2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - ��1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦8♦
Prize
£136,803
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£608,000
Entries
608
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
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Good call from Dunlop Puts Him Over 800,000

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In a curious blind-on-blind confrontation, Neil Suarez bet out a paltry 14,000 on the turn of the {J-Hearts} {8-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {5-Spades} board, and Fabien Dunlop called.

They saw a {6-Spades} river, and now Suarez impassively bet out 33,000. After a moment's careful deliberation, Dunlop tentatively made the call -- and Suarez folded his hand before Dunlop had turned over {4-Hearts} {7-Spades} for the idiot-end of the straight.

Tags: Fabien DunlopNeil Suarez

William Martin Eliminated in 7th Place (��17,535)

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Fabien Dunlop raised, and William Martin pushed for his last 100,000. Folds all round the table back to Dunlop, and a call.

Dunlop: {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds}
Martin: {A-Spades} {J-Spades}

Board: {K-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {4-Spades} {3-Clubs}

It took a while for the applause to come, as the new announcer, one "Steve from Birmingham" according to Jack Effel who's taking a short break from announcing duties, simply announced that Dunlop had won the pot. Nevertheless, eventually the rail realised that a player had busted, and William Martin got the round of applause he deserved as he made his exit.

Tags: William Martin

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Roux Folds an Ace, Although It's Not Immediately Obvious

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Blind on blind, Richard Allen and Anthony Roux had made it as far as the river of the {10-Spades} {6-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {5-Spades} {5-Hearts} board when we caught up with the action.

Nothing happened at all for five minutes, and we began to fear that it was one of those great situations where both players thought it was the other's turn to act -- but eventually Roux checked his hole cards and then handed them back to the dealer, and it transpired that Allen had pushed all in on the river, and got the bet through.

The long pause was explained when Roux admitted that he had folded an ace.

Tags: Anthony RouxRichard Allen

No Small Ball for Suarez

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Neil Suarez has been periodically open-shoving for his whole stack, and has so far not had a caller. If he keeps at it, though, we may see some entertaining action soon.

Nevertheless, Suarez is now pretty comfortable after filling up on tasty blinds and antes -- he's sitting on 180,000 right now.

Tags: Neil Suarez

Roux Gets Saucy

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Anthony Roux got himself involved with Adnan Alshamah, and they got as far as the turn of a {3-?} {8-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} board before Roux pushed his whole stack into the middle. Alshamah had mucked before Roux's chips were even across the line, and the young Frenchman moves on up to 200,000.

Tags: Adnan AlshamahAnthony Roux

Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Fabien Dunlop -- 630,000
Seat 3: William Martin -- 133,500
Seat 4: Richard Allen -- 180,000
Seat 5: Anthony Roux -- 152,000
Seat 6: Adnan Alshamah -- 360,000
Seat 7: JP Kelly -- 243,000
Seat 9: Neil Suarez -- 122,000

Alshamah Not Shamming

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Adnan "Eddy" Alshamah, a businessman from Damascus, has been the most aggressive player at the table so far, but then, he's been getting some nice hands. He just now picked up {J-?} {K-?} and took down a nice pot courtesy of Richard Allen, who couldn't beat him on the {K-Spades} {10-Spades} {4-Clubs} {5-Spades} {3-Clubs} board.

Next hand Alshamah raised under the gun and everyone duly folded. He showed them all pocket kings, perhaps to stop them getting ideas next time.

Tags: Adnan Alshamah