2010 World Series of Poker Europe
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The fourth World Series of Poker Europe
World Series of Poker Europe
The World Series of Poker Europe is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker...

 (WSOPE) took place from September 14, 2010 to September 28, 2010. There were five bracelet
World Series of Poker bracelet
The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". ...

 events, culminating in the £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em event. Events were held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...

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Key

* Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame
Poker Hall of Fame
The Poker Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional poker playing in the United States. Founded and located in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was created in 1979 by Benny Binion, the owner of the Horseshoe Casino, to preserve the names and legacies of the world's greatest poker players and to serve...

(#/#) This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in 2010. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament.
Place What place each player finished
Name The player who made it to the final table
Prize (£) The amount of money, in British Pounds (£), awarded for each finish at the event's final table

Event 1: £2,650 Six Handed No Limit Hold'em

  • 3-Day Event: September 14, 2010 to September 16, 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 244
  • Total Prize Pool: £610,000
  • Number of Payouts: 24
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Phil Laak
Phil Laak
Philip "Phil" C. Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak holds a World Poker Tour title, a World Series of Poker bracelet and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows.-Early life:...

 (1/1)
£170,802
2nd Andrew Pantling £105,506
3rd Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin
Christer "Chris" Björin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.-Poker:...

 (0/2)
£70,473
4th David Peters £48,202
5th Ilan Rouah £33,617
6th Willie Tann
Willie Tann
Willie "The Dice Man" Tann is an English professional poker player.Tann was born in Singapore and came to England to study law in the 1960s.Tann has numerous nicknames on the poker circuit...

 (0/1)
£23,900

Event 2: £5,250 Pot Limit Omaha

  • 3-Day Event: September 16, 2010 to September 18, 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 120
  • Total Prize Pool: £600,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy. Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of the premier Seven Card Stud players in the world...

 (1/5)
£159,514
2nd Joe Serock £98,262
3rd Willie Tann
Willie Tann
Willie "The Dice Man" Tann is an English professional poker player.Tann was born in Singapore and came to England to study law in the 1960s.Tann has numerous nicknames on the poker circuit...

 (0/1)
£71,184
4th Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen is the third-youngest winner of a World Series of Poker event and the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year....

 (0/2)
£52,542
5th John Racener
John Racener
John Racener is an American poker professional from Port Richey, Florida, best known as the runner-up of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker...

 
£39,486
6th Karl Mahrenholz £30,192
7th Felipe Ramos £23,478
8th Jeff Kimber £18,564
9th Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin
Christer "Chris" Björin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.-Poker:...

 (0/2)
£14,916

Event 3: £1,075 No Limit Hold'em

  • 5-Day Event: September 17, 2010 to September 21, 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 582
  • Total Prize Pool: £582,000
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Scott Shelley (1/1) £133,857
2nd J.P. Kelly
J.P. Kelly
John-Paul Kelly known as J.P. Kelly is a professional poker player from Aylesbury, England. Kelly is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, having won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event in Las Vegas and then later that same year won another bracelet at the 2009...

 (0/2)
£82,854
3rd Jeppe Bisgaard £55,063
4th Paul Pitchford £40,862
5th Kaveh Payman £30,666
6th Mehdi Senhaji £23,239
7th Jack Lyman £17,768
8th Karim Jomeen £13,694
9th Nicky Katz £10,633

Event 4: £10,350 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up

  • 3-Day Event: September 21, 2010 to September 23, 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 103
  • Total Prize Pool: £1,030,000
  • Number of Payouts: 16
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament...

 (1/1)
£288,409
2nd Jim Collopy £178,211
SF Ram Vaswani
Ram Vaswani
Ram Vaswani is an English professional snooker player, turned professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob...

 (0/1)
£96,212
SF Andrew Feldman £96,212
QF Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big...

 (0/4)
£47,045
QF Kevin Eyster £47,045
QF Huck Seed
Huck Seed
Huckleberry Seed is an American professional poker player best known for winning the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.-Early Life:...

 (0/4)
£47,045
QF Neil Channing
Neil Channing
Neil Andrew Channing is an English professional poker player and author based in Maida Vale, London. He is the 2008 Irish Poker Open champion....

 
£47,045

Event 5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No Limit Hold'em

  • 6-Day Event: September 23, 2010 to September 28, 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 346
  • Total Prize Pool: £3,460,000
  • Number of Payouts: 36
  • Winning Hand:

Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st James Bord
James Bord
James Bord, born 1981, is a professional poker player. Originally from Stanmore, U.K., he now divides his time between London and Las Vegas. His biggest victory was the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe main event, where he won $1,313,611. and became the first British champion of that event...

 (1/1)
£830,401
2nd Fabrizio Baldassari £513,049
3rd Ronald Lee £376,829
4th Roland de Wolfe
Roland De Wolfe
Roland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he...

(0/1)
£278,945
5th Nicolas Levi £208,119
6th Daniel Steinberg £156,530
7th Dan Fleyshman £118,643
8th Brian Powell £90,617
9th Marc Inizan £69,754
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