Just another note to confirm that Viktor Blom is still the chip leader - but now he's at 440,000. The Table Of Death was broken recently, and the expressions on the faces of all his new tablemates are concerned, to say the least.
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 346
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With the board reading 
, Patrick Selin led out for 20,000, and after rising from his seat, Matthew Waxman made the call.
Hesitation to show led to Selin meekly flipping 
, whilst a jubilant Waxman announced jack high with the 
to feign the hero call, before sliding the 
from underneath.
Waxman now has 72,000.
Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy has just been relieved of his chips at the hands of Irish Open champion James Mitchell. Mitchell was the three-bettor preflop, and Collopy four-bet shoved for less than 40,000 when he looked down at two tens. Unfortunately for him, he ran them smack into Mitchell's pocket queens, and a board full of blanks is all she wrote for the Big Cheese.
You'll be seeing Collopy again though (at some point). He and Gus Hansen have some unsettled business in Event #4, the £10,000 High Roller Heads-Up. They've split the first two matches of the best-of-three final, and the rubber match is still slated for a TBD time. Keep an eye on the blog for more info as firmer plans get made.
Viktor Blom just got moved to table 26 and next to fellow Swede Magnus Persson. The two had a chat in Swedish before playing out a sizable pot. Persson raised from UTG+1 and then called Blom's three-bet from the next seat. The flop came 
and the action went check-check. The turn came 
and Persson check-called a 13,600 bet to see the 
river. Persson checked again but this time faced an over-bet of 49,000 from Blom. He called quickly but mucked upon seeing Blom's 
. Blom's up 480,000 now and Persson drops to 125,000.
Phil Laak bet 11,000 on the river of a 
board only to see Andrew Frankenberger raise him to 26,000. Laak talked himself out of the call and mucked his hand before shouting, "Show the bluff kid! Make me mad! Come on, show the bluff!"
Frankenberger didn't move, raking in the chips but Laak was unperturbed. "I will pay you real cash money to show me a bluff!"
Again Frankenberger stayed stoic and began to stacking his chips.
"I will give you £40 cash money right now if you show me a bluff," said Laak flipping out a wallet assorted with £50 and £20 notes.
Finally, the weight of Laak's words took their toll and the seemingly emotionless Frankenberger couldn't help but break into laughter and a little smile. He still refused to show though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
140,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
130,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
112,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
100,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
96,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
92,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
90,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
78,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
64,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
63,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
34,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
25,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari reraised to 7,700 after Steven van Zadelhoff raised to 2,600. Van Zadelhoff then moved all in for 52,700 and Esfandiari called.
It was the 
for Esfandiari up against the 
for van Zadelhoff. The board ran out 
and van Zadelhoff doubled up. Esfandiari was knocked down to about 140,000.
From middle position, Barry Greenstein raised to 3,000 and Greg Mueller called from the small blind to see a flop of 
come out. Mueller check-called a bet of 4,000 from Greenstein to see the 
fall on the turn. Mueller check-called another bet on fourth street, this time worth 10,000.
After the fell on the river, Mueller checked and Greenstein fired 25,000. "You just keep firing away, eh Bar-rels?" asked Mueller, playing on Greenstein's first name and the fact that he's fired three times in this pot. Eventually, Mueller folded and Greenstein won the pot to move over 130,000. Mueller dropped back to about 142,000.
We picked up the action on the flop of 
. The two players involved were Antonio Esfandiari and Dan Shak. It looked as though Esfandiari raised preflop and Shak defended with a call from the big blind.
On the flop, Shak checked to Esfandiari and he fired 4,800. Shak then put in a check-raise to 18,000 and Esfandiari tanked. He counted his stack a couple of times and thought for a minute or two before moving all in. He had about 137,000 in his stack and Shak called with a stack of about 134,000 total. When the hands were revealed, Shak didn't like what he saw.
Esfandiari:
Shak:
Shak's diamond draw wasn't looking good at all against the bigger flush draw for Esfandiari. The turn then brought the which did give Shak a couple more outs with a straight draw now, but it still wasn't looking good. That was, until the river.
Esfandiari and Shak both awaited the river and then with a bang, the dealer slapped the 
on fifth street! Shak had spiked one of his pair outs to win the hand and delivered a crushing blow to Esfandiari, who just sat there unable to really say anything. He let the dealer do the counting of his chips while in shock as he was left with just about 2,400. Shak was all in on the flop for exactly 134,100 after the final count.
Looking around the table, everyone was busy picking their jaws up off the floor after what they just saw. Shak is now up to about 280,000 after needing some magic of his own on that one.
From under the gun, Jani Sointula raised to 3,000. Nick Schulman called on the button and then Bojan Gledovic reraised from the big blind to 9,000. Sointula called and Schulman folded.
The flop came down 
and Gledovic fired 13,000. Sointula made the call and the turn card brought the . Gledovic fired out 35,000 and after a few moments in the tank, Sointula moved all in. His had Gledovic covered. Eventually, Gledovic made the call with the . Sointula held a big draw with the 
.
The river card was the and didn't produce what Sointula was looking for. He sent over the 82,400 total that Gledovic was all in for on the turn was was knocked down to just 17,000.
