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

Ben Lamb Busto

Ben Lamb booked a last minute flight to be able to play in this tournament but he hasn't gotten great value out of his money. The November Nine finalist and most likely WSOP Player of the Year just ran his open ended straight, back door flush and two pair into a set and a flush draw.

After a little dispute with the dealer about the raise Lamb put out, he cut the chips across the betting line something that's not allowed in most European casinos, he made it 400 from the under the gun position. After getting multiple callers the flopped showed {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and Lamb bet 1,000. Kevin Iacofano decided to raise to 3,000 and when the action came back to Lamb he put in the remainder of his 11,075 chips. The EPT London finalist snap-called creating a big pot and an important showdown for both players.

Ben Lamb{Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Kevin Iacofano{A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The turn was the {5-Spades} and the river the {3-Spades} giving Iacofano the pot and the knock out.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin Iacofano
26,500
11,500
11,500
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Ben Lamb
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ben LambKevin Iacofano

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Tom Dwan Exits Stage Left

Tom Dwan has just been eliminated by Marcello Marigliano who earlier professed "he was a little bit crazy!"
To be fair to Marigliano there was nothing crazy about the hand that eliminated the young superstar.

Dwan raised to 400 in the cut-off and the button and big blind (Marigliano) both called. The flop was {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {3-Spades} and Marigliano checked, Dwan bet 950, the button folded and Marigliano called. The next card to hit the deck was the {5-Hearts} and Marigliano checked to Dwan again. Dwan fired his double barrel of 2,300 but Marigliano responded by check-raising to 7,000. Dwan, who hadn't taken his eyes off Marigliano throughout the entire hand, moved all-in and after a quick peek of his cards Marigliano made the call.

Marcello Marigliano{A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}
Dwan{A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}

River {8-Spades}

Dwan got up shook Marigliano's hand and left the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Dwan
Busted
GTO Wizard

Tags: Tom DwanMarcello Marigliano

Failla Leaves Early

Will Failla's been having a killer year with a WPT titel and many more deep runs, but today it wasn't his day. We just asked his former table mates what happened and they told us the following.

Failla got it all-in pre flop with {K-}{K-}{J-}{10-} against {A-}{A-}{10-}{6-} for his remaining 6,400 chips against Naill Charlton and that didn't work out. It worked out perfectly for Charlton who's one of the big stacks in the room after almost three hours of play.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Charlton
30,000
15,000
15,000
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Will Failla
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Will FaillaNiall Charlton

Adinolfi Gets a River Value Bet Out of Soulier

There was a limp in first position before Mario Adinolfi raised to 675 when next to act. Christophe Lesage called on the button and Fabrice Soulier/Nick Binger also called in the blinds.

Flop: {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {9-Spades}

All four players checked.

Turn: {J-Clubs}

Soulier bet 900 and Binger and Adinolfi both called.

River: {9-Hearts}

Soulier and Binger checked to Adinolfi and he bet 3,500. Soulier was next to act and after a two minute think, he made the call and Binger folded.

Adinolfi{K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {8-Hearts}
SoulierMucked
Player Chips Progress
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Mario Adinolfi
37,000
21,000
21,000
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Fabrice Soulier
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fabrice SoulierMario Adinolfi

Deeb Nearly Doubles

On the river the board read {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} in a hand between Freddy Deeb and Ted Lawson. From the small blind Deeb had bet 2,700 with only 800 chips behind. "I've only got a lousy flush," Lawson stated as Deeb kept staring into the distance. "And I've got three diamonds as well. I think I have to call" Lawson added before he finally threw in the chips.

Lawson showed his {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Deeb said, "I've got this," as he turned over {6-Clubs}{5-Spades}, "And this" as he turned over {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for the best possible hand. "Why are you slowrolling me Freddy?," Lawson said to Deeb who raked in the pot. "Don't cry now Ted, i've doubled you up many times in the past".

Deeb and Lawson probably know each other for many years and a bit of needling has to be part of the game to keep it fun.

Player Chips Progress
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Ted Lawson
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Freddy Deeb
10,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Freddy DeebTed Lawson

Josephy Catches Up With O'Shea

We arrived at the table with a flop of {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} and Shawn Buchanan, John O'Shea and Cliff Josephy were having a fight. The action was checked through to Buchanan who bet 575. John O'Shea check-raised to 1,625, Josephy called and Buchanan folded. The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and O'Shea bet 3,850 and Josephy called. The final card was the {4-Clubs}, and the board had now paired, and O'Shea slowed down with a check. Josephy bet 12,700 (which was full pot) and O'Shea folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Cliff Josephy
32,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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John O'Shea
17,000

Tags: Cliss JosephyJohn O'Shea

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
31,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
26,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
18,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 7X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
17,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
15,500
500
500
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
15,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
14,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
14,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
13,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Rob Mizrachi
Rob Mizrachi
10,600
-4,400
-4,400
Profile photo of Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
9,500
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
9,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
7,000
-8,000
-8,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Level Two Chip Counts

Here are the Level Two chipcounts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
35,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
34,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
30,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
26,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
26,000
11,000
11,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
25,000
10,000
10,000
GTO Wizard
Profile photo of Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
24,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
23,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
22,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
21,000
6,000
6,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
21,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
21,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
20,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
20,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
20,000
-4,000
-4,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
19,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
19,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
19,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
17,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
16,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
16,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
16,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
15,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
15,000
Profile photo of Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
15,000

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