2011-10-16
Apologies for the sketchy update here but we didn't actually see Steve Billirakis bust and have received this information second hand.
2011-10-14
Rifat Palevic ended the day yesterday by bursting the bubble and he's won the first hand he played today.
He called a Tommy Vedes raise to see a flop where he called a 4,400 c-bet.
2011-10-13
On a board Govert Metaal checked to Steve Billirakis who bet 600 into a small pot. The best Dutch player on the live circuit of 2011 threw in a check raise to 2,500 and that got Billirakis tanking.
2011-10-13
Steve Billirakis is starting today like he left off yesterday - winning pots!
We joined the action on a flop of with three players involved in the pot and they all checked.
2011-10-13
24-hours ago Steve Billirakis was closing in on his second WSOP bracelet in the third event of this series. He captured his second title after despatching Michele Di Lauro and is back in business today.
2011-10-13
Steve Billirakis bet 4,600 on the flop. Joel Nordkvist made the call and then Dennis Bejedal also called. The three players witnessed the land on the turn and Billirakis checked. Nordkvist fired 12,500 and Bejedal called.
2011-10-12
Steve Billirakis was the last player to enter this event, putting the final number of entrants up to 126. Billirakis just won his second gold bracelet in Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha.
2011-10-12
Everyone who knew anything about poker, knew that Steve Billirakis was one of the favourites to win this event when it started today.
2011-10-12
Michele Di Lauro raises to 44,000 on the button and Steve Billirakis three-bets to 130,000. The Italian doesn't think about his decision for too long before making the call.
2011-10-12
In the first hand of heads-up play we saw one of the biggest pots of the tournament. Di Lauro raised to 46,000 to start things off and Billirakis made the call. The flop came down and both players checked.
2011-10-12
Ramzi Jelassi raised to 42,000 on the button and Steve Billirakis three-bet to 140,000 from the small blind. Michele Di Lauro folded in the big blind and Jelassi made the cold call.
2011-10-12
His tournament life to be precise, we don't want to make to too dramatic. Billirakis raised from the button the 35,000 getting a fold from Di Michele. Jelassi decided to raise pot to 113,000 and after some thinking Billirakis called.
2011-10-12
Michele Di Lauro bets 35,000 on the button and Steve Billirakis calls in the small blind. The flop is a very regal looking and both players check. The turn is the and once again both players check.
2011-10-12
Steve Billirakis is crushing the table at the moment. He raises to 32,000 on the button and Sam Trickett announces "pot" from the small blind. The bet is 112,000 and Billirakis wastes no time in making the call.
2011-10-12
From the under the gun position Ramzi Jelassi raised to 25,000 getting calls from the button, Billirakis, and the big blind, Di Lauro. The flop came down , Di Lauro and Jelassi checked to Billirakis who bet 62,000.
2011-10-12
From the small blind Ramzi Jelassi raised it up to 33,000 getting called by Billirakis who was in the big blind. The flop brought out and both players checked.
The turn was the and Jelassi bet 40,000.
2011-10-12
Steve Bilirakis has not seemed to be in any trouble throughout this entire tournament. On the previous days he even played 13-card Chinese poker with Jason Mercier while simultaneously trouncing this high quality field.
2011-10-12
From the under the gun position it was Steve Billirakis who raised to 25,000. The action folded to Bradpiece who was in the big blind and he three-bet to 81,000, a pot bet.
2011-10-12
Jerome Bradpiece raised pre flop to 30,000 getting a call from Steve Billirakis. The flop brought out and both players checked. The turn was the and Bradpiece fired out a pot bet worth 78,000.
2011-10-12
Steve Billirakis has just won a small pot from Sam Trickett minutes before the break.
Sam Trickett raises to 20,000 under the gun and Jerome Bradpiece and Steve Billirakis call in the blinds.