Laak Gone
Phil Laak has just been eliminated. His 
couldn't spike against John Conroy's pocket fours. There will be no double bracelet for Laak, who claimed his first earlier in this 2010 WSOP Europe.
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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
Rasing into the Big Stacks
James Mitchell started the day at the top of the chip tree and although he's still in he's dropped down a few branches. He just won a pot against the two chip leaders to move up 190,000. He raised to 5,000 from early position and was called in three spots including Viktor Blom and Darren Woods in the blinds.
The flop came 
and Mitchell bet 12,300 when checked to him. Both Blom and Woods called to go to the 
flop where all three checked. The river came 
and both chip leaders checked to Mitchell again and he fired 36,000 after some thought. Both players folded and Mitchell scooped in the pot.
Bold Move From Baldwin
Eric Baldwin opened the cut-off to 7,000, Quinn Do raised to 20,000 from the small blind, Baldwin announced "all-in" and Do called.
Both players seemed relieved when hands were revealed:
Do: 
Baldwin: 
"Good luck," wished Baldwin, but he may have regretted that sentiment as the board came 
to send him home.
Downstairs Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
406,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
||
|
316,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
316,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
295,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
281,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
||
|
250,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
250,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
||
|
243,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
242,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
200,000 | |
|
197,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
|
186,500
-88,500
|
-88,500 |
|
180,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
|
177,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
||
|
175,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
165,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
||
|
165,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
162,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
158,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
154,000
800
|
800 |
|
147,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
||
Counts from Upstairs
Just two table remain on the upper deck:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
172,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
150,000
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
136,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
136,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
135,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
113,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
107,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
100,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
95,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
65,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
52,000 | |
|
46,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
42,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
17,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
||
Jomeen Completes Roller Coaster Ride
Karim Jomeen's day has endured more twists and turns than an entire Series of Columbo today, but the final chapter saw him eliminated from the event rather than holding the title aloft.
After nurturing a 20,000 stack from his nasty aces versus kings beat, Jomeen managed to double his way up to 46,000, before feeling the wrath of Ronald Lee in seat one.
All in with 
versus Lee's 
, Jomeen was in need of the luck that had previously evaded him. The first four cards - 
- seemed to be offering him a second life, but right at the death, a 
hit the river to send him home in devilish manner.
"Keep the cards there," requested Jomeen as he dipped into his pocket.
There was then a rather awkward moment as Jomeen fiddled around with his phone trying to take a picture of the board. Despite the pause, his opponents were gentlemanly in their patience and Jomeen managed to get his parting shot before slipping away into the distance.
Lee, meanwhile, just about had his foe out-chipped, and is now up to the 100,000 mark as a result.
Negreanu Increases Chances for Third Straight WSOP-E Main Event Final Table
Daniel Negreanu is still in contention for a third straight year hitting the final table in the WSOP Europe Main Event and just picked up some chips off of David Peters to help out his cause.
We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading 
. Negreanu had checked to Peters and the youngster who final tabled an event earlier in this series fired out 15,700. Negreanu made the call and the 
peeled off on the river. Negreanu thought for a minute or two to himself and then fired 45,000. Peters let it go and slipped to 280,000. Negreanu moved up to 156,000.
Leaking Stack
Barny Boatman's stack has been on the slide this last level and it's just fallen further to 110,000 due to losing a pot to Arnaud Mattern. Boatman made it 5,100 to go from UTG before Mattern three-bet to 14,400 from UTG+2. Boatman called before both players checked the 
flop. The turn came and Boatman check-called a 13,000 bet. The river came 
and Boatman checked to face a 26,000 bet that he called after some thought. Mattern tabled 
for the pot as Boatman mucked. He's up to about 300,000 now.
Queens Hang Tony
Tony Consineau has been eliminated by Clint Coffee. Action folded around to Coffee in the SB and he set Consineau in for his last 14,000 with ace-three. Consineau found pocket queens and called but Coffee spiked an ace to send him packing right at the death.
Eli Elezra commented "Tony hung himself to death again."
"He let himself blind down from 35 thousand to 14" added Huck seed.
Final Four
With ten minutes showing on the clock, the TD has hit pause and pulled a card. It was the four of shovels, and we'll play that many more hands at each table before calling for the bags.