2008 World Series of Poker Europe

��10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Clubbed to Death

With the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}, Scott Montgomery led out for 10,000, Jean Thorel made it 30,000 and Montgomery flat-called. On the {9-Clubs} turn, Montgomery checked, Thorel announced, "All in," and Montgomery made the call.

With a gargantuan pot hovering around the 200,000 mark, we had a showdown, and one that inevitably garnered the interest of both press and rail alike.

Whilst Thorel tabled {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for a pair and a flush draw, he was going to need to dunk himself in a vat of Vaseline to squirm his way out of this one as Montgomery revealed {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for the flopped set.

But squirm he did, the crowd-gasping {3-Clubs} on the river awarding him an absolute monster of a pot and prying a unified gasp of horror from the onlooking rail.

As a deflated Montgomery slumped his head in devastation, Thorel simply couldn't hide his emotions. Not since my mother met my first girlfriend have I witnessed such relief, the Frenchman raising his arms in victory and quite literally wiping the sweat from his brow.

As a result, Thorel is now chasing the chip lead with 225,000, whilst Montgomery has plummeted back down to 30,000.

Tags: Jean ThorelScott Montgomery