2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

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

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Mantis Doubles Gary Jones

It took four raises to get Gary Jones (big blind) all in, called by big stack Karl Mahrenholz. Mahrenholz was in pretty poor shape with his {J-Spades}{J-Clubs} up against the green-haired player's {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}. The board came down all red, no surprises, and Karl paid off Gary Jones' 75k or so, bumping him up the chip ladder for what seems like the first time since day One - to around 150,000.

Tags: Gary JonesKarl Mahrenholz

Lindgren still feeling the Golf Bet

I've just had a chat with Erick Lindgren who has confirmed to me he is still not 100% after his epic Golf prop bet.

"My knee is still pretty bad, I didn't think it was that stupid at the time"

The $350,000 would probably get him a new set of knees I'm sure.

New Pastures

Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
Now that the final table outside the vicinity of the cardroom has dispersed, I have been forced to once again pitch up tent again downstairs.

As I scour the cardroom, I notice a few Brits still plugging away: Gary Jones, Jeff Buffenbarger, Dave Colclough, Ian Frazer and Karl Mahrenholz among some of the names still flying the British flag.

In fact the latter of those five, Karl 'Mantis' Mahrenholz is doing particularly well, just creeping into the current top 10 with 184,000 in chips.

A former city banker from London, Karl burst onto the scene a year or two back and quickly quit his job to pursue the pro scene. Evidently, this decision was a wise one, the caterpillar eyebrower finding some nice scores including a runner up finish in the inaugural GUKPT in Bolton and a few chunky cashes in Vegas this year.

Now traveling the circuit as a sponsored play with his fellow Hit Squad members, Karl might be a dark horse for this tournament. He's cool, calm and collective, yet timely aggressive and knows how to play a big stack.

Tags: Karl Mahrenholz

Phillip Hilm Eliminated

Phillip Hilm, giving the ol' staredown earlier in the day
Phillip Hilm, giving the ol' staredown earlier in the day
Philip Hilm landed on the short stack after a hand that saw Matt Larsh moving all in pre-flop with {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} and Hilm calling with {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Small cards all on the flop, with Larsh rivering a set of kings for good measure left Hilm with only about 30,000.

Hilm chipped up a bit over the next orbit or so, to 45,000, and when Abishek Khaitan made a button raise to 6,500, Hilm decided to move in from the small blind. Khaitan called in a shot, tabling {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}, dominating Hilm's {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The flop {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades} brought both men pairs, but Hilm was drawing dead once the {Q-Spades} hit the turn, making Khaitan's set and he headed to the rail.

Tags: Abishek KhaitanPhillip Hilm