World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
£133,857
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£582,000
Entries
582
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
75
Players Left 1 / 582
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Just as we were getting counts, a big pot was brewing between Matthew Jarvis and Tommy Vedes with the board reading {J-Hearts} {10-Spades} {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts}. Jarvis had set his opponent all in for his last 10,000 with about 15,000 already in the pot and Vedes tanked for a good six minutes before finally calling off his stack.

Jarvis tapped the table, said "Good call," and mucked his hand and Vedes showed {K-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} to win the pot. A remarkable recovery from just 4,000 at the 400/800/100 level.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeppe Bisgaard
65,000
16,000
16,000
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Wesley Pantling
56,000
200
200
Profile photo of Xiang Tan
Xiang Tan
51,000
15,400
15,400
Profile photo of Adam Fradgley
Adam Fradgley
48,000
7,900
7,900
Profile photo of Kaveh Payman
Kaveh Payman
47,000
22,800
22,800
Profile photo of Richard Allen
Richard Allen
46,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Joseph Bodner
Joseph Bodner
45,700
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
45,500
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Keith Hawkins
Keith Hawkins
40,000
10,000
10,000
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Mehdi Senhaji
40,000
23,100
23,100
Profile photo of James Tomlin
James Tomlin
39,000
15,100
15,100
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JP Kelly
38,000
14,200
14,200
WSOP 2X Winner
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Claire Renaut
37,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
37,000
8,600
8,600
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Tommy Vedes
35,000
18,000
18,000
WPT 2X Winner
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Song Lee
35,000
5,300
5,300
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Leonard Truche
33,000
9,400
9,400
Profile photo of Dominic Wells gb
Dominic Wells
31,000
6,300
6,300
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
29,000
6,300
6,300
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Karim Jomeen gb
Karim Jomeen
27,400
6,900
6,900
Profile photo of Scott Shelley gb
Scott Shelley
25,900
8,800
8,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Priyan De Mel
25,000
7,200
7,200
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Stephen Broomfield
25,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
24,000
8,400
8,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ray Chan
Ray Chan
24,000
4,900
4,900

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Action Tommy

Tommy Vedes
Tommy Vedes

From the hijack seat, Tommy Vedes raised to 2.7. Roman Urban was in the cutoff seat and reraised all in for 12,400. Play folded back around to Vedes and he thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand away.

Vedes chip stack: 31,400

On the next hand, Vedes opened to 2,500. Karim Jomeen reraised from the button to 9,200. Vedes folded when action got back around to him.

Vedes chip stack: 28,800

On the very next hand, Vedes opened again to 2,500. Jutis David Brogan called from his position in the big blind and the two players saw the flop come down {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Both checked to see the {5-Spades} fall on the turn. Brogan checked and Vedes fired 3,500. Brogan mucked his hand and Vedes won the pot.

Vedes chip stack: 32,600

Tags: Tommy Vedes

Wells Left Wishing

Dominic Wells opened to 3,000 from the button, and James Tomlin made the call from the small blind to go heads up to the flop.

It came {4-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {10-Clubs}, and Tomlin checked. When Wells continued out with another 5,000 chips, however, Tomlin check-raised all in for about 28,000 total. It was just about as much as Wells had left, and he would take his pause. He leaned back in his chair with his hands folded behind his head, deep in thought. His cell phone rang in his jacket pocket, breaking the silence for a minute as he scrambled to shut it off. Fifteen seconds later, it rang again, and Wells once again had to break his train of thought to dispense with the annoyance. Finally, he said, "All right, you can have it," and he open-mucked {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}.

Tomlin obliged by showing the {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, complimenting Wells on a "very, very nice fold." It was indeed, and that fold has likely kept Wells from bubbling this event.

Tags: Dominic WellsJames Tomlin

Singin' the Song of the Bubble Boy

Song Lee misses the money by one
Song Lee misses the money by one

Just as WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel announced that there was 55 players left and instructed all dealers to stop after the hand they were on has been completed, three separate tables hand all-in situations. Song Lee saw his tournament come to an end on the outermost table in the room over by the pot while the other two tables ran out their hands. Lee had to wait because if one of these other at-risk players lost, Lee would actually get to chop the 54th-place prize money.

The first player ended up doubling, but November Niner Matthew Jarvis was still at risk with the {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds} against the {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for Karim Jomeen.

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Lee watched as Jarvis came from a dominated position to double up and stay alive. He now has about 22,000 chips.

Effel turned to Lee and said, much like a doctor going out to tell some bad news to family and friends of a patient, "I'm sorry, but you're actually 55th. If any of these players would have lost, you would've chopped the money, I'm sorry."

That said, Song Lee is the official bubble boy here for Event #3 and everyone else is all in the money.

Tags: Jack EffelKarim JomeenMatthew JarvisSong Lee

Carving Up the Competition

Phil Laak and Allen Kessler yesterday
Phil Laak and Allen Kessler yesterday

Everyone's in the money now, including everyone's favorite weapon of mass destruction, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler. Kessler had been tied with Shawn Buchanan at the top of the 2010 WSOP cash list, each man with 8 apiece coming into today. This 9th cash puts Kessler in the lead, and he's just one away from tying Nikolay Evdakov's 2008 record-setting ten cashes.

We'll go out on a limb and guess that the Chainsaw won't be entering the £10,000 Heads-Up event tomorrow, so the Main Event will likely be his final shot to tie Evdakov's record.

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200