ended the barrage. A steaming Hellmuth popped his earphones back in and stared down with disdain at his stack of 4,100 remaining chips.
Bansi said not a word.
Cunningham Phils His Boots
Allen Cunningham has doubled up off Phil Laak in a classic coin flip, pocket jacks holding up against Big Slick to see his stack increase two-fold to over 30,000.
A dejected Phil Laak slumped his cast over the work-station before us to share his pain. "Man, that would have put me as chip leader." Instead, Laak has slid the other way and is now back on 17,300.
Cernuto Bites the Bullets
John Cernuto has been sent back to Miami courtesy of the American Airlines, running head-first into the 
of Allen Cunningham with 
.
He only had a few thousand at the time, and a short stack recovery looked bleak as a 
flop hit the felt. A 
turn provided unlikely outs, but no such miracle emerged as the river came a close-but-no-cigar 
Madsen Drops One
On the flop of 
, one player checked to Jeff Madsen and he fired 1,225. His opponent made the call and the turn card came the 
. Both players checked to see the 
pair the board on the river. The first player fired 2,700 and Madsen mucked his hand.
Madsen dropped to just under 20,000 in chips.
Calamity Jim
Jim Collopy has just been knocked out, he pushed with 
but ran into the original raiser's and couldn't hit on the 
flop. Phil Laak was thankful however, he claimed he would've pushed with 
and would now have been busted himself.
Toby Lewis Eliminated
Toby Lewis has been eliminated in a hand cooler than the Artic breeze, running 
into 
preflop and failing to improve on a 
board.
It's been a hell of a month for Lewis, though, having taken down the Vilamoura EPT and finishing third in last week's World Open. A huge talent, yet so tender in years.
Shadows And Dust...
The Shadow room has now been completely emptied, but not before Shannon Shorr lost a decent pot, he had bet 4,100 on the turn of a 
board and got called before both players checked the river. Shorr turned over but had been beat by his opponent's 