Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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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I'd been wondering why I knew the face all day long, but then I realised that despite his Scandinavian looks, James Tomlin is actually a Brit, and the only player remaining in today's field that also made the final table last year.
Before JP Kelly went on to snatch his second bracelet of the year, Tomlin was the first man to be eliminated from the final, leaving the Empire Casino with £13,115.
Now, with that experience in his arsenal, he is back for more, and will be eager to surpass his achievements of last year. At the moment, he's on the right track, boasting a stack of 15,000 with the average at 13,600.
Hands were on their backs as I approached the table with Jason Mercier's 
requiring assistance against 
. Although the 
flop and 
turn were bleak, the river brought the 
to award the American the pot.
"Oooooh, man," concluded his devastated opponent.
"Good game. Sorry," replied Mericer in his nonchalant, deadpan manner.
Despite victory, this was just a minor pot, meaning Mercier is still around average at 15,000.
Dominic Wells just survived a big coinflip, he was holding 
against 
and managed to avoid deuce, ace or diamond on the 
turn and 
river. Wells is writing about the tournament local newspaper City AM and it looks like he'll be writing about the tournament again if he can survive just a little longer to make it through to Monday.
Wells has around 26,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
28,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
26,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
24,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
17,000
200
|
200 |
|
||
|
17,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
16,000 | |
|
15,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
15,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
15,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
13,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
8,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,200
300
|
300 |
|
|
6,000 | |
|
5,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
Ramsey Ajram was all-in preflop receiving several callers but one of them cleared the rest out on the turn of a 
board. Ajram turned over a hopeful 
but he was massively behind his opponent's 
which improved to a straight on the 
river.
Today's early chip leader falls just before the end.
With Martin Hansen boasting such a commanding lead, there are a number of players forming a chasing pack with less than half the Dane's stack. One member was Matt Nieberg, but he just doubled up a short stack to drop to 19,000.
"This is a terrible call," sighed Nieberg as he held the chips above the king high flop. "You've always got a king here." Refusing to listen to his own advice, he plonked the chips onto the felt before being shown 
. Nieberg revealed .
No change on a 
turn and 
river, and Nieberg slipped out of the chasing back.
We haven't touched much on Matthew Jarvis, but it's about damn time we did. He may only be sitting with just about average chips, but Jarvis could be in for some big things if you can continue this run.
Jarvis has been made a Red Pro after his great run in the World Series of Poker Main Event that has yet to come to an end, more of just being put on hold for the time being. He's one of the famed members of the November Nine that will recommence to finish things out in the beginning of November. Jarvis sits in fifth position on the list of the final nine, but right now that's all in the back of his mind as he strives towards a bracelet in this event.
Normally, Day 1s don't mean too much, but the rate at which these players are dropping, this one may mean a lot. It's almost as if you make it to Day 2 with solid chip position, you're locking up a spot in the money.
James Akenhead and Antoine Saout made splashes in both the WSOP Main Event and at the WSOP Europe last year. Before them, Ivan Demidov did the same sort of thing the year before. Will this year be the time for Jarvis to make some noise in both events? He's still in, alive and well with 36 players left in this day and it looks like we're going to finish before ten levels are complete when we make it to the final three tables of action.
Will Jarvis be there to bag and tag? Stick with us on PokerNews to find out!
The JP Kelly, Anton Wigg, Matt Jarvis table has just been broken up leaving us with 4 tables remaining. Kelly has moved to the left of chip leader Martin Hansen while Wigg has joined the Kevin Williams/Mehdi Senhaji table. Jarvis has been moved to the table featuring Dean Sanders.
We've been searching for someone to mount a challenge on chip leader Martin Hansen's monstrous stack, and although he's still a boulder-throw behind, Kevin Williams appears to be the most likely contender with circa 40,000.
"I three-bet with ace-king," he revealed, "and this German guy just flat-called for most of his stack. I then set him in on a queen high flop and he called. I flinched at first, but he showed ace-jack, and I thought, 'Oh, I can beat that,' which I did."
An online cash pro from Brighton, Kevin is eager to make his mark on the live tournament scene, and this could be his time.
