2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 2a
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
£1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

He's Baaaaaaaaack

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
Hellmuth Raises to 3,000 and is called by Mark McCluskey in the small blind:

{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

McCluskey checks, Hellmuth bets, McCluskey puts Phil all in, Phil calls:

Hellmuth {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
McCluskey {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

Turn: {5-Hearts}

Hellmuth gets his coat

River: {10-Diamonds}

Hellmuth now looks like the cat that got the cream, he has managed to get back up to over 40,000.

McCluskey may have to wait another ten years to get him back.

Erick Lindgren has just joined his table.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

A Whole Lot of Catching

As Ramzi Jelassi re-raises Hellmuth's 3k pre-flop raise to 7.5k, Hellmuth smirks under his paws and folds with a grimace of frustration.

"I'll catch you, kid. I always catch you, I always catch someone," he warns. "So long as when I catch you, you don't outdraw me."

I don't think Ramzi was paying much attention.

Tags: Phil HellmuthRamzi Jelassi

Devilfish Nicked My Chips

roll up, roll up
roll up, roll up
Ahmet Melin, who has 77,500, just dropped a chip on the floor.

"It's over there," announced someone pointing underneath the Devilfish's chair.

"Oh, Devilfish nicked my chips," accuses Ahmet jokingly.

As Ahmet stumbles beneath the Fish, the former WPT victor adds, "While you're down there, son."

Good lord, the "You'll do" is for real.

Eek! If you need me, I'll be hiding under the staircase.

Tags: Ahmet MelinDave Ulliott

Janne the Manne

Janne Lamsa
Janne Lamsa
Janne Lamsa has capitalised on his day 1a chip stack and has comfortably taken the chip lead here today. He is sitting on about 180k right now and looks like he doesn't have a care in the world.

Tags: Janne Lamsa

Sarah Taylor Eliminated

Sarah Taylor = Busted
Sarah Taylor = Busted
Sarah Taylor first caught our attention early on Day 1a. She busted WSOPE bracelet winner Thomas Bihl on the third hand of the main event with quad sixes. She was among the chipleaders for the majority of Day 1a.

Sadly, Taylor busted out when her Jacks could not survive against a brutal river suckout.

Tags: Sarah Taylor

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Traniello's Giant Column

Dirty stacker
Dirty stacker
I thought they'd outlawed these in Europe, but it would appear that the 'dirty stack' is making a comeback, Marco Traniello's giant column of sporadically arranged chips enough to send even the most cucumber cool of bloggers into a whirl of despair.

However, no chip stack gets passed the eyes of a Beagle, and after 5 minutes of study, I concluded that Traniello had 17,500, maybe, or it could have been 25,000. No hang, on it was 75,000. Bah humbug, back in a moment. For the time being, let's settle for 21,100.

Tags: Marco Traniello