World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£830,401
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Cody Halved and Then Some

Jake Cody
Jake Cody

We picked up the action a bit late, but we'll tell you what we know. Starting with the name of the player we know in the hand, Jake Cody. Cody was firing out a bet of 6,250 when we walked up to a board showing {5-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} on fourth street. He was heads up, and his opponent spent a minute to consider his options before splashing in the call.

That brought them to the {4-Diamonds} river, and this time Cody checked. His opponent eventually bet 15,000, and Cody eventually called, though both of those actions took an agonizingly long time. When Cody called, the news he was faced with was not good; his opponent tabled {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} for top set, and Cody grimaced and mucked.

He's left with about 19,000 chips now.

Tags: Jake Cody

Seidel Bites Off Something Chewy

With a little over 3,600 in the middle, Andrew Lichtenberger bet the flop of {A-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. He made it 2,200 to go before Erik Seidel raised to 5,000. Lichtenberger thought, checked his holecards once again and then made the call.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Lichtenberger checked. Seidel leaned forward in his chair and looked rather uneasy about the turn card. He then checked behind.

The river brought the {8-Clubs} and Lichtenberger checked again. Seidel fired out 8,000 and Lichtenberger folded, dropping to 21,100. Seidel increased to 41,000.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerErik Seidel

Roberts Edges Back Over Starting Stack

Ben Roberts: chilled
Ben Roberts: chilled

And now, in the final level of the day, Ben Roberts looks just as calm and unconcerned about his 31k stack as he was way back at midday when he was first given his allotted 30k. Just now he raised to 1,250 preflop and picked up no fewer than three callers (including Pierre Canali and Pascal Lefrancois who seem to be involved in some combination in every single hand). The flop came down all clubs: {2-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}, and there were two checks to Roberts who quickly bet 3,600, receiving equally quick folds all round. He went back to making a 100 chip walk back and forth across his knuckles with the nonchalance of someone who joked they hadn't been playing much lately because they were counting all their Vegas winnings...

Tags: Ben RobertsPierre CanaliPascal Lefrancois

Duhamel Bokked & Gone

After I gave him such a good write up just moments prior to the break, it's only natural that Jonathan Duhamel should confirm my curse (or "bok", as certain English folk tend to call it) abilities by departing almost immediately upon return.

According to my source, he made a squeeze with {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, but perhaps in hindsight will regret sqeeuzing into a showdown against {A-}{A-}. No assistance and the November Nine chip leader was gone.

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

Double or Nearly Nothing for Cunningham

Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham

Second to act, Allen Cunningham opened the pot with a raise to 1,500, and he found three callers, the player to his immediate right (Player 1), Harry Kaczka (button), and Eugene Katchalov (big blind).

The four men went off to a flop of {K-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds}, and Katchalov checked. Cunningham continued out with a smallish bet of 2,500, Player 1 called, and the other two monkies in the middle ducked out of the way to leave he and Cunningham heads up to the turn.

It was the {3-Diamonds}, and Cunningham fired another bullet worth 7,000 chips. That sent Player 1 deep into the tank, and he would sit still for a long, long time. Someone at the other end of the table eventually called the clock, and by the time the floorman got a few seconds into his countdown, Player 1 raised all in for 27,000 total. Cunningham had 28,000 chips before his bet, and he double-checked his hole cards before sliding the rest of his stack into the middle, putting Player 1 at risk.

Cunningham showed up {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}, just the nuts, and Player 1 sunk in his chair. It was no surprise to see him turn over {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} for the second nuts, but second-best meant he was already drawing dead. The {7-Clubs} filled out the board, and the stacks were counted down to prove that Player 1 was indeed eliminated.

Cunningham is up to 66,700 after that nice big double-up pot.

Tags: Allen Cunningham

Chip Counts from Upstairs

Player Chips Progress
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
EPT 1X Winner
135,000 5,000
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
120,000 -3,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
90,000 37,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
85,000 15,800
Ross Boatman gb
Ross Boatman
Full Tilt
85,000
Almira Skripchenko
Almira Skripchenko
80,000 4,000
Filippo Candio it
Filippo Candio
Full Tilt
80,000 -5,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
73,000 -37,000
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
66,000 33,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Full Tilt
65,000 37,500
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
65,000 24,000
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
WSOP 4X Winner
Full Tilt
65,000 -4,000
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
WSOP 6X Winner
Full Tilt
61,000 29,500
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
52,000 27,000
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
52,000 -3,000
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
WPT 1X Winner
44,000 2,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
42,000 -3,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
Full Tilt
39,000 4,500
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000 -18,000
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
35,000 -2,000
Joe Beevers gb
Joe Beevers
Full Tilt
34,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
31,000 11,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
26,000
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 -3,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
25,000 -2,000

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Not a Small Mattern

Arnaud Mattern
Arnaud Mattern

Frenchman Arnaud Mattern has recently been confirmed as your current chip leader here on Day 1a. He's got more chips than the Walkers and Lay's factories combined with a monstrous 135,000.

It seems like the break hasn't slowed him down.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

Seidel's Eights Are Good

From early-middle position, Jake Cody raised to 1,150. Erik Seidel called from the cutoff and the flop came down {A-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Spades}. Cody fired 1,525 and Seidel called.

After the turn came the {7-Diamonds}, both players checked to see another seven, the {7-Hearts}, fall on the river. Both players checked again.

Cody tabled the {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Seidel the {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Seidel's hand was best and he won the pot.

Tags: Erik SeidelJake Cody

Margets Creative

Leo Margets: an enigma wrapped in a mystery
Leo Margets: an enigma wrapped in a mystery

Leo Margets is a big stack, and a hand she was made to show-one-show-all at the end of reveals that some of those chips might have come her way without the benefit of the best hand... There was a raise to 1,100 in front of her, and a flat call. She upped it preflop to 3,600 and received just one caller. On the {Q-} {10-} {9-} (one diamond) flop she bet 5,200 when it was checked to her and got a call. The turn brought the {5-Diamonds}. Now her opponent bet out 12k out of a stack of 27k total - and Margets put him in. He passed quickly and she tried to sneak Filippo Candio a glance at her hand, but the whole table has to see if it's shown and they all did - {2-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}.

Tags: Leo Margets