World Series of Poker Europe – £1,500 No Limit Holdem Final Table

WSOP Europe 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. He started the day with 207,000 chips and is also playing his first ever WSOP final table. Yevgeniy Timoshenko occupied Seat #3 with 345,000 chips. This 20 years old recently won the APPT Macau Main Event. Seat #4 was occupied by Irishman John Dwyer. He begins today with 511,000 chips. This is his third overall WSOP cash and first final table. Poker pro Ian Woodley was in Seat 5 with 153,000 chips. This is his fourth WSOP cash and first WSOP final table.

Jesper Hougaard could be considered a veteran of making WSOP final tables in today’s field. Today is his second WSOP final table appearance and fifth WSOP cash. He is in Seat #6 and has 89,000 chips. Seat #7 is occupied by our last woman standing, Linda Lee. She currently has 121,000 chips. This is her second overall WSOP cash. 40 year old Neil Channing has the most experience in World Series of Poker events. Today marked his 15th WSOP cash. This is his first ever WSOP final table. He is in Seat #8 and has 199,000 chips. Our chip leader is in Seat #9. 20 year old Adam Junglen starts today with 795,000 chips.

The first few hands of the final table saw the short stacks push and take down the blinds and antes. On the eight hand of the final table, Adam Junglen raised to 25,000. Jesper Hougaard moved all in and received a call from Junglen. Hougaard held 9h-9s and Junglen held As-Kd. The board missed both players and Hougaard was sitting with 200,000 in chips.

Hand 12 saw Fuad Serhan and Daniel Nutt call a raise preflop from Yevgeniy Timoshenko for 25,000. The flop came Qd-10s-8h and Serhan moved all in for 47,000. Only Timoshenko called. Serhan held 10h-10d and Timoshenko held 9h-9c. Timoshenko needed a jack or running nines. The turn card eliminated all hope when the case ten fell, giving Serhan quads and a double up to 175,000.

Daniel Nutt was eliminated the very next hand. Timoshenko raised to 130,000 and a couple of players took a while to fold their hand. They were likely thinking that he was steaming from just losing the prior hand. Action was folded around to Daniel Nutt, who moved all in. Timoshenko called and showed 9d-9c. Nutt showed Kc-Qc. The flop of Ad-8s-10s gave Nutt some hope, but alas, a jack did not fall by the river and Daniel Nutt was eliminated in 9th place. He received £13,222.

Hand 24 saw Jesper Hougaard double up to around 300,000 when his Ad-4d outdrew Adam Junglen’s As-9d on the river. The next hand, Ian Woodley was all in against Hougaard. Woodley held Ah-Qc and Hougaard held 6s-6c. The flop missed both opponents, but the turn 6h gave Hougaard the win with a set of sixes and sent Woodley out in 8th place. He received £17,835 for his efforts.

Linda Lee picked hand 49 to move all in with her short stack. She moved in with 40,000 and was called by Fuad Serhan. Lee was ahead with her Ks-5c against Serhan’s Qd-9d. Her lead did not last long as the flop fell As-Qc-3d. The turn and river both failed to produce a king and Lee finishes as the last woman standing and the 7th place finisher. She would take home £22,448 for her fantastic performance.

Adam Junglen doubled up two opponents in the span of eight hands to reduce his stack to 70,000. First, he lost a big pot to Yevgeniy Timoshenko when Timoshenko turned a flush to outdraw Junglen’s pocket jacks. Eight hands later, Junglen called an all-in bet from Neil Channing but was behind when Channing showed Ac-Kh to his As-Qd. Both players missed the board and Junglen was on life support.

Two hands after doubling Channing up, Adam Junglen moved all-in for 74,000 and John Dwyer made the call. Junglen held Ac-5c and Dwyer held 5d-5h. Junglen hit his three outer on the flop when the board fell Ad-Kc-3d. Dwyer then turned around and hit a 45 to 1 longshot when the 5s fell on the turn making him a set of fives. This left Junglen drawing dead and heading to the rail in 6th place. He took home £28,598 and dreams of what could have been.

It took 40 hands to eliminate the next player. John Dwyer moved all-in preflop and was called by Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Dwyer held 5c-5d and Timoshenko held Kc-Kh. Neither player hit the flop and Dwyer was eliminated in 5th place. £36,285 was Dwyer’s prize for his three days of effort.

Six hands later, Jesper Hougaard moved all-in from the small blind and Neil Channing called. Hougaard had him covered. Channing held 8h-8c and Hougaard held Ah-6s. The flop of Jc-Jd-10d missed both players, but gave Hougaard additional outs. The turn fell the 10s, counterfeiting Channing’s eights and leaving Channing with only two outs to win and four outs to chop. The river card of the 5c sent Channing to the rail in 4th place, earning him £44,588.

By the time we reached three way action, Jesper Hougaard had a nearly 3 to 1 chip lead over Yevgeniy Timoshenko and nearly a 5 to 1 lead over Fuad Serhan. Play continued through the dinner break and for quite a while afterwards. Finally on hand 157, Jesper Hougaard moved all-in and was called by Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Timoshenko held 4s-4h and Hougaard held Ad-Jd. The flop put Hougaard in the lead when the board fell 5h-Ac-9c. Timoshenko was unable to catch a four on either the turn or river, and Timonshenko becomes our 3rd place finisher. He took home £55,350 for his efforts.

Jesper Hougaard held over a 4 to 1 chip leads heading into heads-up play with Fuad Serhan. Heads-up play lasted only five hands. On hand 162 of this final table, Fuad Serhan raised to 120,000 from the button. Hougaard moved all-in and Serhan called. Serhan held Ac-Kc and Hougaard held Ad-Jd. In one fell swoop, Serhan went from being a dominating favorite to eliminated. The board fell 10d-6d-5d, giving Hougaard the nut flush and instant win. The turn and river were irrelevant and Fuad Serhan is our runner up, taking home £89,175. Jesper Hougaard is the champion of Event #1 of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe. In addition to the gold bracelet, Hougaard wins £144,218.