The WSOP-Europe thread

[GreekStein]

$150 on Collopy to win outright please Keeef.

Also, send me your bank details again please and I'll ship yday's damage across. Got home late and realised you don't play tilt!

[The Camel]

$150 on Collopy to win outright please Keeef.

Also, send me your bank details again please and I'll ship yday's damage across. Got home late and realised you don't play tilt!

Booked.

Collopy now 5/2 outright.

Wait to see what happens with that bet before shipping anything.

[TightEnd]

Main Event preview from Pokernews

Welcome to the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event! With all of the preliminary events behind us, minus the final day of the £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up, this is where is all counts.

Last year's champion was Barry Shulman and, although we haven't seen him here in London just yet, he should be on hand to defend his title as most champions are. The runner up was none other than Daniel Negreanu and we all know he's already made the trip having cashed in the Heads-Up event.

What's interesting is that Negreanu's cash in that event puts him at a total of five WSOP Europe cashes in all. Coming into this year's Series in London, he was tied with Chris Bjorin for the most WSOP Europe cashes at four. Bjorin finished in the money in to events and final tabled them both to give him six overall cashes. Negreanu will now need to cash in the Main Event here without Bjorin cashing to tie him for the number one spot once again. For Bjorin, making those two final tables put him ahead of Howard Lederer for the most WSOP Europe final tables. Lederer came into 2010 with three and Bjorin two. Bjorin has already made two this year and now has a total of four. Yeah, we'd say he does well in London.

When it comes to bracelet bets, Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey take the cake. Both of these players have them and this is the last chance for 2010 to claim a bracelet. Ivey came close to another one in the Heads-Up, but went down to Gus Hansen last night after making the final 16. Dwan may have a little bit more on the line than Ivey this year, but it hasn't helped his performances out much. Dwan has yet to even hit the money in an event this year, but that's probably because he's playing to win much more than simply reach the money. It'll be interesting to see if these two waited until the Main Event to collect on their bets.

Along with Ivey, Dwan, Negreanu, Lederer, Hansen and all of the other big names that are here in London, plenty more will be rolling in today and tomorrow to fire it up in the Main Event. Lots of players opted to stop at the World Poker Tour's Borgata event over in the States and are now making their way across the pond to hit up this premier event. Heck, it's going to have a massive prize pool and will be the last chance to win a gold bracelet for 2010.

[TightEnd]

WSOP-E stats since 2007

Most Cashes

T-1   Chris Bjorin   4
T-1   Daniel Negreanu   4
T-3   Ian Frazer   3
T-3   Chris “Jesus” Ferguson   3
T-3   John Juanda   3
T-3   Howard Lederer   3
T-3   Sampo Löppönen 3
T-3   Andy Bloch   3

Out of this group, only two players have cashed all three years: Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and John Juanda. Ferguson has done pretty well for himself during the series -- cashing three times and making two final tables -- but he hasn’t quite been able to step into the winner’s circle yet in London. Juanda won the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2008 when he bested a field of 362 players to take home £868,800. Howard Lederer came even closer than Ferguson, but fell short every time. Lederer is three-for-three on making the final table when cashing, but hasn’t been able to get a win. One of the final tables, he finished in ninth place, but the other two were second- and third-place finishes to make his defeat that much worse. Despite both of their very close calls, Ferguson and Lederer appear to be two players to bet on every year at the WSOP Europe -- and they’re not even at the top of the list.

Daniel Negreanu and Chris Bjorin are tied with the most cashes, each hitting the money part of an event four times. Negreanu didn’t do anything in 2007, but he has final-tabled the Main Event in London for the past two years, finishing fifth in 2008 and runner-up to Barry Shulman in 2009. Bjorin cashed three times and made two final tables in 2009, one of which was the Main Event where he took sixth place. These are the two players who seem to have the London soil on lockdown so look out for them again this year.

Most Final Tables

Howard Lederer   3

Top 5 Money Earners

1   Annette Obrestad£1,000,000
2   John Juanda   £877,378
3   Barry Shulman   £801,603
4   Daniel Negreanu   £722,594
5   John Tabatabai   £570,150

Annette Obrestad won the inaugural WSOP Europe Main Event for £1,000,000, which puts her at the top of the list. Even though many people think of Obrestad when they first heard the words “World Series of Poker Europe,” her Main Event win in 2007 is her only cash at the WSOP Europe. Shulman and John Tabatabai also only have one cash each, but both still make it into the top five.

You’ll notice that there’s no Phil Ivey, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Roland de Wolfe or many other big names mentioned so far. That brings us to our next list, which is the one of Underachieving Heavy Hitters. Take a look at this list and see how some of the biggest names in poker have fared in London over the past three years. The list is in no particular order.


Underachieving Heavy Hitters

Phil Ivey   1 final table - £13,750
Jeffrey Lisandro   1 final table - £11,000
Gus Hansen   1 cash - £41,630
Phil Hellmuth   1 cash - £6,188
Tom Dwan   1 cash - £12,713
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott   1 cash - £21,142
David Williams   1 cash - £4,812
Brandon Cantu   1 cash - £4,305
Allen Cunningham   1 cash - £14,438
Josh Arieh   1 cash - £25,340
Jani Sointula   1 cash - £25,340
Erik Seidel   1 cash - £28,960
Mike Matusow   1 cash - £36,200
Patrik Antonius   1 cash - £27,150
Roland de Wolfe   1 cash - £11,700
Ted Lawson   1 cash - £11,700
John Duthie   1 cash - £10,140
Padraig Parkinson   1 cash - £16,500
Vialy Lunkin   1 cash - £5,660
Ted Forrest   1 cash - £8,580
Erick Lindgren   1 cash - £30,770

[Laxie]

It's 'lists heaven' for Tighty this morning!

[The Camel]

LOL @ the list of heavy hitters.

I mean, really did they just shut their eyes and pick 20 players at random.. ?

[WarBwastard]

Chris Bjorin has four final tables now has he not, and six cashes putting him ahead of Lederer and Negreanu.

[TightEnd]

Chris Bjorin has four final tables now has he not, and six cashes putting him ahead of Lederer and Negreanu.

List compiled pre 2010 events. Yes, though, he does

[The Camel]

Semi Final Betting:

Hansen 4/6 v Feldman 11/10
Vaswani 5/6 v Collopy 5/6

Outright:

Hansen 2/1
Vaswani 11/4
Collopy 5/2
Feldman 7/2

Book closes at 12.45, because I've got a train to catch.

[T_Mar]

£100 Feldman in match @ 11/10 pls

At work so will bank transfer if you PM details

[The Camel]

£100 Feldman in match @ 11/10 pls

At work so will bank transfer if you PM details

Booked.

Sort out payment either way after match is completed.

[T_Mar]

£100 Feldman in match @ 11/10 pls

At work so will bank transfer if you PM details

Booked.

Sort out payment either way after match is completed.

np ta

[paulhouk03]

20 $ on feldman and colopy ftw
pls

[Royal Flush]

500 to win 550 on Feldman pls

[pleno1]

$20  Hansen/Callopy double. lemme know if this is fine. Past 12.45 so I'll take it as a no unless you say yay.