Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£610,000
Entries
244
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Phil Laak was on the button and limped in. Andrew Pantling raised from the big blind to 35,000 and Laak came along.
The flop was 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Both players checked again before the 
hit the river.
Pantling fired out 47,000. Laak calculated a raise and then fired back with 149,000. Pantling made the call.
Laak tabled two pair coming on the turn and river with the 
. Pantling mucked and Laak was pushed the pot. He now has 1.1 million to Pantling's 730,000.
Andrew Pantling raised the button again and made it 24,000 to go. Phil Laak called once again from the big blind and the two saw the flop come down 
. Laak check-raised the 28,000-chip bet from Pantling to 64,000 and won the pot. The two are now dead even.
On the button, Andrew Pantling made it 24,000 to go and Phil Laak called. The flop came down 
and Laak check-called a bet of 31,000 from Pantling.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and both players checked again.
Laak tabled the 
for kings and fours and won the pot. He inched closer and now has 900,000 in chips.
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We picked up the action on the turn as the board showed 
. Andrew Pantling was first to speak, and he made it 50,000 to go. Laak obliged him with the call, and Pantling checked to him on the river. Laak wasn't checking back; he fired a wager of 97,000 chips, and that was enough to garner a fold and send another pot over to his corner.
Laak is getting there, having almost worked his stack up to match that of his opponent.
Laak - 845,000
Pantling - 985,000
Andrew Pantling opened to 24,000 from the button, and Phil Laak called to see a flop. It brought 
, and Laak check-called a 31,000-chip bet. Pantling checked behind Laak when the 
landed on fourth street, and the blank hit fifth street. Now it was Laak's turn to bet, and he pushed out 45,000 chips. Pantling called, and he could kiss those chips goodbye.
Laak tabled the winning 
, and he's trying to chip his way to even here. He's not quite there yet, and Pantling has a heads-up championship on his résumé already, but this one sure does have the trappings of a pretty fair fight.
Phil Laak limped in from the button and Andrew Pantling raised to 22,000. Laak called, and Pantling fired 32,000 at the 
flop. Laak called, and the two men check-checked the 
turn. The river was the 
, and Pantling bet again, 41,000 this time, and Laak made a relatively expedient call.
Pantling's 
was a miss, and Laak's was good for trip kings and the pot.
Laak - 755,000
Pantling - 1,075,000
Phil Laak opened to 20,000, and Andrew Pantling called. The dealer spread out 
on the flop, and Pantling called a continuation bet of 30,000. He checked again on the 
turn, and this time a second bullet 80,000 chips strong was just what Laak needed to win the pot.
Laak - 680,000
Pantling - 1,150,000
On a flop, we picked up the action as Phil Laak led out with a bet of 35,000. Pantling made the call, and Laak slowed down on the 
turn. When he checked, Pantling took the opportunity to lay out a bet of 82,000. That was the winner; Laak folded himself down to 648,000, and the first little victory of heads-up play goes to Pantling.
The players have been called back to their chairs, and Phil Laak insisted upon a little redecorating before beginning heads-up play. Laak and Pantling have moved to the one and two seats because Laak wanted to make sure all of the "witnesses" (spectators) have a clear view of the action. There is indeed a growing great crowd of spectators, but we'd guess none of the witnesses are more intently focused on the action than Laak's better half, Jennifer Tilly.
In any event, the cards are back in the air, and we're heads up for the first bracelet of the 2010 WSOPE!