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11 Octobre 2011, Eric Ramsey, Donnie Peters, Lee Davy

Le 2011 World Series of Poker Europe ont continué d'action lundi avec 2 jours d'événement # 2:1 090 € sans limite Hold'em. La table finale a été définie avec Roberto Romanello encore en lice pour gagner un Triple Couronne de poker. Événement # 3:5 300 € Pot-Limit Omaha, également a commencé le lundi avec un champ bourrée de superstars. Continuer à lire pour savoir qui est en voie de Romanello et qui reste dans l'événement Omaha.

Événement # 2:1 090 € sans limite Hold'em — Romanello souhaite une histoire

Jour 2 de la « European Stimulus spécial » (comme il a été surnommé) a commencé avec 104 candidats encore en lice, mais les éliminations vint brutalement rapide dans les premiers niveaux. Peter Jetten ne pouvait rendre hors de la première main de la journée, s'en justice pour lui, il avait seulement des copeaux de 6 000 lorsqu'il a commencé à jouer. Autres victimes début incluaient Dan Shak, Farzad Bonyadi, Richard Tothet champion de France WPT plus récente Matt Waxman. La plupart d'entre eux se rend à tuer le temps en événement # 3 qu'il a obtenu en cours dans l'hôtel à travers la rue.

Pendant un certain temps, il semblait qu'événement # 2 poussait vers une table finale du monstre, mais les niveaux intermédiaires ont été tout aussi cruels pour les notables restants. Vanessa Selbst avait son reines fissurées par ace-Reine à tous mais terminer sa journée et elle a suivi sa pal Kevin MacPhee la porte avec une trésorerie de middling. Autres notables pour ajouter avec petites paies étaient McLean Karr, Tyler Kenney, Nicolas Chouity, Toby Lewis, Dan Kellyet novembre Niner Eoghan O'Dea. Ce dernier obtient son argent en aussi bon qu'il pouvait espérer avec aces de poche contre ace-roi de Ricardo Pereira. Une paire de rois sur le flop était la façon dont ce rythme mauvaise particulière a baissé, et O'Dea espère éviter que sort en novembre.

Jeu a été interrompu avec neuf joueurs restants et de l'Italie Gianluca Speranza hors devant avec 757 000 jetons. Il faudra composer avec un plâtre dur de caractères, et Andrew Hinrichsen peut-être le PARI favori avec un jour à gauche. Il commence alors à la deuxième place avec 434 000, et il est suivi par un autre joueur difficile, Roberto Romanello. Le gallois avait une pile au-dessus de la moyenne pour la plupart de la journée, mais un affrontement fin avec Speranza lui coût près de la moitié de celui-ci. Il est plus en jeu pour Romanello que quiconque le mardi. Déjà avec l'EPT et un titre WPT à son crédit, Romanello a une chance de devenir le cinquième joueur à atteindre de poker Triple Couronne. Il faudra un bracelet de le faire bien.

Les comtes de la puce de la fin de la journée sont affichés ci-dessous, et ceux qui sont les piles, qu'ils vous revenir à demain. La table finale est prévue pour CET 1400 (0500 PDT), et PokerNews sera sur place comme second vainqueur de bracelet de la série est couronné. Peut Romanello accrocher la Triple Couronne ? Ou sera Hinrichsen saisir l'un pour l'Australie ? Ou peut-être l'Angleterre John Eames peut jouer le rôle de trouble-fête ?

La seule façon de savoir est à suivre avec l'équipe de vivre Reporting lorsque la table finale commence !

Événement # 3:5 300 € Pot-Limit Omaha — Shorr labourage par jour 2

Le WSOPE ont grimpé dans sa troisième épreuve de la série le lundi, le tournoi de 5 300 € Pot-Limit Omaha . Le lieu était la Barriere majestueux hôtel et le champ était jonché de superstars et abattu preneurs. À la fin de l'enregistrement, 180 joueurs avaient pris leurs sièges et une cagnotte de 882 000 € a été créé. Après huit niveaux de jeu, l'homme en charge de la grappe de quatre cartes amoureux était Shannon Shorr avec 166 400 jetons.

Shorr, qui a amassé presque 4 millions de dollars en gains de tournoi live, commencé bien après élimination de Fabrizio Gonzalez et Dan Kelly au début de la compétition. Il croise au moyen de 1 jour malgré n'ayant ne pas entraîné les comtes de puce jusqu'au droit à la fin.

Cette année a été une d'or pour Sam Trickett et à la pause de dîner, Trickett était le leader de la puce. Alors que Trickett recueillait des puces, il y avait beaucoup de grands joueurs, eux, perdant ainsi. Tom Dwan, John Racener, Isaac Haxton, Matt Giannetti, Brian Hastings et Patrik Antonius étaient tous éliminés juste avant la pause de dîner.

Trickett a commencé à faiblir, et la personne qui l'attendait dans les ailes de prendre en charge son manteau était David Williams. Williams a éliminé récent vainqueur de bracelet WSOP Hasan Anter pour prendre la tête de la puce. Un joueur qui n'est pas étranger au jeu de quatre cartes, vainqueur de bracelet WSOP Elie Payan, devenue alors le premier joueur à franchir la marque 100 000-puce et il et Williams est allé tête à tête tous les soirs, contestant le plomb de la puce.

En fin de compte, il y avait 49 joueurs qui l'a produit par l'intermédiaire de 2 jours, et Shorr avait sortent du groupe mi-empilées pour prendre la tête. Autres notables qui seront joindra Shorr au jour 2 sont Jason Mercier, Erich Kollman, Sam Stein, Sam Chartier et Phil Hellmuth.

L'action du jour 2 viendra de la Le Criosette Casino Barriere et commence à 1500 CET (0600 PDT). Les joueurs joueront jusqu'à dix niveaux sont atteintes ou les neuf finales sont déterminés.

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October 11 2011, Eric Ramsey, Donnie Peters, Lee Davy

The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe continued action on Monday with Day 2 of Event #2: €1,090 No-Limit Hold'em. The final table was set with Roberto Romanello still in contention to earn poker's Triple Crown. Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha, also began on Monday with a jam-packed field of superstars. Keep on reading to find out who stands in Romanello's way and who remains in the Omaha event.

Event #2: €1,090 No-Limit Hold'em — Romanello Gunning for History

Day 2 of the "European Stimulus Special" (as it's been nicknamed) began with 104 hopefuls still in contention, but the eliminations came brutally quick in the early levels. Peter Jetten couldn't make it out of the first hand of the day, though in fairness to him, he only had 6,000 chips when play began. Other early casualties included Dan Shak, Farzad Bonyadi, Richard Toth, and France's newest WPT champion Matt Waxman. Most of them went to kill time in Event #3 as it got under way in the hotel across the street.

For a while, it looked like Event #2 was pushing toward a monster final table, but the middle levels were equally cruel to the remaining notables. Vanessa Selbst had her queens cracked by ace-queen to all but end her day, and she followed her pal Kevin MacPhee out the door with a middling cash. Other notables to fall by the wayside with small paydays were McLean Karr, Tyler Kenney, Nicolas Chouity, Toby Lewis, Dan Kelly, and November Niner Eoghan O'Dea. The latter got his money in as good as he could have hoped for with pocket aces against Ricardo Pereira's ace-king. A pair of kings on the flop was the way this particular bad beat went down, and O'Dea will be hoping to avoid that fate in November.

Play was halted with nine players remaining and Italy's Gianluca Speranza out in front with 757,000 chips. He'll have to deal with a tough cast of characters, and Andrew Hinrichsen might be the betting favorite with one day left. He begins in second place with 434,000, and he's followed by another tough player, Roberto Romanello. The Welshman had an above-average stack for most of the day, but a late clash with Speranza cost him nearly half of it. There's more at stake for Romanello than anyone else on Tuesday. Already with an EPT and a WPT title to his credit, Romanello has a chance to become only the fifth player to achieve poker's Triple Crown. It'll take a bracelet to do it, though.

The end-of-day chip counts are posted below, and those are the stacks they'll return to tomorrow. The final table is slated for 1400 CET (0500 PDT), and PokerNews will be on hand as the series' second bracelet winner is crowned. Can Romanello snag the Triple Crown? Or will Hinrichsen grab one for Australia? Or maybe England's John Eames can play the role of spoiler?

The only way to find out is to follow along with the Live Reporting team when the final table commences!

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha — Shorr PLOwing Through to Day 2

The WSOPE surged into its third event of the series on Monday, the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. The venue was the Hotel Majestic Barriere and the field was littered with superstars and shot takers. At the end of registration, 180 players had taken their seats and a prize pool of €882,000 was created. After eight levels of play, the man in charge of the bunch of four-card lovers was Shannon Shorr with 166,400 chips.

Shorr, who has amassed just under $4 million in live tournament earnings, started well after eliminating Fabrizio Gonzalez and Dan Kelly early in the tournament. He cruised through Day 1 despite not leading the chip counts until right at the end.

This year has been a golden one for Sam Trickett and at the dinner break, Trickett was the chip leader. While Trickett was gathering chips, there were a lot of great players losing them, as well. Tom Dwan, John Racener, Isaac Haxton, Matt Giannetti, Brian Hastings and Patrik Antonius were all eliminated just before the dinner break.

Trickett started to falter, and the person who was waiting in the wings to take over his mantle was David Williams. Williams eliminated recent WSOP bracelet winner Hasan Anter to take the chip lead. Then a player who is no stranger to the four-card game, WSOP bracelet winner Elie Payan, became the first player to get over the 100,000-chip mark, and he and Williams went head to head all evening, contesting the chip lead.

In the end, there were 49 players who made it through to Day 2, and Shorr had come out from the mid-stacked group to take the lead. Other notables who will be joining Shorr in Day 2 are Jason Mercier, Erich Kollman, Sam Stein, Sam Chartier and Phil Hellmuth.

The action from Day 2 will come from the Le Criosette Casino Barriere and starts at 1500 CET (0600 PDT). Players will play until ten levels are reached or the final nine are determined.

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September 02 2011, Eric Ramsey

On Thursday, the eighth annual PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona came to a close after a week of action. From the record-setting field of 811 players, only eight were left inside the Gran Casino de Barcelona as they played it out for the trophy. The day was long, and it was nearly 3:30 a.m. before a champion was crowned. Starting about midway through Day 4, all eyes turned toward Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov as he inched ever closer to achieving poker's triple crown. In the end, though, Germany's Martin Schleich was crowned the newest EPT champion, adding €850,000 to his pockets and spoiling Katchalov's party in the process.

The EPT hasn't had a woman at an Main Event final table since Liv Boeree won San Remo in Season 6, but Isabel Baltazar showed up Thursday with a middling stack and a shot at becoming the fourth female EPT champion. Unfortunately for her, her run at history was put to an early end in eighth place (€73,000). It was a pretty tough spot as the lady found two more ladies in her pocket, looking down at and calling a four-bet shove from Katchalov. She can't be faulted for going with queens, but Katchalov had found , and a board full of blanks meant the field was reduced to the final seven.

Next to leave the table was one of the three Spaniards, Juan Manuel Perez. He was getting short on chips when he found a good spot to flip for a double up, his a slight underdog against, his countryman, Tomeu Gomila's . Gomila flopped a flush draw to steal two outs, and he rivered a set to secure the knockout. Perez walked away with the first six-figure payout (€105,000) for staving off elimination until seventh place.

When the six players retired for their dinner break, Katchalov was in the lead. And in one of the first hands back, Saar Wilf got himself in a spot of trouble against the big stack. Wilf opened the button, Katchalov shoved, and Wilf (the second-short stack by now) called all-in with . Katchalov was a favorite with , and the board kept his pocket pair in front for the knockout. Wilf was gone in sixth place (€145,000), while the Ukrainian's chip lead continued to swell.

It was during the following level that things went awry for the two remaining Spaniards. Gomila was the start-of-day chip leader, but, as the pots became more meaningful, he had been chipped down to about half his starting count. Ace-king was plenty good enough for him to stick in the rest of his chips preflop, but he was unable to win a flip against Schleich's pocket queens. The board was the end for Gomila, out in fifth place (€185,000). Just a few minutes later, Raul Mestre's was straightened out by Katchalov's to seal his exit in fourth place (€224,000).

It's probably about time to fill in some of the gaps in Katchalov's day, because it was certainly an entertaining one to watch. He only had 690,000 chips to begin the final table as the short stack, and he didn't waste any time taking his stand. During the first level, he doubled with through Wilf's , and moments later he knocked out Baltazar in eighth place. After a cooling-off period, he suddenly managed back-to-back doubles to shoot right back up to 5.5 million. A half hour later, he was the chip leader, and he claimed two more victims on his way to three-handed play.

That's where the tournament ground to a halt, though, and the trio passed the button around and stole each others' blinds for more than four hours. All three of them had their hands on the chip lead as one point or another, and Katchalov's momentum slowly evaporated. In his final pot, he three-bet shoved his 15 big blinds with , and he ran his pair into Schleich's superior . In the most dramatic moments of the day, the dealer dropped the in the window, then the right behind it to draw a loud, multi-phased reaction from the rest of the room. Katchalov's set could not catch up to his opponent's overset, and his run for the Triple Crown was quashed in third place (€315,000).

Schleich had about a two-to-one lead going into heads-up play, and it took him an hour to finish the deed. The last hand saw Schleich's dominating Dragan Kostic's , and the board was the one that put the final punctuation on Schleich's title. It's noteworthy that it's the first time we've mentioned Kostic in this article, and he did indeed manage to pick his way quietly through the tough table with some skill. For his runner-up finish, he pocketed more than a half-million euros (€532,000).

But it's Martin Schleich who is getting the congratulations, cashing in fully on his first major final table. His paycheck shows €850,000, but money can't buy that EPT trophy he'll get to stick on his mantle. It's by far the largest cash in the 29-year-old's career, and he'll have the night in Barcelona to celebrate in style.

The EPT is already gearing up for the annual trip to London, and we're headed there with it from September 30 through October 6. In the meantime, follow us on Twitter to keep tabs on the rest of the tournament circuit.

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