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Euro Poker Year Review -- July 2010

The November Nine, Peter Eastgate Quits Poker And Berlin Robbers Jailed

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The November NinePlayer of the Month: Not one but nine players in July. The November Nine of course.

Quote of the Month: Former world champion Peter Eastgate quits poker . “In the 20 months following my WSOP win, I feel that I have lost my motivation for playing high-level poker along the way, and I have decided that now is the time to find out what I want to do with the rest of my life.

Story of the Month: The Berlin poker robbers convicted.

Hand of the Month: Eventual WSOP main event winner dogs Matt Affleck en route to the final table. “Affleck Eliminated in 15th place for $500,165. Duhamel bet 550,000 from the cutoff position. Affleck raised to 1,550,000 from the button. Action was back to Duhamel. Duhamel four-bet to 3,925,000 and Affleck called. The flop came 10Diamond Suit 9Club Suit 7Heart Suit and Duhamel checked. Affleck bet 5,000,000. Duhamel called and the QDiamond Suit fell on the turn. Duhamel checked again. Affleck moved all in for 11,600,000. Duhamel tanked before finally calling to put Affleck all in.

Their cards:
Duhamel: JHeart Suit JClub Suit.

Affleck: AClub Suit ASpade Suit.

Affleck was in the lead for the pot worth 42,000,000. However, the river brought the dramatic 8Diamond Suit and Affleck was eliminated. Duhamel took the pot and was the overwhelming chip leader with 51,000,000 after the hand.

Blog of the Month: Marty Smyth in candid form about a pretty disastrous WSOP .

Picture of the Month: The November Nine.