Michael Browne had 16,000 chips out in front of him when we walked up, and it looked like that was his opening raise. Next door, Michael Benvenuti moved all in for 59,400, and the action folded back to Browne. He had just a few thousand chips more than his opponent, and he said, "I knew I had to make a move early. Let's see if I have one more lucky hand." With that, he plunked in the call to put Benvenuti at risk.
Showdown
Browne:
Benvenuti:
There were a couple scary looking eights, but no nine on a board that ran , and Benvenuti has doubled up over 120,000.
Browne was eliminated on the very next hand as the first casualty of Day 3.
Phil Ivey raised to 6,000 and Bojan Gledovic reraised from the next seat to 15,000. Ivey called and the flop came down . Ivey checked and Gledovic fired 18,000. Ivey gave it up and Gledovic won the pot to take the chip lead in the tournament.
Welcome back for Day 3 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event! The field started a couple days ago with 346 players and has been whittled down to just 66. Just about half of them will make the money at 36 and that will be happening today.
Coming into the day as chip leader is Viktor Blom, but only slightly. He's only a mere 900 chips ahead of Bojan Gledovic. Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, JP Kelly, Nick Schulman and Huck Seed are all still alive and looking to make a big splash. Negreanu is going for his third year in a row for a final table appearance in this event.
Play kicks off shortly, so stay tuned for all the action. The field is stacked and it's going to be a great day on the felt!
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, and Benvenuti has doubled up over 120,000.
. Ivey checked and Gledovic fired 18,000. Ivey gave it up and Gledovic won the pot to take the chip lead in the tournament.