2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♥7♠
Prize
£1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
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Inspector Snoopy

[user4144]
[user4144]
From the floor of the Empire...

I assume payers are sizing each other up, finding their feet, or simply not receiving the hands, as there has been very little chip movement up here on the top floor.

I haven't witnessed any double ups as of yet, although my action-hungry eyes would love to spot a 40k stack on the felt, but I did notice that Chris Ferguson is down to 16k early doors.

I'm no Hercule Poirot, and certainly not a mathematician of Stephen Hawking proportions, but considering that Jennifer Harman has shot up to 24k, my spider senses are tingling manically and informing me that she took those chips off Jesus.

Tags: Chris FergusonJennifer Harman

Quiet, Clubby Atmosphere

[user25067]
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- The mood here inside the Fifty is the absolute antithesis of the carnival-like atmosphere of the Amazon Room during this summer's Main Event in Las Vegas. Rather than having over 200 tables in play spread over a convention center room the size of an airplane hangar, here at the Fifty, we have seven. One might walk past fifteen or twenty tables in the Amazon Room and not recognize a single face, but here, there are three or four stars of the game at every table.

The tournament room is incredibly posh, the walls covered in a lush chocolate brown and gold leaf pattern and dark, plush carpeting lining the floors. Players' chairs are gold-backed with red velvet seat cushions and the felt is a luscious ebony emblazoned with the WSOPE logo. A grand marble bar sits at the back of the room for all the players (and reporters!) cocktailing needs.

Players are quiet, either listening to their iPods or chatting quietly to their tablemates as they settle into their game. And always omnipresent, is the sound of clattering chips...

Elimination!

[user46298]
[user46298]
SPORTSMAN -- Andrew Rees is out, after the old {A-Hearts}{A-Spades} vs. {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} preflop chestnut. It must sting afresh every time you have the Aces bust, though, and he didn't look best pleased as he emerged into the sparkling sunlight outside the casino. He thought he was the first player eliminated in the whole tournament, and I didn't have the heart to mention the quads in the Empire.

The Hellmuth Update

[user38334]
[user38334]
Who's a Naughty Boy Then?
Who's a Naughty Boy Then?
So, it turns out that Phil managed to make it to the Casino today without destroying any motor vehicles. He arrived on a bright red Double Decker Bus, ladies in tow, and is now playing on the televised feature table.

He must have been a naughty boy, as his escorts are all dressed in Policewoman garb and look set to punish him.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

EPT versus WPT

[user4144]
[user4144]
It's a fair cop, Guv!
It's a fair cop, Guv!
From the floor of the Empire...

On two neighbouring tables we have, at the cost of repeating a phrase, two neighbouring players where one has won a WPT and the other an EPT.

The first example is table 5, the voluptuousness, sassiness and package completing intelligence of Vicky Coren being pitted up against the slightly less voluptous, but just as menacing sight of Erick Lindgren.

Not too far away on table 4, prepare for fireworks from the Forrest fire as recent(ish) WPT victor Ted Forrest takes on the ever-popular Andreas Hoivold of Norway, the latter of the two showing he is more than capable of competing at the highest level after triumphing in the 2006 Baden EPT for a nice meaty six-figure sum.

I can't help but nurture a budding friendship with Hoivold, as many people have agreed that he is a dead ringer for my understudy, Woodstock. After my flesh-hunting eyes spotted Helmuth's female entourage earlier, though, I think there are other chicks I'd rather befriend than Woodstock.

Tags: Andreas HoivoldErick LindgrenTed ForrestVicky Coren

Kaibuxxe Loses Half His Bucks

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[user628]
Nikolaus 'Kaibuxxe' Jedlicka is licking his wounds after the following hand.

With the board reading 5-5-8-10, the opponent check-raises Jedlicka's 1,000 bet to 3,000, and Jedlicka calls. The river is a 3, and Jedlicka's opponent leads out for 5,000. Jedlicka tanks for a couple minutes, but ultimately makes the call. The opponent turns over 10-10 for a turned Full House, and Jedlicka smiles, shakes his head and mucks his cards. The hand puts Jedlicka down to 10,200 chips.

Tags: Nikolaus Jedlicka

Late Arrivals, Surprise Arrivals

[user46298]
[user46298]
SPORTSMAN -- There are some conspicuously empty chairs downstairs in the poker area - like those of Fabrice Soulier, Deborah Jones and Todd Brunson, enjoying a lie-in perhaps, or still navigating the Underground system, while a few players have joined in the Mystery Last-Minute Seats, like Dean Sanders and internet-honed scarf aficionado Dario Minieri.

Tough table.....

[user38334]
[user38334]
From The Empire....

On same table:

Chris Ferguson
Jennifer Harman
Andy Bloch

I just ran into Kirk Morrison:

Hektik: "What day are you playing, mate?"

Morrison: "Not sure."

Hektik: (points to table) "There is a spare stack there."

Morrison: "I think I'll play tomorrow!"

You Trying to Push Me Around?

[user25067]
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- Quite a large pot developed already over here at the Fifty, with over 3,000 in the middle before the {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop landed, and was contested three ways between Bodog qualifier Heather Wells, Bernd Thomsen to her left in seat 2, and Denis Kharitonov. From the big blind, Wells made a slightly-under-the-pot bet of 3,000 on the flop, Thomsen called, and Kharitonov immediately moved all in, sending Wells into the tank.

"Are you trying to push me around?" she wondered aloud, before eventually folding her cards. Thomsen followed suit.

Kharitonov proudly displayed his {5-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flopped straight and a striaght flush draw and got a nice start to his tournament.

Tags: Heather Wells

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