World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£830,401
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Three Tables Left

Here's the redraw for the final three tables in action.

Table 21
Seat 1: Marc Inizan
Seat 2: Fabrizio Baldassari
Seat 3: Phil Ivey
Seat 4: Alex KEating
Seat 5: Bojan Gledovic
Seat 6: Jani Sointula
Seat 7: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 8: Ronald Lee
Seat 9: John Eames

Table 22
Seat 1: Greg Mueller
Seat 2: Viktor Blom
Seat 3: Anthony Newman
Seat 4: Brian Powell
Seat 5: Barry Greenstein
Seat 6: Hoi Cheung
Seat 7: Daniel Steinberg
Seat 8: Thomas Bichon
Seat 9: Arnaud Mattern

Table 23
Seat 1: Dan Fleyshman
Seat 2: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 3: Nicolas Levi
Seat 4: David Peters
Seat 5: Andrew Pantling
Seat 6: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 7: James Bord
Seat 8: Clint Coffee
Seat 9: Barny Boatman

Bon Voyage, Benvenuti

Michael Benvenuti
Michael Benvenuti

First in from the button, Michael Benvenuti shipped it in for about 70,000 with {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}. Next door, Daniel Steinberg looked down at {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} and instantly called, and the cards were on their backs with Benvenuti at risk.

The flop was loads o' fun as it came out {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} to give Benvenuti the set of sevens and put Steinberg in a deep hole. The turn {K-Hearts} was the wrong shade of red to fill in his flush, but the {4-Diamonds} river was much more flush-friendly. It was no so kind to Benvenuti, eliminated before his dinner even had time to settle.

He's out in 28th place, and we're now redrawing our final three tables!

Tags: Daniel SteinbergMichael Benvenuti

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Chip Counts At the Dinner Break

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
1,300,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
699,000
149,000
149,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Dan Fleyshman us
Dan Fleyshman
695,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
634,000
109,000
109,000
Profile photo of Bojan Gledovic
Bojan Gledovic
605,000
62,000
62,000
Profile photo of Danny Steinberg us
Danny Steinberg
538,000
-72,000
-72,000
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
480,000
-120,000
-120,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
442,000
157,000
157,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
375,000
-125,000
-125,000
Profile photo of Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
367,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
355,000
25,000
25,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
353,000
-102,000
-102,000
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
342,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
320,000
-67,000
-67,000
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
300,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Fabrizio Baldassari it
Fabrizio Baldassari
287,000
-188,000
-188,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
280,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
243,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
238,000
-77,000
-77,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
232,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of James Bord gb
James Bord
191,000
-69,000
-69,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
181,000
-9,000
-9,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Clint Coffee
Clint Coffee
174,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Hoi Cheung
Hoi Cheung
162,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
125,000
-115,000
-115,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt

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Deeb Out In 30th

Freddy Deeb: deep run
Freddy Deeb: deep run

Freddy Deeb had under 50k after check-folding a {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} flop to Ronald Lee a little earlier (having called his preflop threebet which was aimed at Nicolas Levi and himself). It came down to a blind on blind confrontation with Roland de Wolfe to bust the gregarious, experienced player - de Wolfe raising in the small blind when it passed round, and going nowhere when Deeb seemed prepared to commit his stack. He showed {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} to Deeb's big blind {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and off they went to let the deck decide the outcome:

Flop: {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} Now a King would prove no problem for Deeb...
Turn: {A-Diamonds} However the bottom end of the straight was no longer of interest as the broadway now belonged to de Wolfe, Deeb saying, "You got it," as he headed off with the consoling, "Unlucky, buddy," of de Wolfe ringing in his ears.

Tags: Roland de WolfeFreddy Deeb

Pantling Paid

Andrew Pantling, chip leader
Andrew Pantling, chip leader

A big bet on the river with a board of {9-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts} from Andrew Pantling just now, which paused his table for a while as opponent Fabrizio Baldassari thought for a long time about the 122,500 which the aggressive Pantling had bet, reaching only slightly into his million-chip stack to do it. Pantling waited patiently, but his patience, and his smacking of the flop, was rewarded when Baldassari paid and mucked, his {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} for the flopped set making him the first player past the 1,000,000 mark.

Tags: Andrew PantlingFabrizio Baldassari

Real As it Gets

Under the gun, Phil Ivey made it 12,500 to play, and Barny Boatman three-bet to 37,500 two seats over. When it came back to Ivey, he made a nonchalant call, heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}, and the action went check-check. On the turn, the {Q-Clubs} drew another check from Ivey, and Boatman bet 35,500. Ivey didn't waste much time calling, again pitching the chips into the pot with a certain air of confidence that's hard to explain in words.

That brought them to the {8-Spades} river, and Ivey knocked the table again. Boatman promptly put both hands behind his stacks and shoved all in for 175,000. Ivey asked for a count, and Boatman started chatting, always a dangerous proposition against Ivey.

"Were you trap-checking on the flop?" he asked.

"Trap-checking?!" Ivey asked, as mildly incredulous as Ivey can get. Boatman continued to jaw, and Ivey obliged him with some friendly banter as he tried to solve the puzzle in front of him. He seemed almost amused at Boatman during their exchange. There was about five minutes of chatter, during which Ivey chuckled under his breath, "Trap-checking..." several more times. Finally, he let Boatman off the hook and surrendered his hand.

Boatman - 330,000
Ivey - 440,000

Tags: Barny BoatmanPhil Ivey