2007 World Series of Poker Europe
H.O.R.S.E. (Event 1)
Date:
Thursday, September 06, 2007 to Saturday, September 08, 2007
Buy-In:
£ 2,500 (American Conversion $4,900)
Prize Pool:
£ 262,500
Entrants:
105
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:28:34
Congratulations to £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Bracelet Winner Thomas Bihl
Tonight, Thomas Bihl becomes the first person to win a WSOP bracelet outside of Las Vegas and has etched himself a permanent place in poker history. Fittingly enough, Bihl is a Betfair.com-sponsored player, Betfair being the official sponsor of this inaugural WSOP-Europe.
Bihl was just presented his bracelet by WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack, and thanked both Betfair and his parents, who could not be here tonight, for all their support.
"It's every poker players' dream to win a bracelet," a humble Bihl said in a post-victory interview. "I hope the good run continues."
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:23:24
Thomas Bihl Wins the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event (£70,875), Jennifer Harman Eliminated in Second Place (£40,688)
Hand #353: Bihl calls from the button and Harman checks her option. The flop is 
. Harman checks, Bihl checks. The turn is the 
. Harman checks, Bihl bets, Harman raises all in for 67,000 and Bihl calls 27,000 more.
Harman has two pair, tens and sevens, while Bihl has an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw. The river is a six, making Bihl's ten-high straight and he is our H.O.R.S.E. champion, winning £70,875. Harman takes home £40,688 for her runner-up finish.
Today's Final Table Money Winners:
1 Thomas Bihl £ 70,875
2 Jennifer Harman £ 40,688
3 Kirk Morrison £ 26,250
4 Chris "Jesus" Ferguson £ 21,700
5 Alex Kravchenko £ 17,850
6 Yuval Bronshtein £ 14,438
7 Joe Beevers £ 11,812
8 Gary Jones £ 9,188
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:18:20
Hands #351-2 (Hold'em)
Hand #351: Harman quickly passes when Bihl bets a flop of 
.
Hand #352: Bihl gets a walk. Harman has to use her last remaining stacks of orange 1K chips to make up the blinds...
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:17:01
Updated Chip Count
Thomas Bihl - 920,000
Jennifer Harman - 130,000
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:16:47
Hand #349-350 (Hold'em)
Hand #349: Bihl gives Harman a walk.
Hand #350: Harman raises from the button and Bihl calls. The flop is 5-5-6. Bihl bets, Harman raises, and Bihl calls. The turn is the 
. Bihl checks, Harman bets and Bihl calls. The river is the 
. Both players check. Bihl shows a pair of sixes and they're good enough to win the pot.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:16:13
Game Change: Hold'em
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:14:52
Hands #347-8 (Hold'em)
Hand #347: Bihl calls preflop, check from Harman.
Flop: 
. Bihl bets 20K -- called.
Turn: 
. Harman bets 40k, Bihl raises, Harman calls.
River: 
. Harman check-folds at this juncture.
Hand #348: Bihl gets a walk in the big blind.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:13:30
Hands #344-346 (Stud/8)
Hand #344: Unknown action. Effel jokes that he's not announcing any more hands until these two play a pot.
Hand #345: Harman brings it in, Bihl folds and Harman wins the pot.
Hand #346:
Bihl: 
Harman: 
Bihl brings it in, Harman completes and Bihl calls. On fourth street Harman checks, Bihl bets and Harman folds.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:11:39
Meet the New Boss; Not the Same as the Old Boss
Daniel Negreanu has stepped up and taken control of final table announcing duties. We think that Jack Effel stepped away to use the men's room.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:11:16
Hands #342-3 (Stud/8)
Hand #342: Bihl and Harman end up splitting a pot bet on each street, Harman's paired threes on board turning out to be threes full of jacks, while Bihl caught an 8-7-6-3-A low.
Hand #343: Harman bets on fourth street showing 
. Bihl, showing 
, passes.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:09:51
Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP Commissioner and Bartender
The final table is actually being held inside the disco at the Empire Casino. Jeffrey Pollack happened to be standing behind the bar (which is about 15 feet away from the final table). An inebriated spectator walked up and ordered a drink after mistaking the WSOP Commissioner as a bartender. No word if Pollack actually served the gentleman his martini... shaken, but not stirred.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:06:48
Hands #340-341 (Stud/8)
Hand #340: Harman brings it in, Bihl mucks and Harman wins the pot.
Hand #341: This time, Bihl brings it in and Harman mucks.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:05:08
Hands #338-9 (Stud-Stud/8)
Hand #338: Bihl completes, Harman folds.
Hand #339: See above.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:04:18
Hands #336-337 (Stud)
Hand #336: Bihl brings it in, Harman completes, Bihl folds and Harman wins the pot.
Hand #337: Bihl brings it in, Harman completes, Bihl folds and Harman wins the pot.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:04:06
Hands #334-5 (Stud)
Hand #334: Bihl calls 40K with the -- Harman had the 
. He bet out 20K on fourth street, and check-called fifth. On sixth street it looked like:
Harman: 
Bihl: 
Harman called 40K here, and after a long dwell, 40K on the river too. Bihl flipped 10-J-Q-K-A for a Broadway straight and the winning hand.
Hand #335: Harman gets one 20K bet from Bihl before he passes on fourth street.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:01:07
Harman Loses Chip Lead
Thomas Bihl has snagged the chip lead away from Jen Harman. She trails by almost 200,000.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:58:57
Hands #332-333 (Stud)
Hand #332:
Harman: 
Bihl: 
Harman brings it in, Bihl completes and Harman calls. On fourth street Harman leads out, Bihl raises, Harman folds.
Hand #333:
Harman:
Bihl:
Harman bets out on fifth street and Bihl folds.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:55:16
Hands #330-1 (Razz)
Hand #330: Harman gets the bring-in by making it 20K to Bihl, who didn't like the look of his 
.
Hand #331: They get a second card, but no further than the original 20K bet from Bihl -- it all happened sans announcing -- no detail.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:53:10
Hands #328-329 (Razz)
Hand #328: Bihl brings it in, Harman completes, Bihl folds and Harman wins the pot.
Hand #329: Harman brings it in with the , Bihl completes with the , Harman folds and Bihl wins the pot.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:50:55
Hands #326-7 (Razz)
Hand #326: Harman completes the bet to 20K with the 
showing -- Bihl folds his .
Hand #327: Bihl receives the same number of chips in exactly the same way.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:49:54
100 Hands of Heads-Up Play
Kirk Morrison busted out in third place 100 hands ago on Hand #226. After Morrison's elimination, both Jen Harman and Thomas Bihl were about even in chips. Over that span, she pulled away by almost 300,000, but Bihl fought back. She holds an edge of around 200,000. Bihl won't back down.
To quote Teddy KGB from "Rounders," -- "The kid has alligator blood in his veins."
