{"id":1315,"date":"2008-10-03T22:16:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T21:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.t52.org\/blog\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2009-03-18T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T09:35:20","slug":"the-world-series-of-poker-europe-1500-nlh-day-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.t52.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/the-world-series-of-poker-europe-1500-nlh-day-1a\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Series Of Poker Europe – \u00a31,500 NLH day 1A"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WSOPE 2008 has just ended in London’s Empire Casino, with John Juanda taking down the main event with quad sixes. I covered some of the days during the festival so here are some photos and a few hands for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u00a31,500 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout<\/h1>\n

I narrowly missed out on playing this event myself, finishing 6th in a satellite that offered three seats since I didn’t manage to play the event I covered it instead. Here is some shortened coverage.<\/p>\n

Marylin and Elvis were here to spice things up.
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Final preparations for day 1A
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Annette Obrestad (better known online as Annette_15) won last year’s event. Her 20th birthday was a few days before the start of the event and her sponsor, Betfair (also the festival sponsor) gave her 20 birthday cakes.
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Shuffle up and deal, bitches!<\/p>\n

OK he didn’t say bitches.
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Some fellow players from the now defunct Gutshot Card Club were playing day 1a.<\/p>\n

Ghandi
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Ed Roger. Ed eliminated me from the GSOP main event a few months ago. From Luckyjimm’s commentary:
\n“And James Bardolph’s out! His resteal with 56 sooted got looked up by Ed Roger’s pocket 6s and didn’t find a miracle.”
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Nik Persaud. Nik has been looking for his seat for around 10 minutes. He eventually finds his seat on Ghandi’s right.
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If you saw the Pokerstars WCOOP advert, Daniel Negreanu’s expressions on the table are exactly the same as the look he has when he throws the chips in.\"\"<\/p>\n

Liv Boeree and Neil Channing in the house
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Not everyone had turned up yet. Late Hellmuth entrance anyone?\"\"<\/p>\n

This guy had a unique haircut
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And a unique charm
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John Juanda. I swear this man has zero tells.
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We fiendishly started eating Annette’s cakes in the media room. Let’s hope she doesn’t find out.
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Tables have been broken as players are eliminated.
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Some hands<\/h1>\n

Walking over to Nik P’s \/ Ghandi’s table and and Nik (BB) is in the middle of a hand with the SB.<\/p>\n

Flop: \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

SB bets 250, Nik calls<\/p>\n

Turn: \"\"<\/p>\n

SB bets 750. Nik thinks for around 10 secs then decides to call.<\/p>\n

River: \"\"<\/p>\n

SB bets 2,100. Nik calls.<\/p>\n

Bettor shows A-6 for the runner-runner full house! Nik later revealed he had K-8.
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On a board of \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\", with 5,450 in the pot, facing a bet of 2,500 Liv has a serious decision to make.
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She folds. The winner shows the ace of hearts.
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Blinds are currently 100-200, with a 25 ante.Daniel Negreanu has accumulated a lot of chips thus far.
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After each level there is a 20 minute break. The dealers check all the cards during each break to make sure they are all present and there are no marks or irregularities which could help a player identify a card that is lying face-down.
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Ghandi shoves it<\/h1>\n

A short stacked Ghandi gets \"\" \"\" and shoves pre-flop for 2,625. Small blind goes all-in, granite player who limped folds JJ face-up. Small blind shows \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

Flop: \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

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Turn: \"\"<\/p>\n

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River: \"\"<\/p>\n

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Ship it!!!
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Some guy is getting a finger massage…
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Ghandi’s table decide now is a good time to look at the hand rankings in Texas Hold ‘Em. Curly hair man deems it fit to read the card upside-down.
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Juanda doing well
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A short stack moves in on Seidel’s big blind. Seidel is like ARGH and calls with \"\" \"\".
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The all-in guy actually raised blind and turns over \"\" \"\".<\/p>\n

Flop: \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

Turn: \"\"<\/p>\n

River: \"\"<\/p>\n

Double up for the all-in guy!<\/p>\n

The green ’25’ chips\u00a0 have been coloured up. The blinds are now 400-800 with a 100 running ante.
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Later on Seidel finds himself short stacked.
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Play has ended for day 1 of the \u00a31,500 NLH WSOPE tournament. Someone doubled up with Aces vs Kings on the last hand.
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Time to put down your name, how many chips you have left, bag ’em up and get some sleep.
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Not before I snag some more of Annette’s birthday cake(s), though. They were just sitting there OK, it’s not my fault!
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Day 1B<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Geeky stuff: Canon EOS 20D, 24-70 f2.8L lens. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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