2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦8♦
Prize
£136,803
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
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Juanda Does Not Double Up; Neither Busts

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William Martin raised to 3,500, only for John Juanda to push for 13,700 total from the cutoff.

Martin tanked up, while various media personnel drifted up to the table and craned to see. "If I win," observed Martin, "I'll have more chips. But if I lose, I won't have many chips left." Great insights, indeed. Nevertheless, he eventually folded, showing Juanda {A-Clubs} {J-Spades}. Juanda declined to show.

Tags: John JuandaWilliam Martin

Juanda Timinated

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William Martin raised to 3,500 again and this time Stephane Hansen flat-called. Over to John Juanda, who shoved for a second time... and then on to Tim Blake, who re-shoved. Martin folded swiftly, and after a moment, Hansen folded too, though he looked like he didn't really want to. On their backs.

Juanda: {10-Clubs} {10-Spades}
Blake: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

Board: {J-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {8-Spades}

Thus, to a smattering of applause, we lose Mr. Juanda, while Blake cheerfully fist-pumped in celebration and moved on up to 73,000.

Tags: John JuandaTim Blake

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Huynh Doubles Through

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Ganesh Bathmanathan can only clap in dismay and sink his head into the palm of his hand as he is asked to hand over 20,100 to Toni Huynh.

All in with {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} versus {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}, Huynh was in search of a bullet, which duly arrived on an {A-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{Q-Clubs} board, thus delivering Bathmanthan the first chink in what has been a seemingly untouchable suit of armour.

The tide has suddenly turned for Ganesh Bathmanathan as his

Tags: Ganesh BathmanathanToni Huynh

Bathmanathan Not a Happy Chappy

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"Ace-Jack? Come on," complained Ganesh Bathmanathan. "If I wanna play roulette I'll go over there."

It seems Bathmanathan, who is now down to 80,000 following his latest encounter, hasn't taken defeat too well, and continued to rant, adding, "Get me off this table, I beg you, please."

Meanwhile, it would take a palette knife and a bottle of turps to remove the smile off Toni Huynh's face. He now has 42,000.

Moore Gets Much

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Mike Moore raised to 5,500 in early position, and a short-ish stack pushed behind. Behind him, a second short stack called all in. Back to Moore, and some tanking.

Eventually Moore called, and it wasn't looking great for him...

Moore: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Short stack all in: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Even shorter stack all in: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}

Board: Bang! {A-Clubs} {3-Spades} {6-Hearts} {4-Spades} {5-Hearts}

Thus we lose our two unfortunate shorties, and Moore is up to 70,000.

Tags: Mike Moore

Chip Counts from the Back Room

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Eli Heath: 44,000
Mikael Andersson (who yesterday told us his name was Mike Hansan, but never mind): 40,000
John Buttifant: 21,000
Martins Adeniya: 33,500
Ray Rahme: 38,000
David Stucke: 125,000
Thor Drexel: 27,000
JP Kelly: 180,000

Mike Moore: 70,000
Chris Ferguson: 56,000
James Burke: 8,400
Matthias de Meulder: 47,500
James Tomlin: 24,500
Said Englund: 35,000
Alan Freeman: 23,500

Recently moved from the back room to Table 3 -- Adnan Alshanah, on 40,000.

Scandie Flair

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Tim Blake grabbed the attention of Scandinavian player Stefane Hansen. "Stefane, you wanna be careful," he warned, removing one of his iPod earpieces. "I feel like I'm getting a bit of Scandie flair. I'm listening to Abba. I'm gonna start raising with all sorts of s**t."
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