Contrary to what the floor team think Casey Kastle has not been eliminated. We assume they thought he was dead hence the removal from the chip posts, but we can confirm he is actually just asleep.
The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event now has one table that is streaming live on WSOP.com. You can find the link to the live stream here and we think you should check it out. Combining both the live stream and our PokerNews updates will provide you with the most comprehensive coverage you can find.
Seated on the feature table are Bryan Devonshire, Ben Lamb, Matt Waxman, Jen Harman, Jeff Hakim, Jon Turner and Brian Roberts.
Another erroneous bust-out. We were told that Max Silver was eliminated a short while ago, but we've just stumbled across him in the dead center of the room. He's most certainly not out, and in fact, he's got about twice the average stack.
We're pretty sure about this one. Tristan Wade has just walked past us and out the door with all of his belongings in tow. A quick check on his table finds no signs of his former chip stack. We're not sure how it happened, but Wade has apparently gone from average to out this level.
Despite this Day 2 bust, it's been quite a successful trip to Cannes for the American. Just a few days ago, "Cre8ive" won his first WSOP bracelet by outlasting a tough field in the €3,200 Shootout, and he'll have to be content with winning just that one on this vacation.
From early position, JC Alvarado raised to 2,200. Dmitry Motorov called from the hijack seat and then action fell on Arnaud Mattern in the cutoff. He took his time and three-bet to 7,800. Play folded back over to Alvarado. He took some time of his own and then four-bet to 16,400. Motorov folded and Mattern moved all in.
"Call," was the quick response from Alvarado.
Alvarado:
Mattern:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Alvarado earned the double up. He's over 100,000 while Mattern lost roughly half of his stack.
We joined the action on the flop. The board was showing and the two combatants were Mohamed El Hamdi {Mid-position} and Jake Cody {cut-off}. Both players checked and the turn was needed. The dealer gave us the and El Hamdi bet 8,000 and Cody called. The final card was the and El Hamdi repeated his turn bet of 8,000 and Cody called. El Hamdi flipped over and Cody mucked his hand.
It's Tommy Vedes' birthday today, but unfortunately for him, it's been a rather unhappy one.
Vedes bagged up the second largest stack after yesterday's Day 1b, but things went south in a hurry. Very early in the day, Vedes had his stack cut by about 75%, and we now see that he's conspicuously absent from his tough starting table. He's not hard to spot, and we don't see him anywhere, so we'll presume the birthday boy is busto.
Still, there are plenty of ways to celebrate in Cannes other than playing poker.
Rifat Palevic - building a bigger tower than Donald Trump
Our chip leader Rifat Palevic continues to increase his chip stack and therefore his chip lead. Even more impressive is the company that Palevic is doing this in.
Seat
Name
Chipcount
1
Jake Cody
69,000
5
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
77,000
7
Sam Holden
158,000
8
Johnny "F****ng" Chan
65,000
Mohamed El Hamdi raised to 1,600 in mid-position and our chip leader, Rifat Palevic, called in the small blind. The two of them shared a flop of and Palevic check-called a 4,500 El Hamdi bet. The turn was the and their was a change in betting lead as Palevic took over and shoved 8,800 into the face of El Hamdi. El Hamdi took off his shades for a closer look at the bet and made the call. The river was the and the big stack moved 15,900 into the middle and this was enough to finally scare El Hamdi who folded his hand.
Erik Seidel check-called a bet of 2,000 from Ilan Boujenah on the flop. The turn was the to pair the board and both players checked. The river was the and Seidel led for Boujenah. Boujenah mucked his hand and Seidel picked up the pot.