Sandra Naujoks checked the flop of 
to Andrew Feldman. He bet 1,050 and David Steicke made the call. Naujoks folded her hand and left the boys to fight it out.
After the 
fell on the turn, Feldman checked. Steicke seized the opportunity to bet and fired 2,500. Feldman took a minute and then folded. He droped to 27,700 while Steicke increased to 42,000.
Jennifer Tilly is up to nearly 50k after playing for two hours. It seems every time we pass her table a thousand or two extra grace her stacks, and she just picked up an easy 7,500 on the button. All she had to do was threebet preflop (to 2,500) and pick up Stuart Rutter, Freddy Deeb and Simon Higgins as callers. On the 
flop it was checked to her, and she fired 6k, receiving the fastest folds this side of the speed origami championships.
She has only played in the 6-max tournament so far this WSOPE, opting instead of the burning-candle-at-both-ends series management to go for some time off at Fashion Week for something completely different. The fashions on offer here are limited to different sizes of tracksuit trousers, sponsorship patches and different colours of baseball hat, mainly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
40,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
36,500 | |
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,700 | |
|
|
||
|
29,000 | |
|
|
||
|
29,000 | |
|
||
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
28,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
There's an awful lot going on in the field today, and it's hard to keep up with all of the names.
Our last check of Jason Senti's table sees his chair conspicuously vacant, and the player next to that vacant chair stacking a heap of chips. A quick inquiry tells us that Senti got his money in about as good as you can with pocket aces against pocket kings.
Aces fell, however, and so has Senti, but we'll see him playing for a bracelet one more time come November.
Andrew Pantling must have ants in his pants, as every time I pass his table, he's involved in a pot, normally firing out a bet of some kind.
On this occasion, he was leading for 2,500 into a flop of 
, with the decision resting on Philipp Gruissem. Although he didn't seem comfortable with the situation, the German SNG specialist moved all in for a total of 9,000.
After JC Tran had released hand, Pantling called quicker than a jet-propelled whippet before revealing 
. A 
turn and 
later, and the pot, the scalp, and the chip lead were all Pantling's.
Pantling's so hot at the moment that you could fry an egg on his forehead! He now has a whopping 90,000 in chips.
Daniel Steinberg was heads up with David Benyamine when we walked up to see the dealer spreading a flop of 
. Steinberg was first, and he put out a bet of 2,200. Benyamine called.
The turn 
drew another leading bet, 5,600 this time. Benyamine cut the calling chips out of his stack and put them on top of another 20,000 worth of yellowbirds. It looked like he was about to make it 25,600, but he plucked the 5,600 back off the top and flung it into the pot.
The filled out the board, and Steinberg took his pause to think it over. After maybe 90 seconds, he grabbed all 15,100 of his remaining chips and moved all in. Benyamine tanked and called, though he didn't seem all that thrilled when he dropped the chips into the pot.
Benyamine was even less thrilled by Steinberg's 
, and that Broadway straight was good enough to win him a double up.
Steinberg - 48,000
Benyamine - 44,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
37,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
37,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
36,300 | |
|
34,800
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
31,600
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,350
4,650
|
4,650 |
|
|
||
|
24,400
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
|
||
|
24,200
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
||
|
23,700
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
|
||
|
23,300
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
||
|
23,000 | |
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
"It could be a short day," smiled Frank Kassela as he moved all in for just under 7,000. Initial raiser, Matthew Jarvis, made the call from under the gun.
Kassela: 
Jarvis: 
"I don't run too good on all-ins," revealed Kassela with a straight face.
Board: 
And with aces up, the two-time bracelet winner doubled up, whilst the November Niner was left with just 8,500.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Daniel Negreanu is one of the most well-known poker players on the planet. He's here playing today upstairs in the Flame room, and when it comes to the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, Negreanu performs very well — much better than he has in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas over the years.
The WSOP Europe has only been around since 2007, making this its fourth year in the poker world. Out of those four active years, Negreanu has cashed in both 2008 and 2009. Not only has he cashed, but he's made his way to the final table of this extremely elite field both times! That's quite the feat and something that Negreanu will be looking to match again this year. In 2008, Negreanu placed fifth in the WSOP Europe Main Event for £217,200. He bettered his performance the following year in 2009 when he finished in second place behind champion Barry Shulman for £495,589. If Negreanu's going to continue his trend of improving his finish every year in this event, there's only one spot left to claim and that's first place.
Negreanu also came into the WSOP Europe this year tied for the most all-time WSOP Europe cashes with Chris Bjorin. Bjorin went on to cash in two events before Negreanu arrived and pulled ahead six to four. Negreanu did make the money in the heads-up event the other day to pull back within one. If he can cash in this event and Bjorin fails to do so, Negreanu will once again be tied for the most cashes. Negreanu also sits fourth on the WSOP Europe all-time cash list with £722,594 in total earnings.
When you compare his finishes in the WSOP Europe Main Event with how he does back in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, Negreanu's performances are much better here, across the pond. He's only cashed twice in Vegas in the Main Event. He placed 11th in 2001 for $63,940 and then 229th in 2006 for $42,882. With Negreanu playing in that Main Event far more often than he plays in this one, he clearly performs much better over here. Negreanu discusses the WSOP Europe and how well he does in the video interview we did with him a few days ago, so be sure to check that out!
Whether or not Negreanu will be able to make another final table run is yet to be seen. He's got a tough starting table including Mohsin Charania and Peter Jetten so we'll see how he goes throughout the day. Whether or not he makes another deep run though, Negreanu is still one of the best overall performers at the WSOP Europe hands down.
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