2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 2 - £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
David Williams - 20,900
Daniel Negreanu - 44,500
Kelly Kim - 32,400
Gus Hansen - 23,200
Mike Matusow - 6,200
We join this hand on 4th street between Yuval Bronshtein and Brandon Cantu. Bronshtein bets his open pair of and Cantu calls with . Bronshtein then bets when he picks up the and Cantu gets the and again Cantu makes the call.
On 6th street Cantu picks another ace to give him a board of and bets with Bronshtein making the call showing . Both check the river and Cantu says, "Just aces." Bronshtein turns over for two pair to win the pot.
Cantu lets out an anguished sigh as he flips for a missed wheel draw as well as many other outs to scoop or at least halve the pot.
Chris Bjorin was the only player to call Jeff Lisandro's bet which he made quickly showing the . In fact, Bjorin called him on every street, before perking up a little on the river. Their boards:
Bjorin:
Lisandro:
Showdown, and Bjorin announced, "Wheel," and that's exactly what he showed - the he held perfectly rounding out his hand. Lisandro mucked with a slightly peeved expression.
Jean-Robert Bellande is out. After giving up in a stud pot where Jeff Duvall paired his door card King on fifth street, Jean-Robert Bellande was left with only a couple of thousand chips. These went in against Ivo Donev who managed to make kings and eights while Bellande could only manage a pair of queens.
Negreanu even added something along the lines of, "He's complaining about something that's good for us!"
Currently, Mike is pleading his case with Tournament Director Jack Effel, who's doing his best to defend the configuration of the tournament, which he likely had the heaviest hand in designing.
Jan Lundberg completed (600) showing the , called by Andreas Krause with the and Simeon Tsonev with the . He was then pretty much out of chips, and with less than two bets was all in on fourth street. Fifth saw off Krause as Tsonev bet the 1,200 showing a pair of nines, and they were left to get the rest of their cards with no further action.
Lundberg [ ] ... ...
Tsonev [ ] ... ...
So his Queen-high straight sends Lundberg to the rail.
"Look at all those low cards," said David Williams after Robert Williamson III was charged with the bring-in holding the . Action then folded around to Patrik Antonius who completed the bet, making it 600 to go showing the ; Williamson called.
(Fourth street)
Antonius:
Williamson:
Upon receiving an ace on fourth street, Williamson took the lead in the betting, firing a 600 bet; Antonius called.
(Fifth street)
Antonius:
Williamson:
The queen on fifth slowed R-Dub down a bit and he checked to Antonius who continued to play fast, betting 1,200; Williamson called.
(Sixth street)
Antonius:
Williamson:
Sixth street saw another check-bet-call sequence, bringing us to seventh, at which point both players checked opting to move straight to the showdown:
Antonius: [ X ] [ X] [ X ]
Williamson: [ ] []
As Williamson squeezed his seventh street card, he exclaimed, "Ooh! It turned into a ten (low)!" and Antonius mucked.
After the hand, Antonius was left with 19,100, while Williamson improved to 24,000.
Yuval Bronshtein brings in with the , Jeff Madsen completes with the and Marc Goodwin raises to 1,200 with the . Bronshtein and everyone else fold while Madsen makes the call.
Goodwin proceeds to bet every street of his board including the river, with Madsen calling him down with a board. On seventh street Goodwin throws out another 1,200 and Madsen recounts his chips and only has about 4,500 left. He decides to preserve them instead and folds. Goodwin shows for Aces up.
Howard Lederer declined to comment.
"You've gone from the penthouse to the outhouse all in a day!" continued Hansen, undaunted.
"What?" asked Phil, removing one ipod headphone having realized someone might be talking to him.
"Tough table!" said Hansen, receiving the enigmatic response from Hellmuth: "I've only played five hands." Here it is, in all its toughness:
Howard Lederer
Sherkhan Farnood
Gary Jones
Adam Heller
Phil Ivey
Mark Gregorich
Paul Jackson
Phil Hellmuth