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John Tabatabai: 4-5
Matthew McCullough: 4-5
Annette Obrestad: Evens
Oyvind Riisen: 5-3
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Buy-in
£10,000
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
John Tabatabai: 4-5
Matthew McCullough: 4-5
Annette Obrestad: Evens
Oyvind Riisen: 5-3
Tabatabai raises to 60,000, Annette Obrestad in the small blind calls, and big blind Matthew McCullough does too.
Flop:
Obrestad checks, McCullough checks, Tabatabai bets 105,000. McCullough calls the bet.Turn:
Check to Tabatabai, who bets 225,000. McCullough passes.
Matthew McCullough calls, Riisem on the button shoves...and wins the pot.
and both players check. The turn is the 
and both check again. The river is the 
. Riisem bets 70,000, Tabatabai folds and Riisem wins the pot.
Seat 3: John Tabatabai – 3,087,000
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad – 1,259,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough – 2,306,000
Starting Final Table Chip Counts:
Magnus Persson (Gothenburg, Sweden) - 1,231,000
Johannes Korsar (Uppsala, Sweden) - 1,134,000
They are both out, while the two young Norwegians are still left in the hunt for the title and the bracelet. They started towards the back of the pack and have hung on tough.
Final Table Starting Chip Counts:
Oyvind Riisem (Bergen, Norway) - 664,000
Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad (Sandnes, Norway) - 697,000
The Norwegians are make an impressive showing at the final table, especially since Oyvind Riisem has only won five pots over teh first 80 hands.
Out of a tough field of 362 of the world's best players, there are two Norwegians among the final four players.
Oyvind Riisem raises to 60,000 (again). John Tabatabai calls (again). Matthew McCullough calls too on the small blind, while big blind Korsar then pushes in over the top for 487,000 total - Tabatabai alone calls.
Tabatabai:
Korsar:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Tabatabai knocks out Johannes Korsar in 5th place. He takes home £191,860.
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It passes round to cutoff Oyvind Riisem who raises to 60,000. He's called by Button John Tabatabai. Small blind Annette Obrestad re-raises to 260,000...Riisem and Tabatabai both pass.