We are going to be a couple of minutes late because we have lost our chip leader Michele Di Lauro!
2011 World Series of Poker Europe
The remaining five players are on a 60-minute dinner break. We will be right back.
Steve Billirakis has just won a small pot from Sam Trickett minutes before the break.
Sam Trickett raises to 20,000 under the gun and Jerome Bradpiece and Steve Billirakis call in the blinds. The flop is and Trickett c-bets 45,000 and Billirakis calls. The turn is checked by both players before we see the on the river. Billirakis bets 25,000 and Trickett folds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Billirakis |
615,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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Sam Trickett |
450,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Jerome Bradpiece makes it 25,000 in the hijack seat and Steve Billirakis three-bets to 90,000 in the cut-off. The action folds back around to the cap and shades wearing Bradpiece and he makes the call.
Flop:
Bradpiece moves all-in and has Billirakis covered; Billirakis makes the instant call.
Billirakis | |
Bradpiece |
Turn: & River:
Billirakis doubles up through Bradpiece.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Billirakis |
530,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
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Jerome Bradpiece |
240,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Ramzi Jelassi raises to 20,000 in early position and Sam Trickett takes a shot at him from the small blind. The action is slow and checks all the way through to the river on a board of . Trickett bets 25,000 and Jelassi pays him off before mucking his cards unseen.
Trickett |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ramzi Jelassi |
635,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
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Sam Trickett |
515,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michele Di Lauro |
785,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Ramzi Jelassi |
680,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Jerome Bradpiece |
500,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Sam Trickett |
460,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Steve Billirakis |
275,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
Michele Di Lauro raised to 20,000 on the button and Jerome Bradpiece called in the big blind. The flop was and both players check. The turn of proved to be the action card. Bradpiece checked to Di Lauro who bet 15,000. Action back to Bradpiece and he check-raised to 52,000. It was a strong move but one that didn't phase the Italian. Di Lauro raised the action back up to 125,000 and Bradpiece folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michele Di Lauro |
771,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Jerome Bradpiece |
486,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
After being agressive for quite some time Jerome Bradpiece finally managed to find a very important double up. We caught the action on the flop, , with Trickett betting out 47,000. Bradpiece thought about it for a while and decided to raise to 82,000. "Pot," Trickett announced making it 301,000 effectively putting Bradpiece all-in who called quickly.
Jerome Bradpiece | |
Sam Trickett |
The turn was the changing nothing but the river, the , gave Bradpiece the winning full house. Frustration was clearly visible on Trickett's face as he lost a big chunk of his stack. It's still everyone's game here in Cannes as we head towards the third WSOPE bracelet winner of 2011.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jerome Bradpiece |
560,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Sam Trickett |
495,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
After a slow start the players at the final table kicked it into a higher gear giving us plenty of action to describe. We just caught the action on the flop between Jelassi and Di Lauro. The flop read and Di Lauro check-called a 22,000 bet from Jelassi.
The turn was the and Di Lauro checked-called again. This time the bet was 40,000 and the river brought out the . For the third straight time the Italian checked to Jelassi who fired out 70,000. Di Lauro gave it some thought and finally called.
Jelassi showed for trips but his cards got mucked as soon as Di Lauro turned over . Di Lauro mumbled something about a check-raise spot but we it wasn't clear on which street he had this plan. Jelassi give something to the Italian evening out the chips even more.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michele Di Lauro |
695,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Ramzi Jelassi |
600,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
Our counts were a bit off earlier but this is what the final table looks right now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Trickett |
775,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
Ramzi Jelassi |
750,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Michele Di Lauro |
580,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Steve Billirakis |
304,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
||
Jerome Bradpiece |
280,000
75,000
|
75,000 |