Event #2: €1,090 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker Europe

2011-10-10 21:08 UTC+2

Big Double for Romanello as He Chases WSOP Gold and Triple Crown

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On this hand, there was some confusion as to who was the big blind and Julien Varin, who was actually the big blind, folded and his 2,400 was forfeited before Roberto Romanello could act under the gun. Romanello then raised to 5,200 to start things off. Action then folded to Mendel Benoit in the small blind and he reraised to 11,500. Romanello reraised all in for 79,700 and Benoit called.

Romanello: {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}
Benoit: {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}

The flop came down {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {5-Spades} and so far everything was in order for Romanello to double up. The turn brought the {8-Spades} to give him an unbeatable set and then the river completed the board with the {J-Spades} . Benoit shipped over the chips and Romanello doubled up.

Romanello has been a well-known face on the poker scene for several years now. At the end of 2010, Romanello earned the largest win of his career after taking down the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event for €640,000. He scored his third and fourth largest scores earlier this year in March and September, respectively. In March, he won the World Poker Tour Bratislava Main Event for €140,685. Then in September, he won the €5,000 Six-Max Turbo side event at EPT Barcelona for €110,250. In total, Romanello has $2,225,742 in live tournament earnings.

Even with all his tournament accolades, Romanello has never won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. The closest he has ever come was in 2009 at the WSOP Europe where he finished seventh in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet event. That's his only WSOP final table, but he's looking to make this one his second and get that coveted gold bracelet.

If Romanello can win this event, he'll complete poker's Triple Crown achievement; a WSOP gold bracelet, an EPT Main Event title and a WPT Main Event title. What will be unique about Romanello's is that it'll be the first Triple Crown won all on European soil.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Roberto Romanello	164,600 64,600	64,600

Mendel Benoit	142,000 -73,000	-73,000

Tags: Mendel Benoit Roberto Romanello

2011-10-10 20:53 UTC+2

Finding Nedjai

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We owe the family and friends of Nabil Nedjai an apology. We mistakenly busted him from the chip counts, but we've just found him, and he's doing rather well with 94,000 chips in front of him.

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2011-10-10 20:51 UTC+2

Levigne Eliminated by Benoit

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Norbert Levigne's tournament has come to an end. He fell at the hands of Mendel Benoit who was able to get three streets of value from a flopped Broadway straight.

The flop was {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and Levigne check-called a bet of 4,800 from Benoit before the dealer placed the {8-Hearts} on the turn. Levigne checked again. This time, Benoit upped his bet to 8,700. Levigne called.

The river was the {6-Diamonds} and Levigne checked once more, with only 20,000 chips behind. Benoit fired 25,000, enough to put Levigne all in. Levigne took a minute and then made the call.

Benoit tabled the {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} for the straight. Levigne mucked his hand and headed for the door.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mendel Benoit	215,000 21,000	21,000
Norbert Levigne	Eliminado

Tags: Mendel Benoit Norbert Levigne

Nível: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2011-10-10 20:36 UTC+2

Redraw!

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We're down to 27 players, and the field is in the middle of the penultimate redraw of the event. Just three tables remain, and we'll play on for another five levels or 18 eliminations, whichever comes first. It's a coin flip right now, but we'll give a little action on 18 eliminations if anyone wants to book it.

2011-10-10 20:33 UTC+2

The Other Two Tables

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Here's the counts from the other two tables.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Carlo Savinelli	195,000
Mendel Benoit	194,000
Yann Brossolo	127,000
Roberto Romanello	100,000 -33,000	-33,000

Christopher Sly	87,000 6,000	6,000
Gianluca Cedolia	79,000 42,900	42,900
Erik Cajelais	66,500 17,500	17,500

Boban Stevanovic	66,000 66,000	66,000
Salman Behbehani	54,000 -9,000	-9,000
Ricky Hale	39,500 35,000	35,000
Norbert Levigne	39,200 9,200	9,200
Bernard Guigon	38,000 3,800	3,800
Richard Haile	23,000 -3,800	-3,800
Nicolas Cabot	22,000 -2,500	-2,500
Gaetan Deneuve	20,500 -4,000	-4,000

2011-10-10 20:27 UTC+2

One for Benoit

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Mendel Benoit fired 13,800 on the board of {J-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} . His opponent was Yann Brossolo and he made the call.

The river completed the board with the {6-Diamonds} and Benoit fired 26,000. Brossolo thought about it and then mucked his hand, giving this one to Benoit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mendel Benoit	194,000 73,000	73,000
Yann Brossolo	127,000 -4,000	-4,000

Tags: Mendel Benoit Yann Brossolo

2011-10-10 20:23 UTC+2

Chips From Two Tables

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We'll snag the other two in a moment.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gianluca Speranza	164,000 2,000	2,000
John Eames	138,000 8,000	8,000
Julien Varin	100,000 67,000	67,000
Eric Baudry	99,000 78,000	78,000
Ricardo Pereira	94,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jean-Pierre Grand Moursel	93,000 83,700	83,700
Andrew Hinrichsen	93,000 14,000	14,000

William Koks	81,000 43,600	43,600
James Mitchell	74,000 42,000	42,000
Tarcisio Bruno	64,000 -5,000	-5,000
Riccardo Cantafora	55,000 19,800	19,800
Jeffrey Ust	31,000 21,600	21,600
Gregory Lejolivet	24,000 -30,000	-30,000
Iain James McDonald	24,000 1,100	1,100
Yannick Autaa	21,000 -39,000	-39,000

2011-10-10 19:58 UTC+2

Kevin Just Busted, Too

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Vanessa Selbst and Kevin MacPhee are pretty good buddies, and they've spent the day checking on each other's stacks and bouncing hands off each other. And strangely, MacPhee's elimination came just a moment before Selbst's.

Working his short stack all day, MacPhee finally put his chips in with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} , only to run smack into Jeffrey Ust and his {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} .

The suited {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} flop was a good sweat, but the turn and river blanked off to leave MacPhee wanting. He's been eliminated with about 32 players left, and someone is looking for him. "Did Kevin just bust, too?!" a frustrated Selbst asked as she glanced around the room for the other most recent victim of this Day 2.

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Vanessa Selbst

2011-10-10 19:51 UTC+2

Selbst Slips Away

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Word on the street is that Vanessa Selbst was crippled a few moments ago when her pocket queens fell to an opponent with ace-queen in a huge pot. There was an ace on the flop and another one on the river, as the story goes, and Selbst was left with just 4,100 after that beat.

Those chips went all into the next pot when she looked down at {A-} {6-} off-suit, and she ran her small ace into the {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} of Ricardo Pereira. A board full of blanks means she's run out of chips, and Selbst has grumpily headed off to the payout desk to collect a little consolation money.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst