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It turns out he has just took his hat off.
For the first time since 1993.
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 2 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Buy-in
£5,000
Entries
156
Level
19
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
It turns out he has just took his hat off.
For the first time since 1993.
on a 
board.The free-falling Emmanuel Sebag (now on 35K) was the victim, calling 8K and 4K bets on the turn and river respectively.
Diddly do.
[P.S. this will be the last poking fun at Tim's surname post, as I have recently found out that he's a black belt in karate.]
The pot itself was a bit of a monster and one that saw 65,000 in chips go sailing over to Sampo. I didn't quite catch the action preflop, but by the time we reached the
flop, there were four players involved, one other being the world's tallest man, Phil Gordon.After the action checked round to Duke, she swiftly moved in for her remaining 20K or so with
, but was quickly called by Sampo's 
.Although she flopped the nut flush draw, Duke was behind all the way, and in deeper hot water on the
turn and the 
river, the latter giving the Finn a Broadway straight.Looking as dejected as a dog who'd had its squeaky toy confiscated , Annie assembled her belongings, grabbed a last sip of her drink and quietly exited stage left.
Meanwhile, Sampo couldn't stop grinning, his newfound stack as glorious as his attire -- blue and white cap, brown cardigan, and pink and black stripy shirt. One for the fashion police I say!
Roland bet the pot, Donnacha called, the river:
Roland goes all in for his last 11K, O'Dea goes into the tank and calls:
de Wolfe has
XXO'Dea mucks his hand in frustration.
As I meander on over to Eli's table looking for any sign of chippage in the middle of the table, I notice that Eli has thrown out 3K (three orange chips) before him and received calls from both Ted Lawson and Jani Sointula, not to mention Doyle Brunson who I'm sure wasn't influenced by Eli's "Oh, you have to call now."
But call he did, and all four players saw a
flop. The action was checked round to Eli who announced to the dealer in charismatic fashion, "I want to bet the pot."16.5K was the reply, so as promised, Eli bet the said amount which was enough to force his three opponents to fold.
"Show us the bluff," demanded Ted Lawson.
"I'll show you three cards," responded an ever-smiling Eli.
"Here's the bluff," he said flipping
, "... and here's the hand," he continued as he revealed a ."You owe me one now."
Seat 1: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
Seat 2: Bruno Fitoussi
Seat 3: Scotty Nguyen
Seat 6: Rafi Amit
Seat 8: Max Pescatori
Rafi Amit is a two-time WSOP bracelet winner including one in PLO in 2005 when he beat Vinny Vinh heads up. He picked up his second bracelet at the 2007 WSOP.
Max Pescatori won his only bracelet in 2006 on the same day that his home country of Italy won the World Cup.
Jesus Ferguson is a five-time bracelet winner including a victory in the 2000 main event.
Scotty Nguyen has four WSOP bracelets including a victory in the 1998 main event.
And although Bruno Fitoussi has not won a bracelet, he came close... on two different occasions. He was the runner-up for the $50K HORSE event at the 2007 WSOP when he lost to Freddy Deeb heads-up. Also, Fitoussi took second place in the 2005 WSOP Razz championship event which lasted until 6 am.
. Tom Dwan came over the top for his last chips, and Ben Grundy called. Grundy had top two pair with the second-nut flush draw with 
6. The short stack was on the nut flush draw with 
xx. Dwan had flopped top set with 
xThe turn was the
, putting the short stack in the lead for the main pot, Grundy in the lead for the side pot, and Dwan out in the cold. The river warmed Dwan up when the 
hit, giving him a full house, and leaving the short stack player out in the cold. Dwan is up to over 60,000 in chips.