2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 2 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak75
Prize
£234,390
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Entries
156
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

What The People Really Want To Know

Yeah, baby!
Yeah, baby!
Whilst we await some hot poker action to report, here are a few vital statistics that I'm sure you're keen to analyse:

No. of players wearing caps = 4 (Kenny Tran, Sebag, Gardner, Hellmuth)

No. of players receiving a massage = 3 (John Duthie, Brian Townsend)

No. of players who look underage = 2 (Mark Vos, Ben Grundy)

No. of players who wear more jewelery than Mr T and Jimmy Saville's lovechild = 1 (Scotty Nguyen)

Barry Greenstein Eliminated

A very sleep Barry Greenstein has been eliminated from today's event. He flew from Mississippi to London last night and arrived this morning.

Greenstein raised the pot pre-flop to 4,800 and got two callers. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Greenstein moved all in for his last 1,400. The player in seat two raised the pot and the player in Seat 8 folded.

Greenstein: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Opponent: {J-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}

Greenstein was ahead with a pair of Queens and a nut flush draw. The turn was the {8-Spades} and the river was the {10-Clubs}. Greenstein's opponent rivered trips and he headed to the rail. Greenstein is always a gentleman at the tables and toook time out to sign a copy of his book, "Ace on the River" for the player who knocked him out.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

The Razor and the Monk are out. Tony G is taking control

A very unhappy looking Ian Fraser has left the building, he was nursing a very short stack for most of the day. Andy Black has also been spotted with his coat in hand.

Elsewhere the REAL table of death is now being dominated by, who else, but Tony G. In a potentially volatile table Tony has been the perfect gent we know him to be, but we rail birds want him to destroy everyone with his verbal dexterity.

Tags: Andy BlackIan FraserTony G

That's Value... Baby!

The Bullet Dodger
The Bullet Dodger
The banter is in full flow in the Empire cardroom... and so is the alcohol, Phil Hellmuth gently sipping on a glass of whisky as he nurtures his 11.6k stack.

"Hey, Phil baby!" exclaims Scotty Nguyen. "God damn, is that Jack Daniels?"

"This would be 120 over in the States," replies the Poker Brat. "It's like 30 bucks a piece here."

"What's wrong with that?" continues the Prince of Poker, "The more you drink, the more money you save."

Chuckles and high fives quickly ensued.

"I'm not trying to save money," ends Phil.

Tags: Phil HellmuthScotty Nguyen

A Great start for a Great Dane

Despite never seeming to be at his seat, Gus Hansen is sitting on around 50,000 chips. Every time we see him he is on the phone or talking to players at another table. At one point we saw him dangerously climbing onto the edge of a balcony to get to his seat.

Whatever he is doing its working.

Tags: Gus Hansen

The Persson to Watch

Magnus Persson, a young Scandanavian player, appears to have edged his way towards the chip lead, he is on around 55,000. Most of which he looks like he has took from Ian 'The Razor' Fraser, one of England's finest.

Tags: Magnus Persson

You're My Hero, Allen

There is a small mob of poker fans outside waiting to have their pictures taken with the Poker Elite. One guy literally ran after Allen Cunningham to get a shot of him on his camera phone. "Awesome, now I only need Phil Ivey" he said (The Fan, not Allen).

Gobbocoaster Crashes

Gobboboy playing on Day 2 of HORSE
Gobboboy playing on Day 2 of HORSE
Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke has been eliminated from today's event.

"I played bad," he mentioned to us as he headed to the rail.

Yesterday was a special day for Gobboboy. He made WSOP history after he became the youngest player to ever cash in a WSOP event. He took 16th place in the £2,500 HORSE event.

Tags: Gobboboy

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0