World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦5♣
Prize
£170,802
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£610,000
Entries
244
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
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"A Good Card" for Tann

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Willie Tann & Praz Bansi
Willie Tann & Praz Bansi

Willie Tann has enjoyed more doubles than a twin convention, and his last encounter provided the same result.

Coming over the top of Ilan Rouah's open, the chip leader made the call to bring us to a showdown.

Tann: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}
Rouah: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

With Phil Laak lurking, the dealer rolled out a {J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop.

"The jack was a good card," commentated Laak. "The eight and six, not so much."

Turn: {Q-Clubs}

"Yaaay," celebrated Tann. "That's a good card, buddy."

A five-less {8-Spades} river later and the pot was Tann's. He remains one of the short-stacks, but slightly less short-stacked than he was before with 65,000.

Tags: Ilan RouahWillie Tann

Waging War with a Huge Arsenal

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David Peters is your chip daddy right now
David Peters is your chip daddy right now

David Peters opened to 7,100 from the cutoff seat, and Ilan Rouah called right behind him on the button. The two big stacks thusly went off to a flop of {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {7-Spades}, and Peters continued out with another 11,100 chips. Rouah cut out the call and considered for about a minute before sliding them into the pot.

The action check-checked on the {6-Diamonds} turn, and Peters led again on the {K-Diamonds} river, pushing out one final bet of 21,600. Rouah instantly called this time with a verbal declaration. Peters showed up {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for top pair, and it was good enough to win him the pot and boost his stack up towards 350,000.

Tags: David PetersIlan Rouah

Lawrie Inman Eliminated in 10th Place (£12,902)

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Lawrie Inman - 10th place
Lawrie Inman - 10th place

We joined the action between Lawrie Inman and Andrew Pantling on a flop of {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {7-Spades}. Inman had checked and Pantling put out a bet of 12,400 which Inman then check-raised to 32,000, Pantling though was undeterred and slid out another raise on top to 64,000 before Inman moved all-in.

Pantling rechecked his cards quickly, before making the call. Inman showed {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} but he was behind to Pantling's flopped top two pair holding of {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs}. The {Q-Hearts} on the turn gave Inman a few more outs but the {7-Hearts} river was not the card he wanted to see paired.

Five minutes elasped as there was a chip countdown but Pantling had his opponent covered and now sits with the chip lead and a whopping 525,00 stack.

Tags: Andrew PantlingLawrie Inman

The Freerolling Willie Tann

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David Peters
David Peters

Willie Tann is happier than Hellmuth in a house of mirrors at that moment after nurturing a short stack into the final nine and keeping the dream of a second bracelet alive.

On the last hand, David Peters raised it up to 7,100 from the button, triggering a jovial Tann to ask, "What's you name?"

"David," answered Peters, as expected.

"David and Goliath," replied Tann. "I call. I got nothing, just 50,000, don't worry."

"I haven't got a deuce, I check to you," announced Tann on the {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{A-Spades} flop. Peters checked behind.

The turn came the {7-Spades}, and Tann declared a bet of 20,000.

"Don't slowroll me," he pleaded. Don't take too long, I don't want a heart attack, I'm an old man."

After a brief pause, Peters slid in the call.

As a {5-Clubs} river hit the felt, Tann shook his head and concluded, "I don't know what to do, you've put me in a quandary."

Despite the indecision, Tann moved all in for his final 35,000. "If you got me, you got me."

"Will you show?" inquired Peters meekly.

"You pay to see," came the reply. "If you fold, then we'll see. Pass and I'll think about it."

Peters did ultimately release his hand allowing Tann, who has had more lives than an army of cats, to live to fight another day. The Vic veteran quickly mucked his hand and the next hand was dealt.

"I'm happy," beamed Tann. "I'm freerolling. I've had a short stack all day."

Tags: David PetersWillie Tann

The Big Slowdown

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The pace of play and the depth of pots have both seen drastic reductions here in the level following the dinner break. It's been hard to come by a river card these days, and even harder to find bets on multiple streets. For the sake of keeping you entertained, here's the last hand that played out on Table 4, the most activity we've seen from that table in a few orbits.

Andrew Pantling was the preflop raiser, opening to 9,000 from the small blind. In the big, Manig Loeser shot him a glance and made the call, and the dealer rolled out a {3-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {3-Spades} flop. Both men checked to the {5-Hearts} turn where Pantling opted to fire out a bet of 12,500. Loeser didn't waste much time calling, but he'd face a much tougher decision on the next street.

The river was the {9-Diamonds}, and Pantling loaded the gun. He fired out 60,000 chips in a healthy overbet, and that took Loeser aback. He glared at his opponent for a moment before cutting out the calling chips and eyeing up the potential damage. Loeser had about 140,000 chips to his name at this point, so he was essentially considering a call for about half his stack. After several scowls and head shakes, he surrendered his cards with some vigor, electing to save that remaining stack for a better spot.

Pantling keeps pushing up and up, close to 600,000 now.

Tags: Andrew PantlingManig Loeser

Tabatabai Gets Crabs, Then Gets It Sorted

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Ilan Rouah, who likes to open a lot and also likes to call shoves a lot, opened to 8,300 on the button only to be met with a push from John Tabatabai in the big blind.

"Call, I call" said the Frenchman as Tabatabai turned over {3-Clubs} {3-Spades} to Rouah's {K-Clubs} {Q-Spades} but the flop of {3-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} removed all tension from the hand, rendering the {Q-Clubs} turn and {2-Hearts} river irrelevant.

Tabatabai is back over the 100,000 chip mark.

Tags: Ilan RouahJohn Tabatabai

French Slowroll

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I joined one hand on the river of an {8-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{Q-Clubs} board, Ilan Rouah announcing the nuts with {10-Clubs}{9-Spades} having failed in his attempts to trap David Peters.

"Very sneaky," observed Tabatbai.

His French foe didn't understand the word, and there commenced an exchange as the table tried, in vain, to translate.

On the next hand, Ilan Rouah opened his button and John Tabatabai defended his big blind. The ensuing {J-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{A-Hearts} board was then checked all the way down, the two chopping it up with a raggy ace a piece.

"Ah, you are sneaky, no check on the river?"

At this point, and after Rouah had once again looked on blankly, the dealer piped in to confirm the French version of the word.

"How do you know?" inquired Tabatabai. "You speak French?"

"I am French," came the reply. Why he didn't assist earlier on, I have no idea.

Sneaky or not, Rouah is sliding downhill quicker than a lard encrusted eel, and is now down to 150,000.

Tags: Ilan RouahJohn Tabatabai

In Every Fight, There Must Be a Winner And a Loeser

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We've officially got a short stack now.

Andrew Pantling was under the gun, and he opened to 8,300. Manig Loeser three-bet to 24,100 from the button, but the action wasn't done yet. From the big blind, Vincent Dalet (spurred on by a growing contingent of French birds du rail) pushed his last 97,000 into the middle on a four-bet shove. Pantling quickly folded, but Loeser had a morose look on his face as the dealer broke down the all in. When he learned the amount, Loeser reluctantly called with a slightly covering stack.

Showdown
Loeser: {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}
Dalet: {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

The door card was a queen, and the pause seemed eternal before the dealer rolled out the full {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} flop. Dalet shot from his chair and pumped his fist at the sight of his ace. The turn {6-Hearts} and river {5-Clubs} changed nothing, and Dalet's double was secure. He's pushed himself well over 200,000 thanks to that pot, while Loeser is all the way down to just 28,000.

Tags: Manig LoeserAndrew PantlingVincent Dalet

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

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