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World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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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On the flop of 
, "Miami" John Cernuto bet 150. James Sudworth raised to 450 and then Cernuto came back at him with a reraise to 950. Sudworth folded and Cernuto picked up the pot to get himself back in the black with 3,100 chips.
Bracelet winner Mike Ellis is making a good early start here in the Flame room. William Martin just open-shoved for 1,025 preflop and Ellis quickly called behind, on their backs and it proved to be what those people in poker refer to as a coinflip.
Ellis: 
Martin: 
Board: 
A good start for Ellis
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Four players saw the flop come down 
with 400 in the pot, but it was more like three players and Phil Ivey, or three players versus Ivey.
Anyway, action was checked by the first three players to Ivey and he bet 275. Fold, call, fold were the actions following his bet and then the hit the felt on the turn. Ivey's lone opponent now checked and Ivey bet 1,500. Yes it was an overbet, but the player only had 1,150 left, so Ivey was looking to make him commit all of his chips if the player were to make the call. A long tanking process ensued by the unknown player before he committed the chips and saw the bad news.
Ivey held the 
and was ahead of the all-in player's 
. The river completed the board with the 
and Ivey won the pot. Although the player had to hit the rail early on Day 1b, he can at least leave with the story that he was eliminated by Phil Ivey, who is now up to about 6,500 chips.
Ali Masterman was keen to reveal his recent double up, his tone a mixture of relief and elation.
According to the horse's mouth, Masterman opened with 
, and bet every street of a 
board. His opponent put him all on the river with 
, but Masterman found the call.
"You've got to get chips in these tournaments," he concluded.
On the turn, the board read 
between Kyle Bowker and Danny Wong. Bowker checked and Wong bet 450. Bowker raised to 1,200 and Wong moved all in. Bowker called with the 
for a flopped straight. Wong held top two with the .
The river paired the board, but it did so with the 
, not a king or an eight that Wong needed and he dropped to about 600 chips. Bowker is up to about 5,600.
Tucked away in the far corner of the balcony is the Huck Seed/Andrew Teng table but they're sharing it with the very unconvetional play of Albert Sapiano. The latter is known for flummoxing opponents with seeming odd lines, he plays poker recreationally having made all his money in the honey business and is known in poker circles as 'The Honey Man'.
Teng however just picked up a pot, raising to 100 preflop and getting called by Sapiano and the big blind, though both folded to his 225 continuation bet on the 
board.
In a multi-way pot (I believe Jack Powell raised the hijack to 125), four players checked a 
flop, only for Sorel Mizzi to fire 300 from the button on the 
turn. Just one player called.
The river was a , and Mizzi bet again, this time 600, but was swiftly checked-raised to 1,500. Mizzi made the call with 
before chopping up the pot versus 
.
Mizzi has lost a few early pots, though, and is closer to the 2,000 mark.
It looks as though Arnaud Mattern wasn't able to recover from that early setback as his chair situated next to Andrew Lichtenberger is now empty.
Blonde-haired youngster Scott Kenyon has also been eliminated.
