€5,250 Championship Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

12-14-2008 00:45 UTC+2

Action Soon?

[user76023]

With the blinds now 40,000/80,000 with an 8,000 ante, this means that there's 144,000 in play preflop. About one-tenth of what Chen and Di Cicco each have; expect huge swings or it to be over soon...

12-14-2008 00:23 UTC+2

Break!

[user76023]

We are on yet another break...

12-14-2008 00:08 UTC+2

Chen's Three Bullets Aren't Enough

[user76023]

A limped pot between Salvatore Bonavena and Andrew Alan Chen. Chen tries 75,000 on the {K-Spades}

flop, 180,000 on the {A-Hearts}

turn, and 500,000 on the {8-Hearts}

river, but Bonavena calls the whole way with {Q-Clubs}

to win the pot. And then he does a little dance, sort of.

Tags: Andrew Alan Chen Salvatore Bonavena

12-13-2008 23:59 UTC+2

Massimo Di Cicco raises to 160,000 and Andrew Alan Chen reraises all in. Di Cicco looks like he might call for a second, but he gives up. Chen is approaching Bonavena's chip count and is comfortably over 2 million now.

Tags: Andrew Alan Chen Massimo Di Cicco

12-13-2008 23:54 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

[user4144]

Salvatore Bonavena -- 2,528,000
Andrew Alan Chen -- 1,915,000
Massimo Di Cicco -- 1,254,000

12-13-2008 23:48 UTC+2

Massimo Di Cicco Doubles Through... Again!

[user4144]

It's going to take a crowbar and a giant tub of Vaseline to get rid of this fella, as Massimo Di Cicco has shown the survival instincts of a a wild animal and doubled up yet again.

With Salvatore Bonavena making it 270,000, Di Cicco pushed for a total of 564,000 and we had ourselves a showdown... but no, hold on, no insta-call from Bonavena despite the pot odds.

After conversing momentarily in Italian, which was frowned upon by the commentary team, Bonavena shook his head and started counting out his chips. For a moment, he appeared as though he was contemplating a fold, but to the relief of almost everyone in the building, he made the call and slid the necessary chips across the felt.

Bonavena = {4-Hearts}

Di Cicco = {A-Spades}

Board =

The Italians erupt, although some of them aren't sure whether they should be cheering or not.

Tags: Massimo Di Cicco Salvatore Bonavena

12-13-2008 23:35 UTC+2

Alexiou Konstantinos Eliminated in 4th (€199,000)

[user76023]

Alexiou Konstantinos raised to 200,000 and Salvatore Bonavena moved all in. After a long think, Konstantinos called for his tournament life and Bonavena looked dismayed, turning over {K-Hearts}