James Bord Wins 2010 WSOPE Main Event
Posted by Poker Videos on September 30th, 2010The World Series of Poker Europe Main Event kicked off last Thursday at the Casino at the Empire in London, England. This event started with two Day 1’s as players looked to take down the last bracelet of 2011. Barry Shulman won this event last year and was looking for a repeat performance.
Day 1a started with 137 players and nobody made a bigger entrance than Phil Hellmuth. He entered the casino escorted by 11 Lady Gaga impersonators, one of which was singing “Poker Face.” Unfortunately for Hellmuth, his entrance didn’t bring him any luck as he was out on Day 1a.
Players that played during Day 1a included Michael Mizrachi, Chad Brown, Allen Kessler, Chris Ferguson, and Erik Seidel. Faraz Jaka, Nick Shulman, and Leo Margets were among those that went on to Day 2 action from this heat.
Day 1b drew out 209 players with Men Nguyen, Eric Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Tom Dwan “durrrr”, and Vanessa Rousso. Barry Shulman started his title defense in Day 1b and was still alive at days end. Phil Laak, Eli Elezra, and Antonio Esfandiari were among those that moved to Day 2 play from this heat. In total, only 195 players saw Day 2 action.
Two players that made Day 2 action that drew the biggest rail and the most headlines were Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom. Blom is the man everyone is claiming to be isildur1 and Ivey is of course, Ivey. In addition to these two big names, Daniel Negreanu was trying to make a charge at his 3rd straight WSOP Europe Main Event final table.
By the end of Day 2, only 69 players were left, but it was Viktor Blom that took over the chip lead. Phil Ivey was 6th in chips with Negreanu still in the hunt. Barry Shulman went down during Day 2 action, guaranteeing a new champion.
Day 3 saw the players make the money in the event. Daniel Negreanu fell short of the money. He moved in with A-K, but Darren Woods made a light call with pocket threes, and they held. Viktor Blom made the money and survived the day, but he had a real roller coaster type of day. After starting as chip leader, he dropped to 275k before moving back up to 657,000 by the end of the day. This was good enough for 5th place on the day. Phil Ivey was just behind him with 657,000.
Day 4 22 players return to play to the final table. Ivey made a misstep early on and wound up in 19th place. He shoved with A-10 pre-flop and ran into A-K from Ronald Lee. Viktor Blom did not fare much better. The dropped 2/3rd’s of his stack early on and put in his last 210k with pocket eights. Brian Powell made the call with K-Q, leaving Blom in good shape. That was until a queen on the flop and king on the turn left Blom with just two outs. An eight failed to fall, and Blom finished in 16th place.
By the end of Day 4, the final table was reached with Roland de Wolf the main headliner. Dan Fleyshman was the chip leader going into the final table. Here were the chip counts:
Seat 1: Roland de Wolfe 1,377,000
Seat 2: Marc Inizan 349,000
Seat 3: Nicolas Levi 428,000
Seat 4: Fabrizio Baldassari 677,000
Seat 5: Brian Powell 842,000
Seat 6: Dan Steinberg 1,520,000
Seat 7: James Bord 1,331,000
Seat 8: Ronald Lee 1,899,000
Seat 9: Dan Fleyshman 1,946,000
Fleyshman nosedived early and finished in 7th place. Roland de Wolfe made a strong showing, but failed to take down the event. With four players left, he shoved with K-Q and Fabrizio Baldassari made the call with A-8. Baldassari flopped two pair, and a deuce on the turn eliminated de Wolfe in 4th place.
James Bord and Fabrizio Baldassari played heads-up for the bracelet. Baldassari was the chip leader early, but a bad shove with Q-8 resulted in Bord doubling up with A-K. A while later, Baldassari and Bord was in a raising war that saw Bord move all-in with pocket tens. Baldassari held pocket fives and made the call. The board missed both players and James Bord is the 2010 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion.
James Bord hails from England, and this is his first major tournament win. He took home the bracelet and £830,410 in prize money. Congratulations.
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