2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 1 - £2,500 Horse
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Prize
£70,875
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£262,500
Entries
105
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Monster Chip Leader

Green means go!
Green means go!
Djinn has just completed a full chip count of the remaining 21 players to reveal that Gary "The Choirboy" Jones is the monster chip leader with a finger-licking good 136,000, more than 50K ahead of his closest rival, Jan Sorensen.

It's obvious that the green top of Gary has drawn super-human Samson-esque powers to his game. If the rest of the field want to stop him, they should certainly consider dying his hair back to its original colour or popping on a brown wig while he's not looking. Whether this strategy is in the TD rules, I'm unsure.

I actually spotted Gary outside during the break. He was in all sorts of trouble with the police after his hair caused traffic bedlam at the nearest traffic lights. Thank god poker's an indoor sport!

Tags: Gary Jones

Jeff Madsen Eliminated in 22nd Place

The proverbial cow in a steakhouse
The proverbial cow in a steakhouse
Just as I was retelling Jeff''s tales of woe against Tsamis, just a few hands later he was wishing the table good luck and exiting stage left.

Short-stacked but making an understandable pre-flop raise with {5-Hearts}{A-Spades}{8-Clubs}{A-Hearts}, Jeff was called by both the blinds, one of whom was the wonderfully named Yuval Bronshtein.

With both blinds checking on the {K-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop, Madsen made his 1.5k continue bet but was re-raised all-in for his remaining 2.1k by Yuval.

On their backs, and Yuval was behind with {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, but managed to hit a set on the {6-Hearts} turn, before surviving the harmless {7-Hearts} river.

Jeff rises from his seat about as happy as a cow in a steakhouse and heads to the rail.

"Sorry, Jeff," says Yuval.

Tags: Jeff MadsenYuval Bronshtein

Jesus Returns

Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Chris Ferguson, eyes shaded by his characteristic black cowboy hat, just took a tidy pot in Razz from John Juanda, bumping his stack out of the danger zone and up to 42K. Showing {6-Clubs} while Juanda had the {3-Hearts}, he called the whole way down as their respective hands came to look like:

Juanda: (X-X) {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Ferguson: (X-X) {6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{6-Spades}

After the final card shot off the deck at each player (the dealers here deal European-style, smoothly off the top with the deck held on the table rather than pitching) it was Juanda who faced the final 3K bet from Ferguson. Call. Ferguson showed his hole cards to be ({5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}) for the winning low hand.

Stacks are up and down like the bars on the display of a 1980's hifi -- all I can say is Gary Jones is looking confident behind his 100K +.

Tags: Chris FergusonJohn Juanda

Frowning Jester

Flush for Tsamis
Flush for Tsamis
It's lucky Jeff Madsen isn't donning the Jester outfit he wore at WSOP 2007, as it wouldn't fit the frown that he currently wears across his face here in London.

Tangling with Michael Tsamis from the big blind in a spot of Omaha, Madsen's 1.5k and 3k bets on the flop and river of a {J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{K-Diamonds} board were swiftly called by Tsamis before Madsen admitted defeat by checking the {3-Diamonds} river.

Reluctant to show, the two time bracelet winner revealed {4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{A-Hearts} against Tsamis' superior {2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

Tags: Jeff MadsenMichael Tsamis

Matthew Hankins Quadruples Up

Hankins was down to two big blinds when Alex Kravchenko limped under the gun. Fricke, Boatman, Harman all called and Hankins did the same on the button, as did the blinds.

It when check check check and Hankins bet his last blind, Boatman, Harman and Kravchenko all called.

No idea what the other hands were but Hankins caught a low straight and took down a huge (for him) pot.

Re-Draw to Three Tables

Players have re-drawn to three tables. Here's the new lineup, complete with chip counts:

Table 11:

1. Jennifer Harman 53,500
2. Jan Sorensen 74,000
3. Nikolaus Jedlicka 11,500
4. Tom Nightingale 26,500
5. Marc Goodwin 47,000
6. Alex Kravchenko 39,000
7. Jimmy Fricke 35,000
8. Barny Boatman 64,000

Table 12:

1. Brandon Adams 20,000
2. Max Pescatori ELIMINATED IN 24th PLACE
3. Rafi Amit 35,000
4. Gary Jones 90,000
5. John Juanda 58,000
6. Kirk Morrison 46,000
7. Stephen Ladowsky 15,000
8. Chris Ferguson 35,000

Table 13:

1. Yuval Bronshtein 46,000
2. Michael Tsamis 27,000
3. Thomas Bihl 65,000
4. Jeff Madsen 34,000
5. Joe Beevers 48,000
6. David Levi 23,000
7. Mark Vos 68,000
8. Eric Dalby 18,000