Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship Dia 3 | 2011 World Series of Poker Europe

2011-10-18 19:24 UTC+2

Bubble Time: The New Rules

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

There has been a new rule created, whereby players have to stay in their seats during the bubble. They can leave to go to the toilet or get a drink, but they are not allowed to move around other tables. This is a good rule and one that makes sense, but there are a few teething problems. Firstly, responsibility has to rest with the players. You are not children but grown adults and when you are told to stay in your seat or you will receive a penalty then stay put or accept the conequences. Don't complain when you get a penalty if you have broken the rules! Secondly, the people organising the tournament have to be vigilant and disciplined. While one player was receiving a penalty another player was stood yards away from him and got off scot-free. This seemingly lack of discipline with the officiating will just lead to more people either breaking the rules or complaining about them.

So players park your arse and officials peel open your eyes!

2011-10-18 19:26 UTC+2

Leah Shoves Straight Away

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

On the first hand after the bubble broke, Mike Leah raised all in from under the gun for 46,500. Everyone folded and he won the pot.

Tags: MIke Leah

2011-10-18 19:28 UTC+2

Multiple WSOP Europe Main Event Cashes

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

With everyone now in the money, there are a few players still remaining in this field that have tasted a World Series of Poker Europe Main Event cash before. Here's a look at those players and where they finished in the year they cashed. You can also note that Arnaud Mattern has now cashed three years in a row in the WSOP Europe Main Event.

Year	Player	Place	Payout
2010	Arnaud Mattern	12th	£54,114
	Hoyt Corkins	15th	£42,454
	John Eames	27th	£26,400
	Freddy Deeb	30th	£21,106
	Matt Waxman	33rd	£21,106

2009	Arnaud Mattern	23rd	£25,918

2008	Erik Seidel	19th	£28,900

2007	Patrik Antonius	29th	£27,150

Remember, the above payouts are in British pounds as the WSOP Europe was previously held in London. This year everything is in Euros.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

2011-10-18 19:28 UTC+2

Neuville Out in 64th

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Shortly after the bubble broke, Pierre Neuville raised all in from middle position for 20,500. Ilan Boujenah reraised to 41,000 and everyone else folded.

Neuville: {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Boujenah: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} and Neuville hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pierre Neuville	Eliminado

Tags: Pierre Neuville Ilan Boujenah

2011-10-18 19:29 UTC+2

Au Revoir, Alvarado

On a {9-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} flop, JC Alvarado called off his last ~55,000 chips with {K-Diamonds} {9-Spades} . It was Mathieu Pourrat who made the decisive bet, and he turned over {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} , still no pair but a big combo draw.

Turn: {3-Hearts}

That left Alvarado drawing dead to the {8-Spades} river, and he's been wheeled out of here just before the dinner break.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
JC Alvarado	Eliminado

Tags: JC Alvarado Mathieu Pourrat

2011-10-18 19:35 UTC+2

Dinner Time

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We've reached our favorite time of the day: dinner.

The players have been sent out for their 90-minute recess, and play will resume at just about 9:00 P.M. CET. Here's our view from the dinner table, just to make you jealous:

2011-10-18 19:52 UTC+2

Controversy Before Dinner

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Tom Bedell raised to 11,000 from the hijack seat before Matt Waxman reraised from the button to 26,500. Bedell called and the flop came down {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} . Bedell bet 25,500 and Waxman called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} to pair the board and both players checked. The river completed the board with the {4-Spades} . Bedell checked and Waxman was thinking. At this point, Waxman grabbed some chips. Whether or not he was going to bet the chips or just shuffle them was unknown, but Bedell folded his hand anyway. Waxman pushed his hand towards the muck after he saw this, but some players argued that he must show the winning hand per World Series of Poker rules.

The dealer pulled Waxman's hand into the muck, but then pulled it back out when others at the table complained. Waxman argued that he hadn't acted yet, so his hand shouldn't be shown. One floor-staff member was summoned and he ruled that Waxman's hand must be tabled, which the dealer briefly did. We didn't grab a glimpse of it before the dealer turned it back over and mucked it because Waxman started to raise his voice in objection. He wanted another floor ruling. That's when another floor-staff member came to the scene.

Before the second floorman could make his ruling, Jack Effel arrived. Waxman was arguing his case and trying to do so above everyone else talking, which caused him to raise his voice. He seemed to lose his cool a tad when the argument wasn't going his way, but it also didn't seem that the tournament staff fully understood exactly what had happened in the hand.

This was not a check-check situation where the winning hand must be tabled, Waxman argued. He stated that if he had bet and Bedell folded, he wouldn't have to show and that the same should apply here. For his arguing, Effel scolded him and issued him a penalty of one hand before he gave his ruling. This made Waxman a bit more upset before he finally said it didn't matter anymore because his hand had already been tabled anyway.

During some of this, Ilan Boujenah, who was at the same table, began getting involved as well and was commenting how the tournament staff has been very rude to players all tournament long, specifically pointing out an unknown situation involving Pierre Neuville earlier in the event. He was pulled aside and spoken to away from the table in private before returning to take his seat and calming down.

While taking his penalty, Waxman talked about the issue with Effel off to the side and in private. While this was happening, Tony G was telling the players and the floorman still at the table that he heard Waxman say check and even saw him slightly tap his cards, but after Bedell had folded. Waxman soon returned to his table, post-penalty, before finishing play before the dinner break.

Tags: Matt Waxman Jack Effel Tony G Ilan Boujenah Tom Bedell

Nível: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

2011-10-18 21:07 UTC+2

After-Dinner Poker

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We're back in action here in the hotel ballroom. The featured table has been swapped out, and the international audience is being treated to a fantastic match on the main stage. It's the table with all the chips, and it contains Melanie Weisner, Constant Rijkenberg, Hoyt Corkins, Maria Ho, Chris Moorman, and John Eames. The latter is a bit lacking in chips at the moment, and he should find plenty of action at this table if he wants it.

2011-10-18 21:17 UTC+2

Moseley On the Move

We were just counting Andrew Moseley down at about 610,000 when he and Pierre Ayme took a heads-up flop. It would be the last of Ayme's day. It came {7-Spades} {5-Spades} {10-Spades} , and Ayme got the last ~70,000 of his chips into the middle quickly. Moseley shrugged and called just as quickly, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Ayme: {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Moseley: {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

Moseley was behind, but he had the only spade and a few other win possibilities. The turn {5-Clubs} was a blank, but the {3-Spades} dropped on the river to send Ayme on his way. He spun away from the table, and Moseley simply said, "Unlucky," as he collected the last of Ayme's stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Andrew Moseley	705,000 325,000	325,000
Pierre Yves Ayme	Eliminado

Tags: Pierre Ayme Andrew Moseley