Event #1: €2,680 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Giorno 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker Europe

2011-10-08 00:47 UTC+2

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Justin Bonomo	Eliminato

Will Failla	Eliminato

Antonin Teisseire	Eliminato

Matt Giannetti	Eliminato

Joseph Cheong	Eliminato

Alexander Kostritsyn	Eliminato
Fabrice Soulier	Eliminato

Nicolas Chiouty	Eliminato
Isaac Haxton	Eliminato

Dan Kelly	Eliminato
Brandon Cantu	Eliminato

Olivier Busquet	Eliminato

Terrance Chan	Eliminato
Mclean Karr	Eliminato

John Tabatabai	Eliminato
Men Nguyen	Eliminato

Jonathan Aguiar	Eliminato

Ludovic Lacay	Eliminato

Erik Cajelais	Eliminato

Richard Toth	Eliminato

Toby Lewis	Eliminato

Stephen Chidwick	Eliminato

Chris Moorman	Eliminato

Byron Kaverman	Eliminato

Joe Ebanks knows a thing or two about six-max tournaments. He won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed Championship this summer at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas for $1,158,481. From under the gun, Ebanks raised to 700 before action folded around to Todd Terry on the button. Terry three-bet and made it 1,750 to go. The blinds folded and play fell back on Ebanks. He tanked for about two minutes and then moved all in for around 10,000 in chips. Terry quickly mucked and Ebanks scooped the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Todd Terry	18,000
Joe Ebanks	12,500

Tags: Todd Terry Joe Ebanks

2011-10-08 00:45 UTC+2

Mikko Sundell Bites The Dust

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We arrived at the table with the flop already splayed out on the felt and a lot of action between Mikko Sundell and Azusa Maeda. The flop was {J-Hearts} {5-Spades} {4-Spades} and Maeda had a bet of 6,350 in front of him from the small blind and Sundell had a bet of 2,750 in front of him from under the gun. Everyone was staring at Sundell to make his move and when he did it was for all of his chips. Back to Maeda and he made the call.

Maeda
Sundell

Turn: {K-Spades} and River: {5-Hearts}

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Azusa Maeda	39,000
Mikko Sundell	Eliminato

Tags: Azusa Maeda Mikko Sundell

2011-10-08 00:42 UTC+2

Knee Deep in Day One

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121 Runners left to the Loot

2011-10-08 00:32 UTC+2

The Payouts!

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Livello 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

1	€215,999
2	€133,471
3	€92,629
4	€65,068
5	€46,250
6	€33,255
7 - 8	€24,183
9 - 10	€17,790
11 - 12	€13,228
13 - 18	€9,936
19 - 24	€7,560
25 - 30	€5,789
31 - 36	€4,536

2011-10-08 00:21 UTC+2

Kastle Doubles Through Wice

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Casey Kastle and Alex Wice just got their chips in the middle and we witnessed the following showdown.

Casey Kastle
Alex Wice

The board ran out {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and Kastle doubled up. Both players have almost the same stack now which is around 25 big blinds.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alex Wice	7,500 10,500	10,500
Casey Kastle	7,200 2,200	2,200

Tags: Casey Kastle Alex Wice

2011-10-08 00:21 UTC+2

Big Three-Way Action Preflop Sends Kongsgaard Home

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Tyler Kenney, Soren Kongsgaard and Alessandro Speranza (far right)

From middle position, Tyler Kenney raised to 725 to kick off the action on this hand. Soren Kongsgaard flatted from the cutoff seat and then play fell on Alessandro Speranza on the button. He three-bet to 2,475. The two blinds folded before Kenney four-bet to 6,175.

Kongsgaard tanked for a bit and then five-bet shoved for 18,850. Speranza didn't do anything right away. He took a little bit, double checked his hole cards and then eventually announced that he was all in. Kenney had about 20,000 behind and Speranza had him covered. Kenney gave it up though and let Speranza do battle with Kongsgaard on this one.

Kongsgaard: {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Speranza: {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}

The flop came down {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {3-Hearts} and upon seeing it, Kongsgaard immediately stood from his chair and began turning around. That's when the {5-Spades} landed on the turn and left him drawing dead. By the time the {2-Spades} landed on the river, Kongsgaard was about 30 feet away from the table headed to the door. Speranza moved to about 60,000 in chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alessandro Speranza	60,000
Tyler Kenney	20,000 14,200	14,200
Soren Kongsgaard	Eliminato

Tags: Alessandro Speranza Soren Kongsgaard Tyler Kenney

2011-10-08 00:16 UTC+2

Prize Pool Information

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Livello 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

It has just been announced that the total prize money for Event #1 is €864,000.

36 places will be paid.

36th place will receive €4,536 and 1st place will receive €215,999.

2011-10-08 00:14 UTC+2

Kenney's Aggression Wins Him This One

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First up on the {Q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop, Mario Adinolfi checked to John Racener. He was second to act on this flop and also checked. Last to act was Bryn Kenney and he bet 1,300. Adinolfi folded, but Racener made the call.

Fourth street was the {K-Spades} and Racener passed the action to Kenney again. Kenney didn't take too long to himself before betting 3,450. Racener made the call.

The river card was the {4-Hearts} and completed a possible flush draw. Racener checked and Kenney started counting out chips for a bet. He fired 9,200 and Racener went into the tank. After a minute or so, Racener mucked his hand and Kenney won the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
John Racener	67,000

Bryn Kenney	34,000 23,000	23,000

Mario Adinolfi	3,200 8,800	8,800

Tags: Bryn Kenney John Racener Mario Adinolfi

2011-10-08 00:13 UTC+2

Nicolas Levi is in cruise control at the moment.

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Nicolas Levi made a standard raise from the hijack and Krakow Matan three-bet on the button and Levi made the call. Both players shared a flop of {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {5-Spades} and Levi check-called a 2,000 Matan bet. Both players then checked the {Q-Diamonds} turn before Levi took the betting lead at the sight of the {6-Diamonds} river. The bet was 4,200 and Matan folded his hand without too much fuss.