The much anticipated $10,000 world championship pot-limit Omaha tournament (event 50) attracted over 50 Europeans to the field of world-class challengers. (See list at end.)
While there was plenty of intense card play, arguably the main action of the day was the altercation between Andy Black and Davood Mehrmand of Germany.
Black took significant umbrage at remarks Mehrmand made to the table as Black was knocked out. He called for the floor and was clearly agitated.
Mehrmand kept repeating for Black to 'go home.'
Black, right up in Mehrmand's face, said 'Don't f*** with me. You won't be playing here next year,' and stormed off before the tournament director could even begin to get to the bottom of the story.
When Black had gone, Mehrmand told all within earshot his version of the story claiming, 'He went crazy because he made a bad play from a bad position. He needs a doctor. He is going to have me killed.'
What is clear is that Mehrmand has a reputation for needling opponents and had been very vocal at the table, having also exasperated Jeff Lisandro to the point of speechlessness.
On this occasion it appears to have gotten under Black's skin, setting the normally mild-mannered player on extreme tilt.
Conversely, Englishman Roy 'The Boy' Brindley was in ebullient form both before the event and at dinner break. 'This is my game. I've made the final table of Omaha events 50 percent of the time I've played and I'm confident I can go a long way.' Read his
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Only 55 players will return for day two.
The final day of event 47, the $2,000 no-limit hold'em saw prodigious Englishman Roland De Wolfe start from sixth in chips. He is sure to feel aggrieved at developments during the game, having at one point had the clock called on him after just one minute by Steve Crawford.
He was clearly upset and called for the tournament director's intercession but to no avail. About 25 minutes later he was knocked out in sixth place for $98,293 when his A
Q
was backdoor flushed by Amato Glasso's A
9
.
Also in action was the final table of event 48, the $1,000 deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball (limit), which saw Englishman Jon Shoreman take his place as chip leader and Frenchman Anthony Lellouche as third in chips.
Shoreman was eliminated in fourth place for $57,383, while Lellouche went out in third for $84,612. The event was won by Israeli Rafi Amit, who collected $227,005.
Day one of the $1,000 S.H.O.E. tournament (event 51) saw a diminished Euro contingent due to the pot-limit Omaha game. Indeed many of them were refugees from the latter game. Among the field were Kevin O'Donnell, Mickey Wernick, George Danzer, Alexander Kravchenko, Al Kelleher, Andreas Hoivold, Peter Dahluijsen, and Rolf Slotboom.
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Euro participants in the $10,000 world championship pot-limit Omaha tournament included Ross and Barny Boatman, John Kabbaj, Jani Sointula, William Thorson, Ben Roberts, Max Pescatori, Rolf Slotboom, Ram Vaswani, Andy Black, Adrian Walsh, Philip Marmonstein, Dave Callaghan, Dave Murray, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Surindar Sunar, Roy Brindley, Jeff Kimber, Donnacha O'Dea, Fabrice Soulier, Joe Beevers, Julian Gardiner, Dave Colclough, Padraig Parkinson, Marty Smyth, Sigi Stockinger, Gus Hansen, Dave Shallow, Sylvester Geohegan, Noah Boeken, Thomas Wahlroos, Rene Mouritsen, John Duthie, Martin Wendt, Juha Helppi, Marcus Golser, Per Hildebrand, and Chris Bjorin.
