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World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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
The players are now on their last 20-minute break of the night. Be back in a little while to complete the last two levels of the day.
"I turned 27,000 into 10,000 without anything really happening," regaled a disappointed Stuart Rutter during the break. "I must have it written on my head or something because every time I opened someone three-bet me."
Rutter's final few chips went in with 
(he was ultimately pipped by 
which turned two pair after a 
flop), but the story that Rutter seemed more inclined to tell was that of his encounter with bracelet winner Willie Tann.
"I raised it up with 
from under the gun," he continued, "and Willie called in the blind. The flop was 
, which is pretty good for my hand because if the nine comes I've got a chance to get all his chips."
Despite the flop, Rutter sensed a check-raise and so decided to see a free card, which was the . It went check, check again before a river hit the felt.
"At this point," he continued. "I was pretty sure I was ahead and bet out 1,800, but then he made this terrible speech which was just like the one out of Rounders and raised to 4,800. I only called on the basis that it was such a bad speech, but I ended up out-thinking myself as he had ."
Rutter failed to recover on this occasion, but he'll be returned to play the rest of the Series, and is currently considering the 10K heads-up event. "There's a chance they'll only get 64 runners," he mused, "which perhaps makes it +EV when you consider the opportunity to get a bracelet."
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro is your current chip leader. He can now raise his bat in the air and bask in the applause of the Empire as his stack has now hit that magic century mark.
100,000 not out.
With two more levels left to play before play ends for the night, only two members of Team Full Tilt are left in the field. Those two players are Allen Cunningham and Phil Ivey. Coming back from the break, Ivey's got about 23,500 in chips while Cunningham is doing a little bit better with 33,000. Both of them are under the average of 43,600 and will be looking to score just their second cash here at the WSOP Europe since it began in 2007.
Ivey cashed once and it was a final table appearance where he won £13,750 for a sixth-place finish in the 2008 £2,500 Limit H.O.R.S.E. event. Cunningham also just has one cash here in London, earning £14,438 for a 16th-place finish in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event back in 2008.
Some chip counts for you to munch you gnashers into:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
95,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
85,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
68,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
56,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
42,000 | |
|
35,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
|
15,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
A raising war blind on blind with Chris Moorman in the small. Moorman had opened to 2,400 with the big blind then reraising to 5,400, Moorman then 4-bet to 12,400 and the big blind shoved, Moorman making the call.
Moorman: 
Big blind: 
The flop looked fairly innocous coming 
but the 
suddenly caused alarm for the Brit but the 
was the wrong black shape.
Moorman though had flashbacks of the last event we covered with him in, the EPT Vilamoura where he flopped set over set.
"I could already see you writing the headlines..." he said, slightly more relaxed after that scare.
Chris Moorman has also joined that exclusive century club with 110,000. I didn't see the hand, but I do know that his opponent called all in on the river only to be shown a full house.
Moorman doesn't plan to rest on those chips, as he raised the following two hands. Unfortunately for the online pro, he was three-bet both times by the same player, and Moorman was forced to lay the hands down.
Michel Abecassis completed from the small blind and Phil Ivey raised to 2,600 from the big blind. Abecassis made the call and the two were off to a flop of 
. Abecassis checked and Ivey fired 3,500. He was called and fourth street brought the 
.
Abecassis checked and Ivey checked behind. The river completed the board with the 
and action was checked by both players. Abecassis announced that he had king high and Ivey nodded for him to turn over his hand. He did and showed the 
. Ivey double checked his hand and then mucked, dropping back to 17,700. Abecassis improved to 40,000.