2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

Day 3 completed

Posted 10-29-2010 20:00 GMT+2 by danafish

Day 4 Seat Draw

Posted 10-29-2010 20:00 GMT+2 by danafish

Table 1

Seat 1: Andreas Wiese - 1,047,000
Seat 2: Jose Severino - 523,000
Seat 3: Martin Hruby - 1,403,000
Seat 4: Morten Erlandsen - 370,000
Seat 5: Nima Ahary - 332,000
Seat 6: Toni Judet - 958,000
Seat 7: Bruno Launais - 540,000
Seat 8: Kirill Zapletin - 460,000

Table 2

Seat 1: Fabrizio Gonzalez - 169,000
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu - 1,954,000
Seat 3: Umberto Vitagliano - 1,558,000
Seat 4: Surinder Sunar - 170,000
Seat 5: Anestis Pantazidis - 339,000
Seat 6: Giacomo Maisto - 623,000
Seat 7: Michael Eiler - 1,299,000
Seat 8: Jacques Zaicik - 372,000

Table 3

Seat 1: Luca Cainelli - 366,000
Seat 2: Mihai Manole - 279,000
Seat 3: Balazs Botond - 760,000
Seat 4: Antonio Buonanno - 818,000
Seat 5: Ramin Hajiyev - 322,000
Seat 6: Tonio Röder - 491,000
Seat 7: Matthias Lotze - 402,000
Seat 8: Konstantinos Nanos - 2,007,000

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Posted 10-29-2010 19:50 GMT+2 by danafish

Chip Counts
1	Konstantinos Nanos	PokerStars Online Qualifier	2,007,000	757,000
2	Daniel Negreanu	PokerStars Team Pro (Canada)	1,954,000	-246,000
3	Umberto Vitagliano		1,558,000	458,000
4	Martin Hruby	PokerStars Team Pro (Czech Republic)	1,403,000	3,000
5	Michael Eiler	PokerStars Online Qualifier	1,299,000	-31,000
6	Andreas Wiese		1,047,000	97,000
7	Toni Judet	PokerStars Team Pro (Romania)	958,000	76,000
8	Antonio Buonanno		818,000	-52,000
9	Balazs Botond		760,000	-300,000
10	Giacomo Maisto		623,000	259,000
11	Bruno Launais		540,000	60,000
12	Jose Severino		523,000	103,000
13	Tonio Röder		491,000	51,000
14	Kirill Zapletin	PokerStars Online Qualifier	460,000	190,000
15	Matthias Lotze	PokerStars Online Qualifier	402,000	52,000
16	Jacques Zaicik		372,000	-76,000
17	Morten Erlandsen		370,000	147,000
18	Luca Cainelli		366,000	106,000
19	Anestis Pantazidis	PokerStars Online Qualifier	339,000	-141,000
20	Nima Ahary		332,000	62,000
21	Ramin Hajiyev		322,000	-142,000
22	Mihai Manole		279,000	130,000
23	Surinder Sunar		170,000	-80,000
24	Fabrizio Gonzalez	PokerStars Online Qualifier	169,000	-26,000

Day 3 Done & Dusted

Posted 10-29-2010 19:39 GMT+2 by danafish

Daniel Negreanu - up there

And so, we are down to 24.

He was chip leader at the start of the day, and he is not far off at the end of it. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu finished up the day with 1.954 million. If he goes all the way and takes the €700,000 top spot, he will just pip Phil Ivey to snatch back his place at the very top of the all-time tournament money list.

The only man beating Negreanu right now is online qualifier Konstantinos Nanos with 2.007 million. His biggest career live cash so far has been for €7,240 - first place in the €400 Turbo Bounty side event at EPT Tallinn - so even a min-cash here would have constituted his biggest ever live cash. He's had some poor EPT fortune - he bubbled EPT Berlin last year - but has enjoyed considerable success online, winning over $200,000.

Both of our chip leaders are going to have a tough Day 4 to get through. Still in the running are Negreanu's fellow Team PokerStars Pros Martin Hruby (Czech Republic) and Toni Judet (newly signed for Romania), as well as French powerhouses Bruno Launais and Jacques Zaicik, and British old school poker legend Surinder Sunar.

We'll be back at the Kursalon tomorrow from noon CET when our remaining 24 players will whittle themselves right down to an eight-handed final table. This is not a Day 4 you want to miss.

Tags: Konstantinos Nanos.

Victorino Day Four For Torres

Posted 10-29-2010 19:37 GMT+2 by Djinn

Victorino Torres

Finishing in 25th, and so bringing today's action to a close, is Victorino Torres. He'd had a bumpy ride to the last few tables but was actually cruising above average when one key hand dropped his stack to the point of no return. He ran preflop into of Luca Cainelli and doubled up the Italian, leaving himself just 70k. This made it into a pot quickly - he moved in preflop with but Kirill Zapletin held to his left and made short work of him.

With Torres and his hat gone, the field is about 80% less vibrant, but will be coming back tomorrow to play for ever increasing prizes.

Tags: Victorino Torres, Kirill Zapletin.

Popetschnig Out

Posted 10-29-2010 19:29 GMT+2 by Djinn

Franz Markus Popetschnig also finds himself short of Day Four by a whisker after moving all in on the button with . He'd picked a bad moment, however, because initial raiser Michael Eiler had , looked him up, and before you could say Franz Markus Popetschnig the board had sent him to the rail.

Tags: Franz Markus Popetschnig.

Busto Ville

Posted 10-29-2010 19:25 GMT+2 by Djinn

Ville Mattila

Finishing in 27th, with a prize of €13,500, was Ville Mattila, who having played with quiet but aggressive determination all day ended up racing out with a big hand. Umberto Vitagliano opened for 27k and Mattila on the button made it 75k. Over to big blind Konstantinos Nanos who fourbet to 210k. Vitagliano made them wait for a while before passing, and Mattila moved all in for over 450k. He was snapcalled and turned over , up against the of Nanos.

The board came a decisive and Nanos shouted, "NEEEEEH!" and gave a triple two-handed fist-pump punch while a disappointed Mattila left the tournament area.

Tags: Ville Mattila, Konstantinos Nanos.

Laun Games

Posted 10-29-2010 19:19 GMT+2 by danafish

We got there just in time to see Andreas Wiese calling a fairly chunky bet (around 70,000, by our reckoning) from Bruno Launais on the turn of a board, and a river was dealt - the . Launais announced all in for 153,000, and Wiese commenced to tank, as the refrain from Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy, currently being used to alert players in the side events that their blinds are going up, came on across the speakers in the ballroom.

Wiese tanked up for some time, but eventually folded, dropping to 950,000 in the process. Launais, one of the most well-respected players in France who finalled EPT Deauville in 2009 and made a WSOP final this summer, finished the hand on 480,000.

Tags: Bruno Launais, Andreas Wiese.

Elimination Station

Posted 10-29-2010 19:06 GMT+2 by chingster23

Just a recap on some of the latest eliminations as we approach that magical 24 player mark that will signify the end of play for today. We are currently sat at 27 players.

Elimination 1 - Pokerstars Qualifier Wolfgang Beyer

Tonio Röder opened under the gun making it 28,000 to play and Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby made the call a few seats to his left. Beyer then made the squeeze from the Button pushing all-in for 270,000. Röder folded and the action was on Hruber. You could tell that it wasn't an easy decision for the Team Pokerstars Pro who took his time to look Beyer up and down before finally making the call.

Beyer:

Hruby:

The board did not help either party and Hruby moved his stack up to 1.4 million.

Elimination 2 - Charles Combes

Combes shoved all-in from the button and Jose Severino called from the Big Blind.

Combes:

Severino:

Board:

Severino adds Combes 140,000 to his stack

Tags: Charles Combes, Jose Severino, Martin Hruby, Tonio Röder, Wolfgang Beyer.

Lots & Lotze

Posted 10-29-2010 19:05 GMT+2 by danafish

Martin Hruby

Ramin Hajiyev seemed to have opened and Martin Hruby reraised before Matthias Lotze pushed from the button. Either way, Hajiyev was folding and the other two were on their backs when we arrived.

Lotze:
Hruby:

Board:

Lotze's aces held to double him to 350,000. Hruby nodded and tapped as the table as he took the hit - he's still in pretty good shape on 1.05 million after that.

Tags: Matthias Lotze, Ramin Hajiyev, Martin Hruby.