2008 World Series of Poker Europe

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

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠6♣
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

Wanna Bet?

[user4144]
[user4144]
monkey magic
monkey magic
The table everyone wants to watch is the central table, if only because of the continual banter between messieurs Laak and Esfandiari who are soaking up the limelight like a sponge in a storm.

With the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}, Esfandiari led out for 800, only for Lee Johnsey to bump it up to 5,000.

"Why so much, sir?" asked a befuddled Magician. "You can lie, tell me what you want." His opponent shrugged. "No comment?" "No, no comment," came the reply.

"Have you flopped queens?" inquired Esfandiari, probing like no man has ever probed before. Still, his opponent remained coy.

After Esfandiari had made the fold, Phil Laak piped in with, "You played that well, you bet a strong hand, he raised with a stronger one and you folded."

"I don't believe he had better than aces," claimed Esfandiari.

"Sure he did," replied Laak.

"You wanna bet?" challenged Esfandiari.

"£100?"

"£500?"

"But how will we know?"

"We can either ask him afterward or find out from someone in the green room," suggested Esfandiari.

By this time, the next hand had been dealt, and I never did decipher if that bet had been made. For what it's worth, I'm going with Laak, but only because I like Jennifer.