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Here it is

https://www.barrierepoker.fr/sites/default/files/docs/wsope_2012_complete_schedule.pdf

Any info on sites running sats yet?

will there be any online sats

Just over 8 weeks until the 2012 WSOPE, direct link to pre-register for bracelet events:

http://bit.ly/MHVCAr

Starts tomorrow

News and results on here

2012 World Series Of Poker Europe - Cannes, France

World Series of Poker Europe returns to the sunny seaside resort town of Cannes in 2012 from September 21 to October 4, 2012. Seven different official WSOP gold bracelets will be up for grabs, along with 40+ additional tournaments and side events, including cash games and high roller events.

This is the ultimate poker vacation and poker players are sure to enjoy their stay whether they are working at the tables, or sitting tableside at some of the most renowned restaurants in France.

We at the WSOPE have partnered with the perfect company, Barrière, who owns the most opulent casino and hotels in France.

WSOPE Events

    DATE
    EVENT
    BUY-IN
    Sep 21
    Event #1: Six Handed No Limit Hold'em
    €2700
    Sep 22
    Event #2: No Limit Hold'em
    €1100
    Sep 24
    Event #3: Pot Limit Omaha
    €5300
    Sep 25
    Event #4: No Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT
    €3250
    Sep 26
    Event #5: NL Hold'em Split (Day 1: 9 handed Day 2: 6 handed Day 3: Heads Up)
    €10450
    Sep 27
    Event #6: Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha
    €1650
    Sep 30
    Event #7: WSOPE Main Event Championship
    €10450

Wow that sneaked up quietly. Hope we have some British heros attending who we can rail.

Day 1 of Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe has come to a conclusion. After a nice, late start to the day, eight levels of action are in the books. When registration closed after the dinner break, 227 players had registered. The action was fast and furious all day long, and less than a quarter of the competitors finished out the day. On top of them all was Matan Krakow with a whopping 140,225 in chips.

Krakow is no stranger to this event. Last year, he made the final table and placed fourth for €65,068. He'll certainly be looking to top that finish and has put himself in a solid position to do so with his early chip lead.

Of those advancing to Day 2, Brandon Cantu, David "ODB" Baker and Jennifer Tilly all bagged up plenty of chips. Cantu stormed into the top portion of the leaderboard toward the end of the night, but Baker and Tilly got off to a blistering start. Phil Hellmuth, McLean Karr, Roberto Romanello and John Tabatabai are also still in contention.

Octo-niner Greg Merson maneuvered his way out of the day as well. He finished with 10,150 and will be looking for a cash to earn some extra WSOP Player of the Year points in order to extend his lead against Ivey. Merson currently sits with 581.13 points and Ivey is in second with 568.70. Baker (508.38) and Hellmuth (500.70) are sitting fourth and fifth respectively on the WSOP POY leaderboard and will be looking to inch closer to Merson. Needless to say, this race is really beginning to heat up.

Day 2 will commence Saturday at 1400 CET (0800 ET). The plan is to play down to a final table, but there will also be the excitement of the money bubble bursting. The top 24 spots are set to be paid with nearly €150,000 going to the winner.

Event #1 End-of-Day 1 Top 10 Chip counts
Position   Name   Chips
1   Matan Krakow   140,225
2   Brandon Cantu   114,500
3   David Baker   101,350
4   Jennifer Tilly   90,425
5   Christopher Julien   73,650
6   Ruben Velasco   61,650
7   Did Not Record   61,000
8   Freddy Darakjian   59,425
9   Yann Migeon   58,000
10   Xavier Capacci   56,250


 http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/09/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe-day-1-krakow-tops-first-da-9200.htm

Event 1 overnight

1 [France] Yannick Bonnet 476,000       

2 [United Kingdom] Senh Ung 289,000       

3 Matan Krakow 250,000       

4 Sylvain Ribes 212,000       

5 [United Kingdom] Roberto Romanello 200,000       

6 [France] Imed Ben Mahmoud 184,000       

7 [United Kingdom] Demis Hassabis 88,000       

Event 2a 45 of 295 left as follows

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12223%5CEOD_1A_BY_Chip_Leader.pdf

Event 1 result

1st    Imed Ben Mahmoud    €147,099
2nd    Yannick Bonnet    €90,884
3rd    Matan Krakow    €63,671
4th    Senh Ung    €44,913
5th    Roberto Romanello    €31,925
6th    Sylvain Ribes   €22,876

98 left in Event 2, 63 paid

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12223%5CEVENT-2-DAY-2-STARTERS-BY-CHIP-COUNT.pdf

Event 2, 16 left

The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe continued on Monday with Day 2 of Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em as the remaining 98 players of a 626-player field returned to battle down to the final 15. Leading the way is Antonin Teisseire, who bagged up 269,500, but the winner of the biggest buy-in poker tournament in history, Antonio Esfandiari, is just 5,500 behind.

The big story at the start of the day was who would make the top 63 and earn a piece of the €600,960 prize pool. Among the 35 players who came up short were Greg Merson, Ozzy Sheikh, Konstantin Puchkov, David Benyamine and John Tabatabai; however, the man who went the furthest with nothing to show was Jean Marie Morvan.

While many fell, some survived and others even thrived. Among those returning for Day 3 are Day 1a chip leader Ashly Butler, Joe Kuether, Salvatore Bonavena, W.J. Vincent, McLean Karr and Casey Kastle.

Here’s a look at tomorrow’s lineup with chip counts:
Table 1

Seat   Player   Count
1   McLean Karr   61,000
2   -empty-   N/A
3   Valentin Detoc   174,000
4   Salvatore Bonavena   86,000
5   Casey Kastle   54,500
6   Ashly Butler   179,500
7   Remi Bollengier   136,000
8   Antonin Teisseire   269,500
9   -empty-   N/A
Table 2

Seat   Player   Count
1   Amaury Detoc   82,500
2   Jamel Haddad   85,000
3   Igor Kalinicenko   41,000
4   Antonio Esfandiari   264,000
5   -empty-   N/A
6   Joe Kuether   160,500
7   W.J. Vincent   74,000
8   Florian Ciuro   124,000
9   Anthony Pons   86,000


http://uk.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-2-1-100-no-limit-hold-em/

A total of 97 players signed up for the big Pot-Limit Omaha event of this year's World Series of Poker Europe. After eight levels of play just 25 remain with Austrian Erich Kollmann in the lead. Kollmann amassed 127,500 chips and holds a big lead over Bruno Fitoussi who's in second place with 108,600.

The day started just like you would expect a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament to start. The action was fast paced and quickly we saw the likes of David Baker, Greg Merson and Brandon Adams hit the rail. Meanwhile Michael Mizrachi was building a castle of chips in the early levels.

It took the two-time $50,000 Players Championship winner just three levels to have six starting stacks in front of him. Mizrachi kept winning pots left and right, and his only challenger ended up being Ran Azor. In the following levels Mizrachi and Azor kept battling with big swings as a result. Both players ended up surviving the day, but their stacks weren't nearly as impressive as during the dinner break. Mizrachi bagged up 47,100 while Azor returns with 40,500.

The most successful Omaha player of this year's WSOP also managed to survive the day. German pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann did not have it easy, but he will return tomorrow with 42,200. Other notable pros that will try to make a run tomorrow are Jason Mercier (25,800), Vanessa Selbst (42,400), Sam Chartier (59,100) and Roger Hairabedian (59,800)


Read more: http://uk.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-3-5-300-pot-limit-omaha/

Esfandiari wins Event 2, into the lead in the WSOP 2012 POY rankings

Congratulations to Antonio Esfandiari, Winner of Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em (€126,207)

On Tuesday, the second bracelet winner of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe was crowned as Antonio Esfandiari defeated a field of 626 players to capture the Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em title, the accompanying €126,207 first-place prize and his third gold bracelet.

The day began with 15 runners, but five hit the rail relatively quickly. Casey Kastle was the first to go in 15th place, and he was followed out the door by Amaury Detoc (14th-€7,680), W.J. Vincent (13th-€7,680) and Joe Kuether (12th-€9,423). After the eliminations of Igor Kalinicenko (11th-€9,423) and Anthony Pons (10th-€9,423), the final table was set.

Esfandiari entered the final table with the chip lead and was primed to capture his third bracelet, but he was joined by some stiff competition including five Frenchman looking to become the first ever to win a bracelet at the WSOP Europe.

It was an exciting heads-up match as Esfandiari, who by this point had taken over the WSOP Player of the Year lead, was searching for his third bracelet, while Bollengier hoped to become the first French player to ever win a WSOP Europe bracelet. Esfandiari held a slight lead when the match began, and he never relinquished it on his way to victory.
Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results

Place   Player   Prize
1   Antonio Esfandiari   €126,207
2   Remi Bollengier   €78,059
3   Salvatore Bonavena   €57,079
4   Antonin Teisserie   €42,356
5   Valentin Detoc   €31,869
6   McLean Karr   €24,309
7   Ashly Butler   €18,798
8   Jamel Haddad   €14,736
9   Florian Ciuro   €11,707

Congratulations to Antonio Esfandiari on winning his second WSOP win of 2012 and his third gold bracelet


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-2-1-100-no-limit-hold-em/

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 completed
Hairabendian Leads Final 9, Mizrachi Gunning For Second Bracelet of 2012

The second day of play started with only 25 players, but it was far from easy for the nine finalists to reach that last table. French pro Roger Hairabedian emerged as the chip leader followed by the dangerous Fin Ville Mattila. Michael Mizrachi however is the story of this final table as he will be trying to win his second bracelet of 2012, and also second bracelet at the WSOPE in back-to-back years. Joe Hachem, the 2005 Main Event champion, also reached the final table. He will be trying to win his second bracelet.

Erich Kollmann started the day as chip leader, but just about everything went wrong for the Austrian. After bluffing off some chips he got himself involved in a huge pot against Mattila. In a limped pot Kollmann fired out 4,000 on a {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} flop, and Mattila was his only caller. On the turn, the {3-Diamonds}, Kollmann check raised the 9,000-chip bet to 25,000 and Mattila called. the river was the {Q-Spades} and Kollmann moved all in for 45,000. Mattila called with a set of kings and that beat Kollmann's set of eights.

French bracelet winner Aubin Cazals took down the $5,000 Mixed Max at the World Series of Poker this summer, but he would not add a second bracelet in his home country. Vanessa Selbst knocked Cazals out who narrowly missed out on the money. Shortly after this hand it was $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha winner Jan-Peter Jachtmann who made his exit. He fell to Jani Sointula.

Ran Azor was one of the main characters on Day 1, but Day 2 was far from kind to him. The jovial Israeli busted to Selbst who seemed have everything under control. After this though she could not get a lot going, and busted right in the money, 12th for €9,696.

Jussi Ryynanen and Michael Mizrachi had many clashes, and both players held the chip lead for quite some time. We expect to see big things from these two players at the final table. Sam Chartier was the eventual bubble boy when his kings could not beat Jason Mercier's aces. Mercier was patient throughout the day and one big double up gave him high hopes for another WSOP bracelet. His final level was far from good and he will be one of the shorter stacks going into the final table.

Bruno Fitoussi made the 2012 $50,000 Players Championship final table, where he was the first to be knocked out. Today he bubbled the final table finishing in 10th place. Fitoussi ran into Mizrachi's aces and he failed to improve.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-3-5-300-pot-limit-omaha/

Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 1 completed
Stacked Field Advances To Day 2

Day 1 of Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout has come to a close, and a long day it was. From the original starting field of 141 players, an extremely stacked field of 20 remain. Due to the shootout format of this event, all of the advancing players will take approximately the same amount of chips into Day 2. The one player that stands out, though, is Phil Hellmuth. The 12-time WSOP gold bracelet winner bagged up 71,775 due to his table having an extra player to start the day.

Numbers were down a lot for this event, but the WSOP staff was quick on its feet with making an alteration to the structure. Instead of a three-day event, this event will now end tomorrow on Day 2. The 20 players that have advanced will play a regular, multi-table tournament format down to a winner. As it stands right now, everyone left is in the money, earning at least €5,428.

Some of the names moving on to join Hellmuth are Matt Stout, Chance Kornuth, Dan O'Brien, Daniel Negreanu, John Monnette, Faraz Jaka, Mohsin Charania, Oleksii Kovalchuk and Dominik Nitsche. That's quite an amazing field that's left, which should set things up for one outstanding final table.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-4-3-250-no-limit-hold-em-shootout/

A total of 97 players put up €5,300 to participate in the first Pot-Limit Omaha event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. After three full days of play, Roger Hairabedian was able to rise above the field to claim the €142,590 first place prize as well as the gold bracelet that accompanies it. Hairabedian also holds the distinction of being the first ever French winner of a WSOPE bracelet.

Final Table Results
Place   Player   Prize
1   Roger Hairabedian   €142,590
2   Ville Mattila   €88,130
3   Michael Mizrachi   €62,749
4   Jussi Ryynanen   €45,581
5   Jussi Nevanlinna   €33,765
6   Joe Hachem   €25,490
7   Michel Abecassis   €19,606
8   Michael Schwartz   €15,357
9   Jason Mercier   €12,245


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-3-5-300-pot-limit-omaha/

Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 2 completed
O'Brien vs. Rosadoni Resumes Tomorrow at 3PM

Due to the casino having to close its doors at 5:00 AM local time, the tournament was halted a few minutes beforehand and play will resume tomorrow at 3:00 PM.

Heading into tomorrow, Giovanni Rosadoni has the chip lead with 787,000 in chips. Dan O'Brien has 490,000, and the blinds will be at 8,000/16,000/2,000 for another 25 minutes.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-4-3-250-no-limit-hold-em-shootout/

Goooooo Big Roger. Friend from way back :)

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 completed
Tilly Takes on Star-Studded Field to Soar to the Top


Some times at PokerNews we have to prepare a recap of the day’s play bearing in mind one of a few players could finish on top of the pile. It’s almost like a live reporter’s range. Today we had no such problems as one player smashed, bashed, value-bet and sucked out on all comers to amass a huge stack after eight levels of play. That person was Jennifer Tilly who bagged up 218,000 chips. Asked about how her day went she just said, “I got lucky!” Ashton Griffin quickly piped in and said that she played great as well as getting lucky.

She is far clear of a chasing pack that includes Faraz Jaka (126,000), Brain Park (114,200), Marvin Rettenmaier (109,000), Michael Mizrachi (89,700), Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (82,500) and Mori Eskandani (89,400). A total of 52 players remain. With all the success Mizrachi has had in the last year, lest us not forget he is the defending champ.

Play will resume at 2pm (CET) tomorrow where the tournament format moves on to the next stage. It’s all about action-packed 6-max, and play will continue until we have 16 players remaining. From there the tournament moves into a heads-up format. If we reach the required number early enough then the round of 16 matches will also play out tomorrow, and will negate the need for a fourth day of play.

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-5-10-450-mixed-max-no-limit-hold-em/

Is there much less interest in this because it is in Cannes?

Not many UK players playing?

Numbers seem to be "svelte" overall....

Lots of tweets saying buy ins too big for the sides, poor wifi and a few other nightmares. There are a few Brits heading over today.

One more try

Closing in on 200 entries for the WSOPE Main Event on Day 1A and 2 players are out early - http://bit.ly/QnwAol

Saw my mate Roger is last 4 of mix max too.

This has been dying since it left London IMO.

(Either that or I'm just jealous because I had the London gig and not Cannes :D)

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event


Mizrachi Emerges as Day 1a Chip Leader; Ivey, O'Dwyer & Alvarado Punch Ticket to Day 2


The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #7 €10,450 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event kicked off on Saturday as 215 players took to the felt in the first of two starting flights. After six 90-minute levels of play, the field had been reduced to 115 with Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and his stack of 234,850 leading the way.

It didn’t take long for things to heat up at the Majestic Barrière in Cannes, France; in fact, in Level 1 there was a hand that had the whole tournament floor talking. "It's nuts, nuts and a flush draw," Jean-Robert Bellande said from a nearby table. "Two guys have the nuts and one has top pair and a flush draw... with one to come."

The board read {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and three hands were face up on the felt. Henry Tran held the {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for top pair with a flush draw; Erik Cajelais held the {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a turned nut straight; and Brandon Barnes held the {6-Spades}{5-Hearts} for the same turned straight. "Club!" yelled Tran before the put out the{5-Clubs}. Cajelais was not happy at all, and he got up from his chair and quickly stormed out of the room while Barnes left more quietly. Tran had them both covered and has catapulted to over 90,000, which carried him to the end of the night where he bagged up 118,750.

Not everyone was as fortunate as Mizrachi. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1a were Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Nam Le, Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabrice Soulier, Victor Ramdin, Jennifer Tilly, Will Failla, Chris Moorman, Jeff Lisandro, Frank Kassela and Vanessa Selbst.

With that said, quite a few notables managed to punch their ticket to Day 2 including JC Alvarado (180,675), Sergil Baranov (152,000), Martial Blangenwitsch (129,800), Dan Shak (100,875), Philipp Gruissem (90,500), Steve O’Dwyer (89,000), Prosper Masquelier (70,450), Matt Stout (61,650) and Phil Ivey (55,000), just to name a few.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/day1a/post.209948.htm


Top Chip Counts
1    Michael Mizrachi    234,850
2    JC Alvarado       180,675
3    Sergii Baranov       152,000
4    Martial Blangenwitsch 129,800
5    Denis Biscaldi       122,625
6    Henry Tran       118,750
7    Oliver Speidel       110,000
8    Tom Bedell       106,000
9    Gael Duchesne       102,000
10    Dan Shak               100,875


Chris Brammer 39,000
Ben Roberts 29,000
Toby Lewis 26,000

Looks like the WSOPE main event is going to fall significantly short of last year's 593-player field.

Currently at 410.

Hope Rob has their phone number. Having it a Dtd next year he would guarantee 1000 runners and a $10 million prize pool. That would fit in nicely with his bucket list of £million first prize :)

It was a rare day of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe on Sunday as only one feature event was running. The Main Event held its Day 1b, and 205 players joined the field to bring the total number of entrants up to 420. Just 115 players survived the day with none other than Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier finishing on top. These players will meet with the 115 that survived Day 1a, and all 230 will see poker action on Day 2.

Compared to last year's 593 entrants, the field of 420 looks a lot smaller on paper. The fact of the matter is that, it is, but numbers are still up from the time of the WSOP Europe Main Event being held in London. With registration now closed for the Main Event, the numbers were tallied. The competitors will all be vying for their share of the €4.032 million prize pool, and the top 48 finishers will earn at least €20,150. Up top is a massive seven-figure payday worth over €1.022 million, and there's quite the star-studded group chasing after the title.

Play will resume Monday at 1200 CET


http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/10/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe-day-10-elky-leads-9244.htm

Brandon Cantu 2nd in the Mixed Max and, er, speaks his mind....

http://www.pokernews.com/video/wsope-2012-brandon-cantu-shares-his-mind-7232.htm

getting coached by hellmuth obv.

Yesterday's field of 230 players saw the combination of runners from Day 1a and Day 1b combine to battle for WSOP glory. At the end of the night only 77 players remained in the hunt for the WSOPE Main Event title. With the top 48 making money, it is almost certain that the field will cash today. The man currently closest to achieving that goal is Sergii Baranov who is sitting on a massive stack of 607,000.

The combination of the two starting fields saw the elimination of many notable names. Among those who were eliminated from Day 2 play were Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Mohsin Charania, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Antonio Esfandiari, October Niners Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jacob Balsiger, and start-of-the-day chip leader Michael Mizrachi.

While those saw their WSOPE Main Event come to an end, many of the game's biggest names are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth worked up a stack of 364,900 which is good for the fourth biggest stack in the room. Joseph Cheong (328,400) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (326,700) were also able to breach the top ten in chips. Also returning for Day 3 are Daniel Negreanu (290,000), Dan Smith (274,500), October Niner Jesse Sylvia (209,000), last year's champion Elio Fox (201,300), Liv Boeree (140,800), Eugene Katchalov (123,900), Steve Dannenmann (65,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (50,300), and many more.

2012 WSOP Europe End-of-Day-2 Top Ten Counts

Place   Player   Count
1   Sergii Baranov   607,000
2   Axel Pergolizzi   419,400
3   Vladimir Troyanovskiy   375,100
4   Phil Hellmuth   364,900
5   Maxime Conte   342,300
6   Lifeng Chen   340,500
7   Huichen Kuo   339,950
8   Max Silver   333,600
9   Joseph Cheong   328,400
10   Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier   326,700

Seat Draw for today http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12229%5CMain-Event-Day-3-Starters-By-Table-Seat.pdf

Toby Lewis 247,100
Sam Trickett 134,600
Liv Boeree 140,800
Ben Roberts 117,500
Chris Brammer 246,300


Cards will be in the air at 12:00 PM

Sam tweeting he is out

By dying do you mean doubling in size?

yeah I saw that numbers were down this year but still up on those in London.

Meant publicity wise more than number. Seemed to be a big thing when it was over here. If Im being honest, I have no idea how its doing numbers wise etc, as I said im just jealous because I worked WSOPE in London and cant get the gig in Cannes :P

Herbie not even mentioned toby lewis yet? Must have overlooked him :)

i'd rather it was held in scunthorpe than in the Empire again!

Best of luck to Chris Brammer and Toby Lewis, Max Silver and Liv Boeree

Deep into the money in the WSOPE Main

27 left

Bram 6th
Max 8th
Liv 10th
Toby 11th

as I write

€1,022,376 up top


let the funk begin

Nice GL to them, what's the g'td cash so far?

24 left

gtd 26k

updates at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/

top top line up

Seat   Player
1   Timothy Adams
2   Curt Kohlberg
3   Vadzim Markushevski
4   Joseph Cheong
5   Paul Tedeschi
6   Stephane Girault
7   Stephane Albertini
8   Liv Boeree
    
1   Phil Hellmuth
2   Andy Frankenberger
3   Scott Seiver
4   Vladislav Varlashin
5   Joe McGowan
6   Kyle Julius
7   Joe Kuether
8   Max Silver
    
1   Sebastien Guinand
2   David Benyamine
3   Christopher Brammer
4   Sergii Baranov
5   Toby Lewis
6   Jason Mercier
7   Steve Dannenmann
8   Nicolas Cardyn

Toby is always in my heart. What happened to Jake? So many heros there again. And some for the haters too as I see Frankenburger is in the mix again. He keeps doing his own thing and I admire him for that. Chris n Toby h/u will be perfect

:cheers:

Offering the following odds on an outright win. Never done this before and its pretty high var so erring on the side of caution wrt prices, no flaming please.

Joseph Cheong       US    1,381,000     9-1 up to £120 now up to 65
Christopher Brammer     GB    956,000   10-1 up to £100 now up to 55
Jason Mercier       US    824,000   10-1 up to £100 sold
Phil Hellmuth       US    741,000   15-1 up to £65 now up to 45
Max Silver.              GB    656,000.  15-1 up to £65 now up to 55
Toby Lewis.         GB    456,000.  13-1 up to £75 now 16-1 up to £60
Liv Boeree.          GB    411,000.  15-1 up to £65 now 20-1 up to £50
Nicolas Cardyn       FR    285,000.  25-1 up to £40 now up to 20
Scott Seiver       US    251,000.  25-1 up to £40 sold
David Benyamine       US    217,000.  25-1 up to £40
Andy Frankenberger    US    186,000.  35-1 up to £30

Going to sleep now, consider it booked if you post itt and send payment to stars 20alex430 before 11am UK time, 12pm Cannes time. first come first serve (if u post here then it's reserved but not booked, once sent it's booked, post itt when sent also pls).

Xrate locked at £1 = $1.613 (xe rate at this time)

Can do bank xfer if sent in time and iou if I know you reeeeeally well :P

20 Cardyn
35 Brammer
35 Mercier
10 Silver

Booked

10 seiver
15 mercier
15 cheong
10 brammer

sent in £ on stars

Booked

20 hellmuth
Max bets on mercier and siever pls

Cash at dtd?

You ain't missing many tricks to create more interest/sweats these days and are prepared to spend your time and effort doing this stuff so good luck and hope you fleece everybody.

Edit: I don't know much about gambling but 9/1 fav in an 11 horse race is very generous :)

Confirmed you don't know much about gambling. 

£40 on Joey Cheong, will ship over on stars in £.

Cheong is a fair price for sure, probably a bit of an insult to be 9/1 in relation to the rest- 100% is the only bet here-

Obv u putting "Brits" in short cos expect money but Livs price should see you shut down as a bookmaker for life :)

Alex - you should probably make the point there are more than these 11 runners left.

24 left in, no? Jason - in that context the prices make more sense.

Ed is correct.

I don't think for a moment that Alex intended to mislead anyone, but he has only priced up 11 runners, and there are 24 remaining, which makes the book a tinsy-winsy bit on the fat side & may well make Alex exceedingly rich. Which of course we would all think was quite splendid.

The full overnight chip counts for all 24 are here.....


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/chips.htm

Sorry I thought it was obvious that there Was more than those 11 but looking back I don't see why it would be lol. Anyone can still back out if they want, will refund. Like I said, it's my first time, I'm aware that some prices may not be vgood, if Dubai or Ed or anyone wouldnt mind sending a quick pm about how to go about pricing it up for next time so it's more in line with a bookie that'd be much appreciated :)

George, Le knave booked.

Ok £50 mercer, £30 siever £100 total.

£65 joey cheong

and wtf at stealing my bidness!!!

Still space for prices on the others.

Liv and Lewis prices changed to 20-1 and 16-1.

Am I right in saying there is £15 left on Cheong? Will take if so pls

think i just booked rest of cheong  ;)

Action Man took all 65 that was left on Cheong I'm afraid. Reserve list if he doesn't send!

ahh... just read back and seen someone else had the odd 15 ..   throw a dog a bone ?? ;)

bank details PM plz alex

Alex - completely understand. If I had a pound for every time I have felt something perfectly clear (as it has been in my head at the time) and subsequently not expressed it 100% I would be a wealthy man.

On novelty betting such as this bookies will generally take the Michael when it comes to their 'margin'. Whilst a football match odds market may bet to 104%, something like "Who killed Ken Barlow?" or "What colour hat with the Queen be wearing at Royal Ascot" will bet to more like 120%.

One might look at this (as a punter) and say "I'm being ripped off" in the latter, where, in reality the prices (and therefore the overround/margin) are much less certain in the latter examples. The extra fat on the market comes about (a) to protect the bookies from this to an extent and (b) because they can and people are generally less price sensitive in such markets (owing in part to less competition).

When pricing up something like this (24 runners), if confident in my ability to price the market I would still look to bet to around 130%. That gives you 1.25%/runner (in the halcyon days before Betfair ruined it for everyone horse racing SPs were approaching 2%/runner) which feels about right.

The problem you have is that those on here are a lot more savvy than the average bear. They will moan at the overround and tell you your prices aren't competitive enough. That, as a customer, is their prerogative, but given the volatility you are taking on (relative to potential profit), I would stand by my recommendation in order that you, as bookmaker, are getting an appropriate balance of risk:reward.

If you fancy sticking your balls out of the bathwater on this one, lay me £250 Cheong @ 12s?? ;)

VBOL, and apologies if earlier message was brief (I was on the mobile).

Also...


I feel more like I've made it than that time my mum told me I look like Brad Pitt.

Cheers Ed. A brief pm with how to work out the prices for everyone (assume 0 skill for ease) given chip counts would be really cool whenever you got a second.

Hmm 14s? Ive already been told 9s was a generous price and it's sold out, why would I offer you 14s?!

Lol you've edited to 12s now.

I don't want more than £1k exposure for any outcome so it's a no from me :)

Haha, I was just fcuking with you. A man's got to try.

Will PM you shortly, though I should make you aware Gascoigne Consultancy Ltd's fees aren't cheap...

Ian should sue you for using his name to promote your company ;)

Going back to sleep now. 90mins to get your bets in :)

Is this a funk thread or bookie lessons for Alex?   rotflmfao

Anyway...

GOOD LUCK CHRIS AND TOBY!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;  GET THE LOT!!!

PM sent.

£15 on toby at 16/1 please alex sent on stars from nhggwtf thanks

20 on bram
10 on lewis
10 on hellmouth

but can only send on moneybookers (i'm in asia) if no mb I'll see if i can get a pal to ship it on stars

Just wanna have a sweat so £10 on Max Silver@15-1 please Alex.

Sent on Stars from Dreamfinder.

Money bookers fine - lexgoulder@gmail.com

Ty everyone

40 sent via moneybookers, cheers

Booked and received ty

£20 each on Toby & hellmuth , pm me bank details please

£20 brammer, £20 Toby, £20 Cardyn, £20 Benyamine, £20 boeree Can you send bank details pls, will ship now, Total £100.

Only 15 left for Toby dreenie, send 95 or have 5 more elsewhere

Any logic behind how you picked your skinners?  Will you give a price on Tedeschi?

Sent £100 now, so I'll have a fiver on silver, ty

Picked people that I had a good idea how good they were. Never heard of half of them. I'm hoping Tedeschi ships it!

Trigg is comedy genius, just checked my bank statement:

"RICHARD TRIGG SEXDOLL REFUND £65" marv!

Sent by transfer

Received from everybody so far ty

What price is "the field"* Alex?

*All of the un-named players.

roflmao        genius

Our heroes seated together....

1   Sebastien Guinand   431,000
2   David Benyamine   217,000
3   Christopher Brammer   956,000
4   Sergii Baranov   1,055,000
5   Toby Lewis   456,000
6   Jason Mercier   824,000
7   Steve Dannenmann   390,000
8   Nicolas Cardyn

Cheong oop to Tedeschi makes him less attractive imo, while Seiver and SIlver looking better on table Hellmuth/Frankenburger :D

Lol don't ask me that no idea what I'm doing here :P

OK we'll draw the line there.


Bets taken

Cheong £120 @ 9s
Bramm £85 @ 10s
Mercier £100 @ 10s
Hellmuth £50 @ 15s
Silver £25 @ 15s
Lewis £60 @ 16s
Liv £20 @ 20s
Cardyn £40 @ 25s
Seiver £40 @ 25s
Benyamine £20 @ 25s

Gl everyone ;)

This has the potential to be great viewing when televised. A lot of great players and personalities left in. GL Toby Lewis, Brammer, Max Silver, Liv and all the other hero's battling it out for the €1mill up top!

Is there a live stream for this does anyone know?

Decided to funk for Joseph Cheong now.  :)

Down to 20 players now.

Frankenberger (sp?) is amongst the 4 bustees.

GLGL Toby and Brammer.

Brammer now has the chip lead!

19 left

gl Chris

ahahahaha fkin hilaro

19 remain, & Chris is chippie with 1,595,000

This is from Pokernews.com, who are running a Live Update.


Sebastien Guinand opened for 22,000 from the hijack and was met with a three-bet to 50,000 from Christopher Brammer on the button. The blinds both got out of the way, and Guinand came back with a four-bet to 100,000. Brammer thought for a few moments and slid out enough chips to cover his opponent, and Guinand called off for right around 305,000 total.


Guinand had Queens, Chris had Kings.

The PokerNews Live Update is here......

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/

Come on Chris..  :)up

Sigh, Brams dbled David Benyamine. QQ<a10 grrr. Boeree just busto

Curt Kohlberg opened to 30,000 from under the gun and it folded to Phil Hellmuth who pushed out a sizable three-bet to 180,000. It folded back around to Kohlberg who announced that he was all in for 900,000 total.

JT v AA lol. What a joke

Wow you couldnt make this stuff up, incred

lol why do they always spazz to Hellmuth?

Bram now w/ direct position on hellmuth. Should be fun (not for Phil!)

16 left, Chris on around 1,200,000 after that accident when his Queens got Benyamine'd.

Actually has direct position on hellmuth, seiver Mercier in that order

All my bets on same table. Marv

Go Brammer!

U want that in a winner takes all market obviously!

omfg

cant believe that hellmuth hand..  

The max silver hand with cheong as reported seems a bit sick

Was just about to post that. Double float OOP?

Joeys good and a lovely kid. Shame Alex wasnt laying bigger bets as would have smashed the 9-1 but didnt want £65 as would be too tilted to win

I've removed, they reported wrong - he flopped up and down and hit straight on turn - just changed, river made Max 2 pair

Yes Dubai, played with him last summer - really nice guy, i hope he wins if Bramm doesnt

lol seemed weird

Benyamine gone too now, 14 left, & €40,320 locked up. But we don't want that......

 Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt Ahrt

Oi oi the brat

everybody wants to rule the world

Lol wtf everyone just giving hellmuth the chips.

Now he is saying he is buying people bottles of dom because they do the old 0% equity bluffs

13 left......

according to twitter the hand was reported wrong. Cheong flopped open ender on K high flop and turned the straight apparently

Don't like Merciers tweet - suggest we are short unless we got a table move to balance when 14 handed - he has quoted him, Hellmuth and "4 shorties" - one time table move, or based on an earlier tweet hes taken some chips of Bramm....start reporting more pokernews

unlucky Toby and vwp

Is there a stream for this? And if not, will there be one for the final table?

Just looked at wsope site - doesnt appear to be for today.  They had one for final last year as I remember watching Jake and Moor, but not sure this year, be amazed if not

We'll get up to date chip counts now with the break

Toby Lewis ‏@810ofclubs

Busted 13th. AQ v 66 on Q86hh shoulda played it different. #sigh

Prett average reporting....they need to employ Tighty (if they could afford him..."

Jacket spuds with cheese are pretty expensive in Cannes, its true.......

Bramm still on 1.1m

^^^^^phew

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HELLLMUTH!

Cheong is a monster.

12 left, €52,416 safely locked up. But he don't want that......

At the break, Chris is reported as 1.1 million, in 6th place of the 12 remaining.

Two players have less than 10 bigs.

11 left

10 left

Subiime is one of those people you just really don't want at your table. GL to him and the auburn one.

Gl Sergeii Baranov

Are they playing to a finish today, or doing the official final table tomorrow?

alex u gonna run another book for the Final table?

9 left, & they have formed the "Unofficial" (lol) Final Table.

Hi Stu,

Apparently they play down to eight today, then resume with the "Official" Final Table tomorrow.

I couldn't really work out why this was - cant imagine they all want to come back for another day? Guess they didn't know what time they would finish....

Nah

I might. Will be dependent on what time I have available to me this evening.

Thought it seemed a bit ridic

Jason Mercier ‏@JasonMercier

Wowwwwww we were just one card away from being done... Timothy Adams all in with KT for 157k. Hellmuth calls KQ. Runs A938T. Still 9 handed

Chris down to 550,000 after he reportedly got bluffed by Baranov.

He's down 385 after losing 99 to JJ

Spin up time!

From pokernews: "He's just like Santa!" said Baranov as he turned over  for nothing but queen-high.

Come on Chris! Though this Sergii sounds like a hero, quite want him to do well!

GL to Chris

Come on pal get there...  ;slavedriver;

YES FINAL! He won a flipament! gogogogogo

From pokernews

Christopher Brammer moved all in from the cutoff for 487,000 and Timothy Adams called off for a little less in the big blind.
Showdown
Adams: AJ
Brammer: 33
"I folded ace-jack," Sergii Baranov said from the small blind. It wasn't good news for Adams, who was at risk and needed to improve. The Q62  flop wasn't particularly exciting, and neither was the 7 turn. Adams needed either an ace or jack, of which there were only two left of each, in order to survive, but it was not meant to be as the 8  blanked.
With that, the 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event final table is set.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/

Booooooooooooooooooom. Must be upto to a mirron in chips?

Awesome stuff very well deserved... Such a machine.

My my, congrats Chris.

Tomorrow, you can get the job finished.

Very sick man. Best of luck tomorrow

VBOL for tomorrow Chris!!

Kevin Mathers ‏@Kevmath

Streaming of WSOPE FT starts ~2pm Cannes (8am ET) Thursday at http://ESPN3.com , Eurosport and http://WSOP.com  http://bit.ly/PwAyKJ

What time they start tomoz, got no work done today and i'm hoping its the same for tomorrow..
 

Think frog time is 1 hr ahead of us so should be 1pm KO?

cheers pal, put up a link for me ipad tomoz.. ;)

YAY!!!  Very well done Chris and best of luck tomorrow! 

Yup wanna rail from dtd. iPad link pls!

Think I might do a sickie tomoz and join ya at dtd pal.. After all were going to be loaded soon...  ;kev;

I used to love sugar puffs, but they send your number ones all smelly.

 Anyhows, I hope the honey monster brings home the cereal 2moro. GL sir!

Wow sick work Chris, what a grind that must have been but a great finish to win that flip and have a great chance for the win. Very best of luck.

The book is looking a fair bit worse for me than it did at the start of the day, end up doing quite a bit if Cheong, Bramm, Mercier or Hellmuth win (who are probs all top 5 favourites sigh) and win nicely if any of the other four ship it.

Here's who still has live bets:

Hellmuth - George (£20), GeordieNeil (£10), LionRampant (£20) @15/1
Cheong - TL (£15), LeKnave (£40), Trigg (£65)  @9/1
Mercier - Stato (£35), TL (£15), George (£50)  @10/1
Bramm - Stato (£35), TL (£10), GeordieNeil (£20), Dreenie (£20) @10/1

Good luck all ;)

Good luck Bram and all those who have bets on.

All the best for tomorrow.

 ;popcorn; Glued to the stream today .

go Frankel go !

is there a link for the stream?

This was Posted earlier Vince......


Kevin Mathers ‏@Kevmath

Streaming of WSOPE FT starts ~2pm Cannes (8am ET) Thursday at http://ESPN3.com , Eurosport and http://WSOP.com  http://bit.ly/PwAyKJ

The timeline will be very odd though. They start early afternoon, play down to 4 players, then stop. They then resume at around 9pm I believe, to satisfy ESPN I gather.

Gotta please the TV peeps who pay all the money to the players WSOP.

Good luck Bram, run good.

Can't wait for this...

vbol today

so will it be on my telebox?

It might be on Eurosport?

So will it be on my iPad?

http://www.wsop.com/2012/wsope/live-video/?tid=12229

As they start then

2012 WSOP Europe Final Table

Seat   Player   Count
1   Paul Tedeschi   543,000
2   Joseph Cheong   1,966,000
3   Stephane Albertini   1,162,000
4   Christopher Brammer   851,000
5   Jason Mercier   652,000
6   Sergii Baranov   3,339,000
7   Phil Hellmuth   3,434,000
8   Stephane Girault   664,000

blinds are 12000-24000


1          1,022,376
2          632,592
3          423,360
4          292,320
5          207,648
6          149,184
7          108,864
8          84,672

comign up with a message saying not available in my country?!

Same  ;technophobe;

John Tabatabai says he's doing commentary alongside Antonio Esfandiari.

works for me.....how ever i'm enjoying a few beers in asia.....will see if i can find another link for you, gimme 5 mins

just bought it on ESPN.  working now :)  1.99 for a day pass.

go to the www.wsop.com site click on the updates, find the coverage, and there in an "on air" button click it ....hopefully.......hope that helps

As the stream is on a delay, and information will be available from @WSOP in real time..

NO SPOILERS ON THE THREAD PLEASE before it is aired on the stream

No.. Thanks anyway..  :'(

Gogo Bramdog

Go Bram Go!!!

hmmmm, worked for wsop in the summer......u downloaded veetle? wont work without it?

playing fine for me??



ps it was advertised on the updates yesterday, must be veetle

Is that a APP?

try this

http://www.wsop.com/2012/wsope/live-video/

failing that try the wsop facebook page, theres links on that

Understand the sentiment behind that Rich, but that seems a bit unreasonable to me.

"Stream" viewers can avoid the thread if they wish to, whereas non-stream viewers - most of us - want to sweat Chris on thread, commenting on the Live Updates as things proceed. What should we do - wait until a stream viewer comments before saying anything? And how do we know a comment comes from a stream-viewer?

I'll happily go along with your request, but I think you are asking a lot of the vast majority - the non-stream viewers - to stay schtum just so as not to spoil it for the stream-viewers. 

not available in my country, but cheers.

Lol.. I've failed but thanks....
Updates will have to do..
Come On...  ;kneelsucker;

Assumed everybody would be watching the stream, if interested

ignore then, post away

look for the "EuroSport Player" on http://EuroSport.com , it's streaming there

h/t kevmath

It's not proving THAT easy to watch the stream, as the thread has demonstrated.

I shan't spoil it, I'm just saying you are asking a lot of folks in this particular case.

Then pay £5

Not sure if it works outside the US, but is cheaper to pay to watch on ESPN than Eurosport

http://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/wsop

can i just watch on ESPN on Tv?

No :(

that's true

As it seems a bit awkward, just trying to give people as many options to investigate as possible, as are people like Kevmath facing lots of requests from people 

Can only watch in countrys where its illegal to play the activity involved.

Should be able to watch on Eurosport on TV though right?

It may not generally be realised, but they have been playing for almost an hour now, so those who are trying to sort out a stream need to get sorted sharpish.

only from 10pm or 4 handed, I think

;)

Shambles.

Yes, play stops when they are down to 4 players, then resumes at around 9.45 CET this evening.

The whole thing is a bit daft

Seems to be actively difficult to watch a stream that the organisers presumably want to showpiece their event, market stuff...

To be fair the WSOP seems almost wilfully ignorant about Europe at times.

Yes, but for balance, there IS a traditional Live Update available, free to all, which is perfectly adequate.

WSOP have licensed the event to espn in the states and eurosport in Europe,both want paying to watch the streams in their areas,understandable really.

That's like saying the text updates on the BBC sport website were perfectly adequate for following the Ryder Cup. They were but....

That's sort of missing the point. Why is the WSOP not actively trying to get the most people possible watching? This is hardly UFC. Most people are not going to want to pay to watch this. Not even die hard poker fans.

Anyway, would-be stream viewers have 20 minutes to sort the stream out, as the players are currently on a 20 minute break after the days first level has now completed.

http://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/wsop

£1.99

Hellmuth tilts me

Would love to see Bramm win this! Such a nice fella and fantastic player! come on Bramm!

This appears to be the only place to watch it from the Uk.  Just signed up, works perfectly! £1.99 for 24 hrs or £2.99 for 7 days.  I guess it'll be over within 24 hours!

Hellmuth looking like he's going to implode!

LADDERS

Break once they get to four...On ESPN @ 9?

brammer hellmuth heads up please

Oioi

So tilt can't watch it tho!

Double up!

thats a fun run out. oioi

even tho i have a small bet on hellmuth - rooting for brammer

sign up pay £1.99

UNABLE TO STREAM.

Gd one espn wp

Nice stack on table pori

So I'm the only one who's paid £1.99 and it's not working for lol

fml

moaned it in!

picture quality horrif mind

change it from adaptive to 2200kbps, good qual for me

:(

cambridgealex the only Brit who silent fist pumped the river heart

Ul bramm. Sick run

I swear I didn't, vul bram :(

Great run Chris. ul vwp

Was really hoping my 1000th post was going too read:-

Brammer Binks Bracelet


Awesome achievement mate, very well done...

Awesome run sir.

i know - rooting for baranov now?

Sigh so sigh ul big guy :(

Not sure if it'll work yet because they seem to be on a break, but I found mention of proxy servers and 'think' I've got it sorted.

Download foxyproxy first.  I'm using chrome and was able to do it as an add on.  

http://getfoxyproxy.org/downloads.html

Set the proxy to this French proxy

IP: 94.23.193.165
Port: 8080

if that proxy doesn't work, try one of these:

IP: 176.31.165.100 Port: 80
IP: 37.59.236.42 Port: 3128
IP: 91.121.202.135 Port: 3128
IP: 94.23.193.165 Port: 8080

Then go to this link...

http://www.barrierepokernews.fr/live-streaming-wsop-europe-2012-main-event/

Found the above info on 2+2.

The website's French, but the stream should be ok.  Won't know for sure until they come back from the break.

@LionRampant, yes come on SERGII!!!

Or albertini don't mind just not cheong or hellmuth please!

Can confirm the steps above work...and it's FREE  :D

On a break until its shown live on Eurosport tonight

Are you sure?  I'm watching them play 4 handed right now.

Oooh...that what they said yesterday ?


Play will resume today at 13:45 PM CET. Due to live television scheduling, the players will play until four players remain and then take a break until 21:45 PM CET where they will resume and play until a winner emerges. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide updates from the exciting conclusion to one of the most prestigious events of the year!

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/?page=5

Phil probably freaked out at having to wait a while because they're definitely playing 4 handed on the stream as I type this

Pretty boss from hellmuth in that T2 hand, snapping off the river whilst turning his hand over, knowing its good.

Maybe he really is at the height of his powers.

Come on Sergii claw it back!

definitely playing 4 handed.

This is playing out like a pub game at the moment.

Cheong can win this, though everyone loves a hellmuth bracelet

C'mon Hellmuth!

On a break now until 9pm?

Yeppers   :)

WSOPE Final table chip counts at break:

@phil_hellmuth 5.4M,

Baranov 3.7M,

@subiime 2.1M,

Albertini 1.2M

so can we watch on eurosprt tonight then?

On now. Channel 410

Thanks for the HU, go the Brat

Apparently D.J. David Guetta has made the final four.

Who is commentating?

Standard Hellmuth blaming the dealer, claiming he's getting cheated, lying down on the floor and crying like a baby non stop.

Def cheering on the other 3 here.

Funny tho

lolz @ this final. wtf

what's happening?

this was posted

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4ZB8bICcAASHF7.png)

what caused that?

(no access to stream, apologies)

Tighty I think he had A4 or something similar, hit a 4 on flop, bit of action and basically got outdrawn by j9 who hit a 9 on the turn I believe.

Such standard hands yet such extreme dramatics from him.

Came during a bad run of hands for him which culminated in him lying on the floor whinging and crying about ppl bluffing him and getting there.

Was a bit of a yawn seen all this from him b4 imo, but can see why some mighta found it amusing i guess.

Think Hellmuth opened and Baranov defended

flop 348

Hellmuth gets c/raised by Baranov and calls

Turn 9 Baranov leads and Hellmuth calls

River 6 chk/chk

Baranov shows J9 and Hellmuth had A4

Hellmuth on the floor :D

Can't be long before another blow up?

He just got called down with K high, and it was good.

Been watching this on telly for last 45 mins. Commentators have not stopped talking, and have yet to say anything.

Baranov seems like a proper funny guy.  I want him to win.

Cheong is so polite and composed.

Hellmuth is hugely entertaining and Albertini seems pretty nice and relaxed.  

Really diverse final 4.  Fantastic dynamic being developed.

Commentary very disappointing *takes cover*.

Hope Cheong wins, sicko.

Eurosport on tv sound off, ESPN feed that only costs 1.99 or something audio ftw.

Lon and Antonio doing a good job commentating on the espn one.

Nice call by Hellmuth with JJ there with Ukraine on stone bluff

It looks like him and Ukraine are out to bust each other, hope cheong rides it out and then makes a come back. Kid can really play well and is be far the best left at the table

Shame Bram didn't make it would have killed these clowns

yh ant is doing a good job

Just paid the 2 quid for ESPN, I couldn't handle listening to those 2 on Eurosport any longer :D

This, the dude is an absolute monster.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=126855

If I ever meet him I'm definitely going up to him and saying thanks for the entertainment over the last couple of years.  That and patting him on the back for the Candio beat and how he handled it.

He is one of nicest guys you could meet- super polite at tables and real friendly on and off, goes out of his way to say hello, remember your name etc. A proper gent

Cheong?

Hellmuth

lol obv Cheong

compare how he handled getting his queens cracked on the turn by Hellmuth's 4's, imagine this happend to Hellmuth......

guys class, mate of mine met him at wsop and said the same thing

I'm a decent Hellmuth fan, aside from his silly table tantrums I think he's great, get way more stick than he deserves and prolly not quite enough credit.

However, the way he has played at this final has been nothing short of bizarre, just can't really fathom what exactly he's been thinking!

Having said this though, the way he's played vs Baranov on this table has been brilliant, I know he's super experienced with the best seat on the tables weakest player but even still very good.

Just some of the other things, utterly bizarre behavior/play some of the time here lol

Agree with all of this. I like Hellmuth, and think he's done so much to prove his critics wrong, but has never got the justification he deserves.

He is a bit weird sometimes though lol

Phil now HU with Baranov for #13!

Knocked out the other with with 77<JJ, rivered a 7

CMON PH

HE HAD A MASSIVE LEAD IN A BRACELET EVENT LAST YEAR AND GOT VUL AGAINST RAST I THINK

C'mon phil!

Antonio has said that he's never seen Phil play like this ever 3betting with any 2, the limping etc.

Hope it's a long HU as these 2 are com!!

My ESPN has gone down now and won't come back up, looking like Eurosport on mute then.....

Got the stream up.

Loving the... plaques? Is that what they're called?

Yes philly!!!! Pay me posh boy!!!!

Take that!

£2 for 20 minutes.... but got to witness a Hellmuth victory so totally worth it!

Oh dear his head is going to explode now  :D

Gratz Phil, and obv GeordieNeil and Lion Rampant for the good pick! £10 = £150+£10, £20 = £300 + £20. Deece return! Pm me how u want returns, will sort for you ASAP. George, yba.

25/1 met

Sigh thought it was 25s!

Shit myself for a second there!

The amazing renaissance of Phil Hellmuth continues. After a fallow few years the Poker Brat has enjoyed a string of great results at the WSOP and he's capped it off by winning the WSOPE Main Event.

Hellmuth claimed his 13th World Series bracelet after outlasting a final table that included Jason Mercier, Britain's Chris Brammer and former Main Event third place finisher Joseph Cheong. The €1,022,376 first prize takes Hellmuth's career earnings past the $17m mark and puts him in a commanding position in the Player of the Year race (Greg Merson can catch him if he wins the October Nine).


“People don’t expect me to use this word,” said a gracious Hellmuth, “but I’m humbled by this. This was the best poker I’ve ever played in my life, I know that for certain. I played as well as I could possibly play, and here I am.”


1st Phil Hellmuth €1,022,376
2nd Sergii Baranov €632,592
3rd Stephane Albertini €423,360
4th Joseph Cheong €292,320
5th Christopher Brammer €207,648
6th Paul Tedeschi €149,184
7th Stephane Girault €108,864
8th Jason Mercier €84,672


Mike Watson wins €50k Majestic High Roller


Phil Hellmuth wasn't the only million euro winner in Cannes yesterday. Mike Watson joined the seven-figure club too after taking down the €50k Majestic High Roller.


Watson scooped the €1m jackpot after outlasting a final table that included David Benefield, Tobias Reinkemeier and Richard Yong before beating John Juanda heads up for the title.


1st Mike Watson €1,000,000
2nd John Juanda €600,000
3rd Richard Yong €400,000
4th Philipp Gruissem €275,000
5th Tobias Reinkemeier €200,000
6th Jani Sointula €160,000
7th Steve O'Dwyer €130,000
8th David Benefield €115,000