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
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

Cajelais Folds River

From the hijack seat, Erik Cajelais raised to 2,100. Jean Paul Pasqualini was in the cutoff seat and reraised to 6,100. Cajelais made the call.

The flop brought the {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} to the board and both players checked to see the {3-Spades} fall on the turn. Cajelais fired 8,500 and Pasqualini made the call.

The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts} and made some draws a lot more apparent. Cajelais checked and Pasqualini moved all in. Cajelais quickly folded and Pasqualini won the pot.

Cajelais holds a gold bracelet after winning the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event at last year's WSOP Europe. He beat a field of 158 entrants to take home £104,677. Right now, Cajelais has 42,000 in chips.

Tags: Erik CajelaisJean Paul Pasqualini

More Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
183,000
48,000
48,000
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
160,000
54,250
54,250
WPT 1X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
145,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
130,000
-5,000
-5,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
100,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Full Tilt
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
90,000
7,625
7,625
Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
88,000
-21,375
-21,375
Dag Palovic sk
Dag Palovic
83,500
7,000
7,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
70,600
-19,175
-19,175
WSOP 2X Winner
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
69,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
60,400
-7,400
-7,400
Jean Paul Pasqualini
Jean Paul Pasqualini
57,000
-7,600
-7,600
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
54,500
-26,175
-26,175
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
49,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Full Tilt
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
48,000
-10,875
-10,875
Full Tilt
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
46,200
8,200
8,200
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
42,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Kevin Boudreau us
Kevin Boudreau
39,700
16,100
16,100
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
31,000
9,500
9,500
WPT 1X Winner
Bojan Gledovic
Bojan Gledovic
30,700
5,700
5,700
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
21,000
-4,100
-4,100
Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
19,300
-34,525
-34,525
WSOP 2X Winner
Vladislav Varlashin
Vladislav Varlashin
18,300
-9,500
-9,500
Vadim Trincher
Vadim Trincher
15,600
15,600
15,600

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Welcome Scalp for Benvenuti

Paul Zimbler
Paul Zimbler

I arrived on the flop, but it was evident that Michael Benvenuti had raised it up preflop from middle position and Paul Zimbler made the call on the button.

The three community cards were {A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, triggering a continuation bet of 2,200 from Benvenuti. With little hesitation, Zimbler raised to 19,000, leaving just a few hundred behind.

Benvenuti dwelt for longer than a Who Wants to be a Millionaire contestant on the final question, but ultimately made the call (for the extra shrapnel too) with {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Zimbler tabled a behind, but promising {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

Despite the potential for a flush draw, the {5-Hearts} turn and {7-Clubs} river were both blanks, and Benvenuti picked up both the pot and scalp with his superior kicker.

"I thought he'd push preflop with a bigger ace," confirmed Benvenuti afterwards. "Maybe flat with ace-jack."

Benvenuti now has a welcome 90,000 in chips.

Tags: Paul Zimbler

Kay Will Settle For That

Dominic Kay, Steven van Zedlehoff and one other player saw a flop with a ten and an eight on board. The third party led before Kay and the Dutchman got all their chips in. Kay tabled pocket tens for set and an unlucky Van Zedlehoff tabled pocket eights for a smaller set. The other player said he folded kings. Kay up to 75,000 after that but has since dropped back to 60,000. The Dutchman still has 115,000.

Tags: Dominic KaySteven Van Zadlehoff

Mattern Shakes Mercier

Arnaud Mattern was first in from the cutoff seat, and he raised to 1,900. Jason Mercier called from the button, and the two men took a flop of {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {J-Hearts}. Mattern led out with a bet of 3,200, drawing a raise to 8,500 from Mercier. Mattern wasted no time shoving right back, putting Mercier to the test for the ~27,000 chips he had behind. Reluctantly, Mercier called with {K-} {Q-}, and he was well behind. Mattern had flopped the joint with {A-Spades} {10-Spades}, and he had Mercier dead to four outs.

As Arnaud tells it, "I don't know why, but the board bricked out," and Mercier has been sent to the rail. It's been a good day so far for Arnaud, and he finds himself witting quite comfortably with 139,000 now.

Tags: Arnaud MatternJason Mercier

November Two Do Battle

John Dolan - reasons to be cheerful
John Dolan - reasons to be cheerful

You remember that little matter that didn't quite get settled this summer in Vegas? Like, ooh, who's going to win the WSOP Main Event?

Three of our November Nine made Day 2 of this alternative, European Main Event - and two of them are getting in some good practice for next month, currently sitting at the same table. And they're not afraid to get their hands dirty.

A pretty big pot had formed by the time we arrived on the river of the {j-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{q-Spades} board when Filippo Candio bet out 14,000. Over to John Dolan, though, who raised a medium-sized stack of T5,000 chips - enough to cover the hapless Candio, who promptly folded.

Dolan has around three times Candio's chips going into the November Nine, and he's now doing even better than that here - he's on 175,000 to Candio's 40,000.

Tags: Filippo CandioJohn Dolan

Chip Counts from the Balcony & Beyond

Player Chips Progress
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
143,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
John Dolan us
John Dolan
140,000
-33,700
-33,700
Full Tilt
Adam Fletcher
Adam Fletcher
125,000
-11,025
-11,025
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
100,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
J.C. Tran
J.C. Tran
95,000
5,000
5,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
95,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Cherif
Ben Cherif
90,000
16,650
16,650
Filippo Candio it
Filippo Candio
85,000
35,000
35,000
Full Tilt
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
80,000
-4,050
-4,050
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Full Tilt
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
71,500
16,700
16,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Markus Golser at
Markus Golser
65,000
-31,325
-31,325
Full Tilt
Barbara Martinez fr
Barbara Martinez
55,000
16,175
16,175
Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper
55,000
29,350
29,350
52,000
-34,600
-34,600
Nick Wong hk
Nick Wong
48,000
27,850
27,850
Keith Johnson gb
Keith Johnson
43,000
4,825
4,825
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
40,000
-80,125
-80,125
WSOP 1X Winner
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
34,000
11,250
11,250
WSOP 4X Winner
Full Tilt
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
30,000
-9,600
-9,600
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
John Eames gb
John Eames
30,000
-13,950
-13,950
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
24,000
-19,650
-19,650
Adrian Passfield
Adrian Passfield
20,600
-2,400
-2,400
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
20,000
8,925
8,925
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Ross Boatman gb
Ross Boatman
20,000
-75,000
-75,000
Full Tilt
Tyron Krost au
Tyron Krost
12,500
-900
-900

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Mitchell Takes Some from Corkins

James Mitchell raised preflop and then called a three-bet from Hoyt Corkins to see a flop come {K-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Mitchell checked and Corkins fired 7,500. Mitchell check-raised to 19,500 and Corkins went into the tank. He tanked, and tanked, and tanked. Finally, he gave it up and cut his losses. Corkins is down to 150,000 while Mitchell moved up to 190,000.

Tags: Hoyt CorkinsJames Mitchell

Don't Fabian Quoss This Guy

Fabian Quoss just pulled off an audacious bluff against Sam Stein to move up to 115,000. The river was out and the board read {2-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Stein bet 13,800 (33k back) only to be set all-in by Quoss. He tanked for ages but let the hand go and as he folded the {10-Hearts} flipped up so we can on;y assume he folded a flush. Quoss didn't miss the chance to needle and revealed {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for just two-pair.

Tags: Fabian QuossSam Stein

Counts From Center Court

Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
190,000
11,150
11,150
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
150,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
111,000
28,825
28,825
EPT 1X Winner
Guy Gorelik il
Guy Gorelik
105,000
51,925
51,925
David Peters us
David Peters
90,000
-6,500
-6,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Rudy Blondeau
Rudy Blondeau
86,000
4,000
4,000
Thorsten Schafer de
Thorsten Schafer
82,000
8,000
8,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
80,000
21,375
21,375
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
77,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Martin Davis
Martin Davis
73,000
18,875
18,875
Paul Byrne us
Paul Byrne
70,000
34,575
34,575
70,000
-17,775
-17,775
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
67,000
6,650
6,650
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
61,000
-25,325
-25,325
WSOP 2X Winner
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
50,000
-2,000
-2,000
EPT 1X Winner
Kristoffer Thorsson
Kristoffer Thorsson
47,000
15,600
15,600
John Conroy
John Conroy
47,000
15,250
15,250
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
46,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
45,000
3,300
3,300
WSOP 3X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
45,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Darren Lyttle
Darren Lyttle
45,000
-3,325
-3,325
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
43,000
22,250
22,250
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
41,000
-700
-700
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Antoine Arnault
Antoine Arnault
40,000
-8,000
-8,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
40,000
WPT 1X Winner

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