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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
Total Entries
582
Level
9
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
75
Players Left 1 / 582
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It would seem as though the field are playing tighter than an Italian waiter's pants up here on the balcony, as we've witnessed very little in the way of early casualties
Breaking that trend, however, was Trevor Reardon, whose last several hundred chips hit the middle with 
from middle position. His neighbour made the call with 
, and after an uneventful 
board, the British veteran was gone, 20 minutes shy of the break.
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Chris Moorman fired out a bet of 250 on a 
but found himself being raised to 575 by his opponent. Moorman made the call before slowly and deliberately checking the 
turn and seeing a 975 chip bet being fired out at.
Moorman then slid out his entire stack and moved all-in for 3,500 total resulting a fairly speedy fold from said foe.
Moorman up to about 6,000.
He also told us about the demise of Alex Martin, the latter having apparently pushed on a Jack-high board with 
but ran into 
.
After finalling the six-handed event only yesterday, David Peters has returned today in another tempt to bag his first bracelet. It's been a poor start, however, for the young American, as his stack has already been dissected in half.
On his last hand, I saw him lead out for 550 into a 
board, only for his opponent to make a minimum raise to 1,100. Peters lay down his hand to leave him with just under 1,500, but it showed how vital every chip is at this stage with the stacks starting off so short.
Meanwhile, Jason Mercier has clambered his way towards the neighbouring table, and will be commencing his venture for bracelet #2.
An early-position player raised to 125 and Michael Greco called from the next seat. Action then moved around the table to Matthew Parvis in the cutoff seat. He tossed in a reraise to 425. Everyone folded and Parvis picked up the pot.
James "Flushy" Dempsey is one of the few talkers in the Shadow room, the rest so quiet that without the British bracelet winner, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were all in the library.
Dempsey was in a blind on blind battle calling a bet of 375 on the turn of a 
turn before snap-calling a 550 bet on the river. His opponent though, turned over 
and Dempsey mucked his hand, dropping to 1,625 as a result.
Jude Ainsworth was down to about 1,500 when he looked down at two aces in the hole and opened the pot with a raise. He found action from the big blind, and the two men went heads-up to the flop.
It came down jack-high with two spades, and the unknown player called a continuation bet from Ainsworth. A third spade fell on fourth street, and Ainsworth's last 800 chips went into the middle. His opponent snap-called with 
, and the Irishman was drawing dead with one to come.
Ainsworth wished his table mates luck, slid his chair under the table, and headed out into Leicester Square.
It's been fairly uneventful in the Shadow room so far, despite the presence of multiple bracelet winners including John Juanda, James Dempsey and Lawrence Gosney. We finally got our first exit just as the level ended when one player's came remarkably unstuck vs 
on a 
flop after the dealer produced a backdoor wheel for the bigger stack with a 
turn and 
river.
We got to the table to see a pot kicked up with three players involved including Dan Heimiller and Kevin MacPhee. The flop was 
and the first player first a bet of 275. Heimiller made the call and then action fell on MacPhee. He raised to 725 and that knocked out the original bettor from going any further. Heimiller came along to the turn though.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Heimiller checked and MacPhee took his time. After a minute or so passed, MacPhee fired all in and Heimiller quickly folded.
Heimiller dropped to 2,175 while MacPhee increased to 4,500.
