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Andy Black - 85,000
Peter Gould - 48,000
Ross Boatman - 68,000
Stephen Chidwick - 54,000
Florian Langmann - 50,000
Erica Schoenberg - 43,000
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Andy Black - 85,000
Peter Gould - 48,000
Ross Boatman - 68,000
Stephen Chidwick - 54,000
Florian Langmann - 50,000
Erica Schoenberg - 43,000
flop with 
but Schoenberg called with 
which held, boosting her stack into the 70,000 chip zone.
, Scott Montgomery led out for 10,000, Jean Thorel made it 30,000 and Montgomery flat-called. On the 
turn, Montgomery checked, Thorel announced, "All in," and Montgomery made the call.With a gargantuan pot hovering around the 200,000 mark, we had a showdown, and one that inevitably garnered the interest of both press and rail alike.
Whilst Thorel tabled
for a pair and a flush draw, he was going to need to dunk himself in a vat of Vaseline to squirm his way out of this one as Montgomery revealed 
for the flopped set.But squirm he did, the crowd-gasping
on the river awarding him an absolute monster of a pot and prying a unified gasp of horror from the onlooking rail.As a deflated Montgomery slumped his head in devastation, Thorel simply couldn't hide his emotions. Not since my mother met my first girlfriend have I witnessed such relief, the Frenchman raising his arms in victory and quite literally wiping the sweat from his brow.
As a result, Thorel is now chasing the chip lead with 225,000, whilst Montgomery has plummeted back down to 30,000.
board. The player on the receiving end was Talal Shakerchi, whose dwell made Rodin's "The Thinker" look decisive. However, Shakerchi did indeed make the call, but found his
in need of divine assistance against Junglen's superior 
. Although ahead, Junglen was unable to avoid defeat, the 
on the river presenting Shakerchi with the flush, and Junglen with the rail.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
, very reasonably raised. Daniel Tafur reraised all in for 17,100 total and Monnette very reasonably called. Delighted to discover that he was way ahead of Tafur's , Monnette was rather less delighted to see the board come out 
to double Tafur up.
up against Tome Moreira's 
. "Don't give me trips," pleaded Zolotow on the flop, and his prayers were answered with a couple of rags and a full double-up to 30,000 or so.
Down to around 38,000 in chips, Rosen reraised Phil Laak's opening bet of 4,000 to 12,000. Laak made the call and they saw the
flop. Rosen immediately moved all in and Laak made the call. Rosen:
Laak:
The turn was the
, the river was the and after the pot was sorted, Rosen was left with only 3,000 in chips. Two hands later, Rosen min-raised to 2,000 from the button, Tim Blake called from the small blind and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind. The flop was
. The action was checked to Rosen, who put his remaining 300 chips into the pot. Blake called and Haxton folded. Rosen:
Blake:
Though the
on the turn gave him a small ray of hope, the on the river ended Rosen's Main Event hopes and he hit the rail.