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2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - ￡10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Buy-in
£10,000
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Seat 2: Oyvind Riisem – 715,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai – 1,675,000
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad – 621,000
Seat 5: Dominic Kay – 560,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough – 1,271,000
Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen – 700,000
Seat 8: Magnus Persson – 601,000
. Action is checked to Persson, who bets 65,000, Tabatabai calls, Obrestad folds, McCullough folds, and Jorgensen folds. The turn is the 
. Persson checks, Tabatabai bets 145,000, and Persson calls. The river is the 
. Persson checks, Tabatabai bets 400,000, and Persson calls. Tabatabai shows the 
for a six-high straight, Persson mucks, and Tabatabai takes down the pot worth over 1,250,000.
It's obvious that this room in the Empire Casino is more used to parties, possibly with high rollers and scantily clad women, as opposed to WSOP finals, as there's a swanky bar on the one side of the room where we are based.
An alluring array of liqueur sits patiently on the transparent shelves, all devilishly tempting us into a swift session of tea-leaving whilst all eyes are on the featured table.
However, as alluded to at the start of this post, we are men of honour and couldn't possibly lower ourselves to such antics. Also, Pauly singing the Macarena after one shot would be a dead giveaway.
Dominic Kay has a much more hands on approach. When faced with a raise from John Tabatabai, he simply reached for a big pile of chips, pushed it across the table and announced "I bet that much!"
No messing around, he took down the pot.
John Tabatabai raises to 40k preflop, Dominic Kay in the small blind re-raises to 194k. Tabatabai passes.
Magnus Persson makes it 29,000 to go. Annette Obrestad in the small blind raises to 130,000. Magnus asks for a countdown... and passes.
Seat 2: Oyvind Riisem – 721,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai – 979,000
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad – 599,000
Seat 5: Dominic Kay – 510,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough – 1,318,000
Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen – 735,000
Seat 8: Magnus Persson – 1,275,000
. Action is checked to Kay, who bets 62,000, Korsar folds, and Tabatabai calls. The turn is the 
. Both players check. The river is the 
. Both check again. Kay shows two pair, jacks and eights, and wins the pot.