Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£582,000
Entries
582
Level
9
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
75
Official End of Day 1b Counts
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,200 | |
|
52,500 | |
|
42,400 | |
|
35,300 | |
|
32,200 | |
|
32,100 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
23,200 | |
|
|
23,200 | |
|
|
21,600 | |
|
21,400 | |
|
18,000 | |
|
17,700 | |
|
17,100 | |
|
|
16,600 | |
|
|
16,300 | |
|
15,600 | |
|
|
15,300 | |
|
14,800 | |
|
14,500 | |
|
|
13,900 | |
|
13,300 | |
|
|
11,400 | |
|
10,600 | |
|
|
7,700 |
End of Day 1b
And that's a wrap, at least for one more day. Tomorrow will see 1c, the final start day for this event and an expected 200 more players though perhaps an increase in the average age as it's Sunday and all the online players may well be preferring 24 tables online to just the single one live. Or maybe they'll assume everyone else is thinking that and actually turn up for tomorrow instead, we won't find out until then.
The chip leader at the end of the day is Wesley Pantling with 56,200 after a rollercoaster day. Some of the biggest names were involved today including both Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan, the former had a great start and led for an early part of the day before eventually running an overpair into flopped top two pair. Dwan also built a stack albeit more slowly, eventually losing with queens in a big flip to Pantling's big slick.
They weren't the only big name casualties on this day as Arnaud Mattern, Phil Hellmuth, Vitaly Lunkin, Huck Seed and Barry Greenstein were all among the hundred or so players who failed to make it through the day.
Those who did however, include Andrew Lichtenberger, EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis and Scott Fischman who'll be hoping to make it to the final table on Tuesday.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,200 | -1,800 |
|
|
52,500 | -1,500 |
|
|
42,400 | -600 |
|
|
35,300 | 8,300 |
|
|
32,200 | 14,200 |
|
|
32,100 | 17,100 |
|
|
32,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
23,200 | |
|
|
23,200 | -6,300 |
|
|
21,600 | -2,400 |
|
|
21,400 | -3,100 |
|
|
18,000 | |
|
|
17,700 | 14,700 |
|
|
17,100 | 14,100 |
|
|
16,600 | |
|
|
16,300 | |
|
|
15,600 | -1,400 |
|
|
15,300 | |
|
|
14,500 | |
|
|
13,900 | -3,100 |
|
|
13,300 | |
|
|
12,300 | 9,300 |
|
|
11,400 | |
|
|
7,700 | 4,700 |
|
|
7,400 |
Overheard On The Rail
The previously busted John Eames, "I only play these events so I can swap 5% with Toby Lewis."
Wesley Snipes a Big Pot
We saw a bet and a call as we walked up to the table, but that's all we could tell about the 
flop. We picked up live action as the dealer was putting fourth street down, the 
. The pot was heads up, and Dominik Nitsche quickly tapped the felt. Wesley Pantling made a bet of 2,700, and Nitsche splashed in the call.
The 
filled out the board on fifth street, and another quick check game from Nitsche. Pantling made a big bet of 9,800, and Nitsche tanked and reluctantly called off a big chunk of his stack.
Pantling tabled 
for the ten-high straight, and Nitsche shook his head and mucked with a bit of a self-loathing way about it. "Did you overbet the pot there?" one of the other table mates asked Pantling.
"I don't usually calculate the pot. I just do stuff."
So far, 'just doing stuff' has served Pantling rather well. He's the big stack once again, up to 58,000 now.
In the Books
UTG+1 opened for 1,600 triggering Barry Greenstein to push all in for what looked to be around the 11,000 mark just one seat down.
Quicker than Speedy Gonzales, Priyan de Mel grabbed a stack of purple chips and slid them across the felt from the button, thus signifying that he too was all in.
The initial aggressor folded, albeit with a grimace, and the cards were revealed, the two holdings combining to form the dead man's hand:
De Mel: 
Greenstein: 
The 
board may have improved Greenstein's hand to three pair, but it wasn't enough as de Mel scoop earned the pot, and the scalp.
As usual, Greenstein dipped beneath his chair to retrieve his book, before graffiting the opening page and offering it to his assailant.
As Greenstein exited stage left, I snuck a look inside the book, and despite my hopes that the High Stakes Poker star had either written a derogatory word or doodled a picture of the human genitalia, it simply detailed the players involved and the cards on the felt.
For now, bracelet #4 will have to wait until another day.
To Die Four
Sofia Lövgren just eliminated another player, pushing all-in from the small blind to set-in the short stack who made the call with 
, flipping against her 
. Despite the flop coming 
Lövgren managed to avoid the ace, king or ten on the 
turn and blank 
river.
She's up to 54,000.
Count 'Em
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,500 | 5,000 |
|
|
43,000 | 9,500 |
|
|
43,000 | |
|
|
33,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
29,500 | 9,500 |
|
|
27,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
24,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
24,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
18,000 | 500 |
|
|
17,000 | -14,000 |
|
14,500 | -1,500 |
No Chance
Chance Kornuth has been eliminated from today's event, his hands, fingers and toes all caught in the cookie jar as he made his move with 
, before being looked up by a dominating 
.
The 
flop was about as good as it gets, and despite the 
increasing his outs, the straight failed to emerge on the 
river and Kornuth was out.
Kornuth will be sorely missed in this event. Throughout the whole day, whether winning or losing, he constantly wore a smile on his face, and was forever bantering with the table and socializing with those around him.
A bracelet tends to have that effect...