The WSOP-Europe thread

[TightEnd]

Tournament organizers were chatting yesterday about their worry over the forthcoming £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up. Sixty-four players was the number they were hoping for, but some pessimistic voices were saying it was more likely to be somewhere in the mid-fifties. Still not a bad turnout, though, for a high buy-in high-variance tournament in its inaugural year. Move forward one day and two rounds of the tournament later and those worries are a distant memory. A fairly staggering 103 players signed up to create a prize pool in excess of £1 million, guaranteeing a first prize of £288,409. Thirty-two players will return tomorrow when three more rounds are likely to be played. The first round (third of the tournament) will be a tense affair as it’s the bubble round. The loser gets nothing; the winner gets a minimum of £22,847.

Phil Ivey raced through his two matches, dispatching two very dangerous opponents in Sam Trickett and Erik Sagstrom. His Team Full Tilt colleague Chris Ferguson was even quicker through his two matches but without a happy ending. His day started well with a bye but he lasted less than ten hands against Andrew Feldman when his ace-king couldn’t catch-up with the Brit’s pocket queens. For such a high-buy-in event, it was surprising to see how quickly most of the matches ended. There was one player happy to take his time and ended up in the last match in both rounds. Mike Matusow took about two-and-a-half hours to dispatch Sam Stein in round one and then over three hours to lose to Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies in round two. Other Team Full Tilt members to fall today included Andy Bloch (round one), Erik Seidel (round one), Ferguson (as we mentioned in round two), Tom Dwan (round two) and John Juanda (round two).

Neil Channing won both his matches to set up an intriguing all-England tie with young online phenomenon Chris Moorman who won through two rounds, as well. Huck Seed won through and will have to use all his TOC experience to navigate his way past Sahamies in round three. A host of other names bye’d and battled their way through including Gus Hansen, Ram Vaswani, Howard Lederer, Scott Fischman, Daniel Negreanu, Shawn Buchanan and Yevgeniy Timoshenko.

Those who we loved but lost today included Vanessa Rousso, Jake Cody, Jason Mercier (played with no sleep after taking down a WCOOP a few hours earlier), Andrew Litchenberger, Praz Bansi, Barny Boatman, Carlos Mortensen, Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Lisandro, Greg Mueller, Scott Seiver and Phil Hellmuth.

The big-name players crammed into this small space have shown what a star-studded field this was with very little value in terms of an edge in skill. All this means that taking down this title will be worth huge bragging rights in the poker community. If there’s ever been a harder heads-up field to navigate, we'd sure like to see it.

The poker resumes at 3:00 p.m. local time

[TightEnd]

Today's draw in the HU

World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #4: £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up



Howard Lederer vs. Shawn Buchanan

Ilari Sahamies vs. Huck Seed

Martin Kabrhel vs. Matt Jarvis

Jim Collopy vs. Scott Fischman

Sondre Svanevik vs. Daniel Steinberg

Kevin Eyster vs. Ludovic Lacay

Justin Adams vs. Marius Torbergsen

Ram Vaswani vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Amit Makhija vs. McLean Karr

Neil Channing vs. Chris Moorman

Jani Sointula vs. Phil Ivey

Mark Everett vs. Gus Hansen

Mori Eskandani vs. Andrew Feldman

Saar Wilf vs. Talal Shakerchi

Andrew Robl vs. Touko Takala

Chance Kornuth vs. Daniel Negreanu

[TightEnd]

and the HU Payout is as follows

World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #4: £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up


Place    Winner    Sponsor    Prize (GBP)
1          288,409
2          178,211
3          96,212
4          96,212
5          47,045
6          47,045
7          47,045
8          47,045
9          22,847
10          22,847
11          22,847
12          22,847
13          22,847
14          22,847
15          22,847
16          22,847

[TightEnd]

How would you price Channing v Moorman?

50-50 match?

[LeKnave]

How would you price Channing v Moorman?

50-50 match?

moorman - million
channing - million on

[The Camel]

Priced up the games where I know both players well:

Howard Lederer 5/4 vs. Shawn Buchanan 4/7

Ilari Sahamies 11/10 vs. Huck Seed 4/6

Martin Kabrhel vs. Matt Jarvis

Jim Collopy vs. Scott Fischman

Sondre Svanevik vs. Daniel Steinberg

Kevin Eyster vs. Ludovic Lacay

Justin Adams vs. Marius Torbergsen

Ram Vaswani 11/10 vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko 4/6

Amit Makhija vs. McLean Karr

Neil Channing Evs vs. Chris Moorman 8/11

Jani Sointula 6/4 vs. Phil Ivey 1/2

Mark Everett 11/10 vs. Gus Hansen 4/6

Mori Eskandani vs. Andrew Feldman

Saar Wilf vs. Talal Shakerchi

Andrew Robl vs. Touko Takala

Chance Kornuth Evs vs. Daniel Negreanu 8/11

[TightEnd]

Shelley won his seat in a PKR Office employees freeroll!!

Pitchford via Betfair Poker/APAT...


that's £170,000+ of spin up right there.....

[The Camel]

Priced up the games where I know both players well:

Howard Lederer 5/4 vs. Shawn Buchanan 4/7

Ilari Sahamies 11/10 vs. Huck Seed 4/6

Martin Kabrhel vs. Matt Jarvis

Jim Collopy vs. Scott Fischman

Sondre Svanevik vs. Daniel Steinberg

Kevin Eyster vs. Ludovic Lacay

Justin Adams vs. Marius Torbergsen

Ram Vaswani 11/10 vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko 4/6

Amit Makhija vs. McLean Karr

Neil Channing Evs vs. Chris Moorman 8/11

Jani Sointula 6/4 vs. Phil Ivey 1/2

Mark Everett 11/10 vs. Gus Hansen 4/6

Mori Eskandani vs. Andrew Feldman

Saar Wilf vs. Talal Shakerchi

Andrew Robl vs. Touko Takala

Chance Kornuth Evs vs. Daniel Negreanu 8/11

Taking bets until 11.15, going out then.

[outragous76]

keith

ill take $50 on full tilt on Huck Seed to win plz

FT name?

can you also give me a price on huck to win the bracelet please

[The Camel]

keith

ill take $50 on full tilt on Huck Seed to win plz

FT name?

can you also give me a price on huck to win the bracelet please

Why not have $60 to win $40? Easier for little brain to work out!

You can have 14/1 he wins the bracelet.

Tilt name is "Loftus Road"

[outragous76]

keith

ill take $50 on full tilt on Huck Seed to win plz

FT name?

can you also give me a price on huck to win the bracelet please

Why not have $60 to win $40? Easier for little brain to work out!

You can have 14/1 he wins the bracelet.

Tilt name is "Loftus Road"

ok - ill take 60 to win this match and an additional 10 for him to win the championship

will send 70 on FT now

[outragous76]

first letter of city is m?

[The Camel]

keith

ill take $50 on full tilt on Huck Seed to win plz

FT name?

can you also give me a price on huck to win the bracelet please

Why not have $60 to win $40? Easier for little brain to work out!

You can have 14/1 he wins the bracelet.

Tilt name is "Loftus Road"

ok - ill take 60 to win this match and an additional 10 for him to win the championship

will send 70 on FT now

Booked.

I assume they will be playing down to the last 8 today.. I will make a full book on this tomorrow.

[The Camel]

first letter of city is m?

Correct.

[outragous76]

$70 sent


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