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World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Trips for Inizan and Wong, but Only the Former Doubles Through
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A laborious but intriguing raising process on a 
flop saw Danny Wong and Marc Inizan heads-up and unwilling to back down. There was a lot of betting, considering neither of them had more than 25k to start the hand:
Wong: check
Inizan: 750 (into a pot of not much more than this)
Wong: raise to 2,050
Inizan: raise to 4,000
Wong: check out his chips (15k), raise to 7,200
Inizan: check out Wong's chips (17k) raise to 10,700
Wong: pause. Call.
Turn: 
. Wong immediately moved in and was called almost as fast. He showed 
but Inizan had 
and the kicker made all the difference as he doubled up and left Wong with just a couple of thousand chips lying between him and the felt.
Main Event Numbers Increase in 2010!
Yesterday saw 137 runners hit the felt for Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. That number was down from the 156 that played on the first starting day last year, making things somewhat iffy about whether or not the numbers would grow this year overall.
Since the WSOP Europe began in 2007, the Main Event has decreased in participation. The first two years, in 2007 and 2008, the numbers for the Main Event were the same with 362 players showing up each year. Last year though, participation decreased to 334 players. This year, the WSOP is proud to announce that the numbers are back up!
With Day 1a attracting 137 players, Day 1b needed 197 players to meet last year's number. Well, they got more than that with 210 players showing up to hit an overall number of 347 players for the 2010 WSOP Europe Main Event!
Second Set Not Enough
Ludovic Lacay is feelinghas dropped to 26,000 after he found himself calling a push on the turn of an 
board with 
against David Weisberger's 
. The came on the river and Weisberger picked up the 64,000 pot as a result.
Table Of Death Gets Substitute
Remember this table of the death?
Well, they have lost Robert Mizrachi from the table.
In his place? Viktor Blom.
Chip Counts from Upstairs
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
66,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
59,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
29,300
|
29,300 |
|
||
|
42,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
38,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
30,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
27,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
20,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
15,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
5,000
-2,275
|
-2,275 |
|
|
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Powell Fills Up
Brian Powell raised to 800 from the cutoff seat and David Steicke reraised from the button to 2,000. Powell called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Powell checked and Steicke fired 3,600. Powell made the call.
The put trips on the board on the river and both players checked. Powell tabled the 
for a full house and Steicke mucked. Powell moved up to 60,000 while Steicke dropped to 30,000.
A Name From the Past
That guy at Table 6. He looks awfully familiar. Where the heck do we know him from?
Oh, right! That's Noel Furlong! Against all odds, we've spotted the 1999 WSOP World Champion in our field. J.J. "Noel" Furlong is from Dublin, Ireland, and he cashed three times in that 1999 WSOP, including a $1,000,000 score for taking home the big prize, the Main Event bracelet. That final table included Erik Seidel and Huck Seed, but Furlong hasn't become quite the household name those guys have. Alan Goehring, Chris Bigler, and fellow Irishman Padraig Parkinson were also a part of that nine-handed match. Furlong also finished in 6th in the 1989 Main Event, which Phil Hellmuth went on to win for his first (of eleven) gold bracelets.
As far as we're aware, Furlong has not played the WSOP since the year after his last-millennium victory. Still, it took until 2005 for Andy Black to pass him as Ireland's all-time leading tournament earner. He's mostly stuck around his home country since then, picking up a few small wins and a couple five-figure cashes. He's back in the big time now, though, playing for a second Main Event bracelet, which we don't have to tell you, would put him in some pretty elite company.
Furlong is still around his starting stack with about 32,000 right now.
"Table Talk Is Much Better In Europe!"
So insists Jason Wheeler as his table is alternately bemused by Willie Tann and talked over by Steven van Zadelhoff and Martin Kabrhel. Tann admits to wondering who "these young guys who've read too many books, watched too many videos" were, exactly (they're both to his left), but it seems like their brand of table talk is ever-so-slightly tilting the bracelet holder and two-time finalist at this WSOPE.
"It's poker, any Tom Dick or Harry can play poker! It's not rocket science," he said, with a chuckle, away from the table.
Back on it and he'd bet 3,000 on a flop of 
which Kabrhel was thinking about calling out of position. He was unblinkingly considering the flop and his opponent, when Tann suddenly said, "What you think I am - an alien? I am from planet Earth. It's very rude to stare at people!" He paused (no reply) and finished off with something that sounded like, "WTF, hee hee hee."
Kabrhel did make the call while Wheeler and the rest of the table sat back listening, but neither player bet the running hearts turn and river (
) - Kabrhel showing down 
and Tann mucking his hand. Then taking a closer look at Kabrhel's hand and muttering about Ace-Queen.