Break
The players are on their second 20-minute break of the day.
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
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Parkes Crashes
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Just before the break, Vincent Chahley wandered over to let us know that he'd eliminated Evan John Parkes, kings versus tens on an 
board.
Chip Counts from the Players' Box
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
140,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
|
115,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
100,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
80,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
79,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
63,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
55,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
53,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
42,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
-6,400
|
-6,400 |
|
||
|
24,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Christmas for Magnus
Five-time bracelet winner Chris Ferguson has been eliminated from this year's Main Event, pushing his short stack all in with 
, but running head-first into the of Magnus Persson. No divine intervention on the board, and Jesus was out.
Shocking Start to the Level for Margets
Leo Margets has lost around 100,000 of her stack in the first 15 minutes of this level after doubling-up Alex Keating and John Eames.
There was an UTG raise to 2,100 before Keating raised 24,000 out of his 26,000 stack from the next. Margets was one more seat along and cold called the three-bet scaring everone else out of the pot. The rest of the chips went in on the 
flop with Keating's 
good against Margets' 
. The 
turn and river changed not a thing to put Keating up to 54,000.
A few moment later I saw a big pile of chips being slid over to Eames at the expense of Margets. Apparently all the chips went in on a low flop with the Spaniard holding pocket jacks to Eames' set of twos. He's up to 150,000 as a result.
We Seem to Have a New Leader...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
||
|
143,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
||
|
89,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
87,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
86,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
81,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
66,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
-10,025
|
-10,025 |
|
|
51,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
36,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
33,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
31,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
25,000
4,675
|
4,675 |
|
23,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
20,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
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No Cake for Candio
Tyler Bonkowski, short after doubling up Adrian Passfield a little while back, got his last in with 
from the big blind to Filippo Candio's 
. The 
flop had Candio shaking his head, and following a complete absence of either or clubs on the turn (
) or river (
), Bonkowski doubled to 42,000. Candio was left with 5,100, which he shoved from the button next hand, but to no avail. He's on around 7,000 now.
Viktory
Viktor Blom is up to a meaty 220,000 after eliminating neighbour Jason Gray with set-over-set. All the chips flew in on a 
flop, Gray in water hotter than the sun with 
versus the Swede's 
. No miracle, and the messiah of online poker leapt into second place behind Phil Ivey.
Blom and Ivey are going to bust into flames if they run any hotter!
Ivey A Lock Against Keys; Becomes Chip Leader
In the space of two consecutive hands, Phil Ivey jumped from an almost chip-leadery 160,000 to a very definitely 'much bigger than everyone else by a mile' 317,000. Of course, to make this big jump, someone had to be sacrificed at the altar of Ivey and in this case, it was former WSOPE finalist James Keys who had amassed a sizeable stack himself, sitting with over 140,000.
Ivey had 3-bet in the big blind against Keys button open before firing 8,000 on the 
flop. Keys called and then Ivey checked to him on the turn with Keys now firing 13,500. Ivey called and then checked the 
river across again, Keys checked behind and Ivey flipped - it was good.
The very next hand went four-way to the 
flop and it was checked to cut-off Keys who bet 7,500. Ivey made it 18,500 from the small blind and the other two players folded. Keys now raised to 41,000 and Ivey clicked it back to 80,000. Keys pushed and Ivey snap-called with 
against, hugely ahead of his opponent's .
Keys picked up a draw on the turn, but the 
was the ulimate blank to put the young Englishman out of the tournament. Herein lies the power of Ivey, when he does have a hand, he invariably gets paid. With more than 100,000 chips more than anyone else, this tournament just got a whole lot more difficult for every other player.