Posted by James on September 25, 2008
Wedneday kicked off the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker Europe. 165 players put up £5,000 each to take their shot at the PLO bracelet. This event attracts the best players from both the US and Europe. PLO is the most popular form of poker in Europe, and it is [...]
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Jeff Duval was the next man to exit the stage during an Omaha 8 round. On a board of Kd-Jc-7d-2s-6d, Duvall bet out 16,000 and Lederer raised to 32,000. Duvall called all-in. Lederer showed Ad-5d-4c-9h for the nut flush and a second nut low. Duval shook his head in agreement and said, “That’s good.” Duval [...]
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The final 11 players gathered Wednesday for the final of £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event at the World Series of Poker Europe. Howard Lederer, Raul Paez, Erik Albinsson, Ivo Donev, Sherkhan Farnood, Jeffrey Lisandro, Mark Gregorich, Phil Ivey, Yuval Bronshtein, Jeff Duval, and Spencer Lawrence all came together to make a run for the bracelet. On the [...]
Posted by James on September 24, 2008
Marc Goodwin was the next player eliminated in this event as he was all in on sixth street against Mark Gregorich. At showdown Gregorich showed 5h-10d-4c-10s-10h-5d-6s for tens-full. Goodwin had four to broadway showing on the board and only showed a deuce as one of his hole cards. He was apparently drawing dead on seventh, [...]
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Day 2 of the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. started with 110 players trying to make their way to the final table. The field is still overrun with pro players. Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Patrik Antonius, Andy Bloch, Gus Hansen, Robert Williamson III, John Juanda, Joe Beevers, Barny Boatman, David Williams, Max Pescatori, Jeff Lisandro, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel [...]
Posted by James on September 23, 2008
110 players put up £2,500 each to take a shot at the World Series of Poker Europe H.O.R.S.E. event. H.O.R.S.E. is a rotation game consisting of limit holdem, limit Omaha 8 or better, limit razz, limit seven card stud, and limit stud 8 or better. Each game is dealt for 8 hands before switching. Top [...]
Posted by James on September 22, 2008
Today final table of this £1,500 No Limit Holdem event started with nine players looking to take their shot at winning their first bracelet. Fuad Serhan was in Seat #1 with 61,000 chips. This was his first ever WSOP final table. Serhan starts as the short stack today. Seat #2 was occupied by Daniel Nutt. [...]
