The players are back from dinner and the cards are in the air.
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£582,000
Entries
582
Level
9
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
75
Players Left 1 / 582
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On one of the first hands back from break, Antonio Esfandiari three-bet a raise from Martin Hansen only to get four-bet all in and forced to fold.
Moments later, Ramsey Ajram raised to 600 and Esfandiari three-bet to 2,000. Ajram four-bet all in and this time Esfandiari didn't fold. He called with the 
for his last 9,000 or so and Ajram tabled the 
.
Off to the races they went and Ajram took a commanding lead on the flop of 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to finish off Esfandiari and send him to the rail. He wished the table good luck and was out the door.
Ajram is up to about 32,000 in chips.
Julian Quance has doubled through. With a raise and a reraise before him, Quance moved in for his final 2,875 with 
, leading to a showdown with the second raiser who held 
. A minor scare on the 
board, but Quance dodged the outs to double through.
We didn't see the preflop action, but it was clearly very heavy as there was over 15,000 in the pot with Matthew Jarvis having just 1,100 behind against his young female opponent.
The flop came down 
and Jarvis pushed his remaining chips into the middle. Despite now getting over 16-1 on the call, it did not come automatically as his opponent took about a minute before she slid in the extra chips and flipped 
. Jarvis turned over 
and held on the 
turn and 
river.
November niner Jarvis is up to 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
500
|
500 |
|
16,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
16,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
12,000 | |
|
||
|
9,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
8,250
5,925
|
5,925 |
|
||
|
7,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
6,200
700
|
700 |
|
|
||
I was told upon entering the room that Ramsey Ajram and Martin Hansen were playing looser than a clown's trousers and entering into some big pots, but their latest one happened to be the biggest of the day.
According to my source, Ajram had opened and received two callers. On a 
flop, Ajram continuation bet and Hansen called.
On the turn, Arjam fired again, but this time Hansen was less hospitable and put in a raise. Ajram made the call.
Ajram pressed on the breaks on the 
river and checked, triggering Hansen to move all in for 17,025 into a pot of around the same figure. Despite dwelling for longer than Rodin's 'The Thinker', Ajram made the call, but was swiftly shown for the turned nuts.
As the table looked on aghast, a monstrosity of a pot sailed its way over to Hansen and rocketed him into the chip lead with around 50,000 in chips. Ajram, meanwhile, was left with just 5,000, despite having the majority of the green 25 chips in the room.
On the board of 
, Mehdi Senhaji checked to Kevin Wiliiams who bet out 1,300. Senhaji thought for a bit and then raised to 3,400. Another few moments went by while Williams thought and then he made the call.
Upon Williams making the call, Senhaji checked in the dark before the fell on the river. Action was now on Williams and he thought for a minute or so, counting down his stack and eyeing the pot in the process. He then moved all in. Senhaji immediately got out of his chair, removed his sunglasses and shades, then asked for a count. The dealer broke down the stack and informed Senhaji that Williams was all in for 13,100.
"I have two pairs, I rivered two pairs," said Senhaji.
Eventually, Senhaji announced a fold and tossed the 
into the muck, having rivered aces up. His stack was knocked down to about 22,000 as he got from the table after the next hand to go for a smoke break and probably to regroup. Williams is up to about 22,000.
India Storarr had the clock called on her on the turn of a 
board, eventually though she check-raised all-in but got snap-called by the button's which had her 
drawing dead even before the river. The players continue to drop thick and fast here.
It was a simple affair in the end, the shorter of the two stacks pushing to a button raise from the big blind and quickly being called:
Matthew Jarvis: 
Raymond Vastveit: 
A minor drama on the board: 
Vastveit up to 8,500.
Martin Andreas-Hansen saw himself involved in yet another pot over on his table, but this time it didn't go his way and he gave up a few thousand chips.
We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading . Andreas-Hansen fired 1,975 and after a minute in the tank, his opponent made the call. The then hit on the river and Andreas-Hansen paused before slowing down with a check. His opponent fired 1,675, a smaller bet that what Andreas-Hansen bet on the turn. Andreas-Hansen mucked his hand and his opponent was awarded the pot.
