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Picking up that pot bumped Bjorin up and out of the Official Short Stack position -- that dubious honour now goes to James Akenhead.
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
￡10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,340,000
Entries
334
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Picking up that pot bumped Bjorin up and out of the Official Short Stack position -- that dubious honour now goes to James Akenhead.
flop. So far, so standard for the last four hours.The
turn saw another check from Negreanu, and a bet of 220k from Mercier. Negreanu made the call.The river was the
, and now a third check from Negreanu saw a bet of 383k from Mercier. As Negreanu counted out the chips, it looked like he wasn't going anywhere - and sure enough he called, having built the largest pot of the day so far.Unfortunately his
had always been behind Mercier's 
and the sneaky twosome were left counting their respective stacks:Mercier - 3,734,000
Negreanu - 1,112,000
But nobody called, and we move on to the next hand.
is the latest flop seen on the final. Small blind Praz Bansi bets out 62k, called by Daniel Negreanu. Turn:
Bansi now checks, and Negreanu checks behind.River:
Check to Negreanu a second time, and he bets 120k. Another decision for Bansi, who opts for the fold. As the pot is swept over to Negreanu, he offers, "Left or right?" pointing at his cards, but then gives the spectators what they want i.e. both of them: 
.
We can only imagine how ludicrously fascinating this is for the Guys In The Van, who get to see the hole cards. For our part, we'd love to get to see a bit more of what's really going on. Just going to have to wait for it to air...
Anyhoo, Mr. Hawrilenko has at least one supporter willing to actually get the pen and ink out to show the world what he thinks of him. After the last break, this gentlement produced a sign saying, "MATT'S ALL THAT!" for waving when he wins chips, and beneath it, another one saying, "HOSS IS BOSS!"
The table all turned round, secretly wishing, I imagine, that there were equally pithy signs waving for them. "Matt Is A Calling Station one under there?" joked Negreanu, while probably realising that wouldn't make the cut as it's more than three syllables.