2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Near Death Flop

Theo dabbled with death
Theo dabbled with death
Nenad Medic raised from middle position to 800 and only found a caller in the shape of recent bracelet winner, Theo Jorgensen, in the big blind.

The flop came {6-Clubs} {6-Spades} {6-Hearts} causing tablemate, Nik Persaud to face the other way. No such behavior from Medic who stayed focused as he bet 1,200 and a just-as-interested Jorgensen made the call.

The turn saw Jorgensen check-raise Medic's 2,600 bet to 5,200 which was around half his stack. Medic made the call, though, only leaving himself 7,000 behind.

When the river came {9-Spades}, Jorgensen gave up and check-folded to Medic's all-in. Medic is back above his starting stack whereas Jorgensen is short now.

Tags: Nenad MedicTheo Jorgensen

Aggressionfish

The Devilfish
The Devilfish
Devilfish has been abusing his position as table chip leader, repeatedly reraising from the blinds to preflop raises in position. So far I haven't seen anyone take him on, but if he continues the Devilish aggression, it is just a matter of time before fireworks erupt in a shower of knuckleduster shards on table seven.

Tags: Dave UlliottDevilfish

Channing Doubles Through Levi

James Keys raised to 800 under the gun and rather unexpectedly received four callers, among them Nicolas Levi to his immediate left and Neil Channing in the big blind to his right. All five saw a flop.

Flop: {6-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

Channing, down to just 6,000, open-shoved. Keys decided it wasn't worth it and passed, but Nicolas Levi now went over the top of him for 11,000. There were some noises around the table, of the variety made by plumbers who see their kids' college funds coming out of your leaky pipes, and everyone else ducked out of the way.

Levi: {J-Spades} {J-Clubs}
Channing: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

Turn: {5-Clubs}

River: {Q-Clubs}

Channing more than doubles up to around 16,000; meanwhile Levi is crippled down to just 5,000.

Tags: Neil ChanningNicolas Levi

Jani Doubles with Ducks

Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula, he of the lengthy flaxen hair, just doubled up. All the money went in on the {6-Clubs} {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} flop, Sointula holding {2-Spades} {2-Diamonds} and his opponent {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. No suck-outs on the {4-Diamonds} turn or the {8-Diamonds} river and Sointula doubled to 38,000.

Old McDonald Lost the Farm

For the last 20 minutes, I've been like a fly trapped under a glass, confined to my 4x4 area at the bar while the ESPN crews watched over Table 15 (Phan, Juanda, Hansen, etc.).

Finally released from captivity (the cameras are gone now), I popped over to Mike McDonald's table, only to find that he'd been eliminated from the tournament. Brian "sbrugby" Townsend was nice enough to let me know that McDonald lost his chips to Soren Kongsgaard on a bluff.

Tags: Mike McDonald

Queen's Taxes

Last year's final tablist, Magnus Persson, made a raise from early position finding a call from Santeri Valikoski in the small blind before the flop came down {6-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}.

Valikoski led out for 3,500 and Persson checked. The turn {7-Hearts} saw a change of tactic as Valikoski checked and then called Persson's 6,125 bet.

The river {A-Hearts} slowed both players down to check mode, and Persson mucked his hand upon seeing his opponent's {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}.

Prize Pool and Payout Information

The WSOP-Europe Main Event drew 362 players (exactly the same number as last year) creating a prize pool of £3,620,000. 36 places will be paid, with our bracelet winner taking home £868,800. Everyone who cashes will be guaranteed a payday of at least £25,340.

For complete payout information, click on the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right-side column.

Some Chip Counts from the Balcony

Santeri Valikoski 48,000
John Tabatabai 36,000
Jo Remme 12,075
Magnus Persson 26,500
Matt Kay 18,575
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 25,000
Roland de Wolfe 53,600
Henrik Gwinner 38,000
Cory Albertson 16,650
Nenad Medic 25,400
Juha Vilkki 15,600
Nik Persaud 17,575
Stephen Baker 14,525
Gary Jones 17,200
John Kabbaj 32,700