2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akq3
Prize
€238,140
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€882,000
Entries
180
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

Some Pre Dinner Chips

Here are some chip counts as the players break for dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
56,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
49,000
23,000
23,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
45,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
42,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Kostritsyn
Alex Kostritsyn
40,000
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
35,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Benveniste fr
Bruno Benveniste
34,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
32,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
26,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
25,000
5,000
5,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
25,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
24,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
23,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
23,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
21,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
20,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
19,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
19,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
18,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
18,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
18,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
18,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
16,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
16,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

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Shannon Shorr Eliminates Dan Kelly and Fabrizio Gonzalez

All the players were staring at a flop of {7-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} and there was three-way all-in action involving Shannon Shorr, Dan Kelly and Fabrizio Gonzalez.

Shorr{A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {5-Clubs}
Gonzalez{6-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}
Kelly{A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs}

The big favourite in the hand was Dan Kelly.

Turn: {4-Hearts}

Shorr hits the nut straight but still needs to avoid a lot of cards.

River: {8-Spades}

Shorr's hand holds and Dan Kelly and Fabrizio Gonzalez were eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
30,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
Busted

Tags: Dan KellyFabrizio Gonzalez.Shannon Shorr

Merivirta Doubles Through Shorr

Two hands after Sam Chartier took over the chip lead it was Shannon Shorr who raised it up to 450. Action got folded to Jyri Merivirta who called in late position, Sam Chartier called from the big blind giving us three-way action on the flop.

The flop was {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Shorr continuation bet 800. Merivirta and Chartier called bringing us to the turn, the {J-Diamonds}. Chartier and Shorr checked to Merivirta who bet pot, which was 3,850. Chartier folded and Shorr called. The river was the {A-Hearts} and Shorr checkd again. Merivirta tanked for well over a minute before shoving all-in for his remaining 6,300. Shorr didn't look happy but called and mucked his cards when Merivirta turned over {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
65,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
25,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jyri MerivirtaSam ChartierShannon Shorr

Chartier Takes Down The Biggest One

We haven't seen a pot today like the one Sam Chartier just won. Stephane Albertini raised under the gun to 500 to start off the action. Chartier was in the under-the-gun-plus-one position and three-bet to 1,400. The action got folded to Dan Kelly who four-bet to 5,000, after which it got folded back to Albertini. Both Albertini and Chartier called giving us a huge pot preflop.

The flop brought out {J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} on which Albertini went all in straight away. Chartier came over the top and Kelly put in his chips as well. A total of 12 cards got turned over and we managed to get all of them down.

Sam Chartier{A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Dan Kelly{A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Stephane Albertini{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Chartier had the bottom wrap and a nut flush draw against Kelly who had aces and the high end of an open-ended straight draw. Albertini had the same straight draw as Kelly but also top pair, a back door flush draw and a gutshot to a higher straight. A whole lot of things to look out for and the {Q-Diamonds} on the turn gave Albertini a flush draw as well.

Kelly was rooting for a blank so his aces could hold while the other two players needed help. Help came for Chartier who hit his straight with the {3-Spades} on the river giving him this massive pot with a six-high straight.

Kelly was left behind with 9,000 chips and we said goodbye to Albertini who got knocked out. Chartier has the chip lead for now but with crazy action happening all over the place we expect some other players to rise pretty quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
66,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
9,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
Busted

Tags: Dan KellySam ChartierStephane Albertini

Daniel Negreanu Banishes Patrik Antonius

We have just seen Patrik Antonius get to his feet so we bolted over to his table. Daniel Negreanu was hauling in the Finns chips and the word around the table was that Ramzi Jelassi had opened with a raise to 500, Daniel Negreanu had three-bet to 1,800 and Patrik Antonius had moved all-in. Jelassi folded and Negreanu made the call.

Negreanu{8-} {7-} {6-} {6-}
Antonius{A-} {A-} {7-} {3-}

Board: {J-} {10-} {9-} {8-} {x-}

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
28,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Patrik AntoniousDaniel Negreanu

Kostritsyn and Trickett Compete

Mixed game specialist Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 800 in the cut-off and Sam Trickett three-bet on the button making it 2,900. Kostritsyn called and the two of them shared a flop.

Flop: {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {5-Diamonds}

Checkity-check.

Turn: {10-Clubs}

Kostritsyn bet 3,800 and Trickett called.

River: {A-Spades}

Checkity-check.

Kostritsyn{K-Spades} {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
TrickettMucked
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
49,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
35,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn