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

12-13-2008 20:42 UTC+2

Must be Nice...

[user76023]

Fredrik Nygard raises to 72,000 and Alexiou Konstantinos makes the call. The flop is {K-Spades}

and Nygard bets 85,000 with Konstantinos calling. On the {J-Clubs}

turn Nygard bets 130,000 and again Konstantinos calls. Nygard slows down and checks the {2-Diamonds}

river and Konstantinos bets 200,000 and Nygard immediately calls, but mucks when the Greek chip leader shows him {6-Hearts}

!!!

Tags: Alexiou Konstantinos Fredrik Nygard

12-13-2008 20:44 UTC+2

Fredrik Nygard Eliminated in 6th Place (€130,000)

[user4144]

Out of the blue, Fredrik Nygard found himself all in for his tournament life with {A-Hearts}

against Andrew Alan Chen's {Q-Spades}

.

Board = {3-Spades}

As has been the trend today, the weaker hand triumphed, and the Finn finishes in sixth.

Tags: Andrew Alan Chen Fredrik Nygard

12-13-2008 20:49 UTC+2

Bonavera Gets a Present

[user76023]

Salvatore Bonavera gets all in preflop with {A-Diamonds}

against Alexiou Konstantinos' {K-Diamonds}

. It comes a tension-inducing {7-Hearts}

, as Bonavera dodges the flush draw and overcard to win the pot.

Tags: Alexiou Konstantinos Salvatore Bonavena

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

12-13-2008 20:58 UTC+2

Alexiou Konstantinos (whom Snoopy and I have started to refer to as Ctrl-V) raises to 90,000 on the button and Massimo Di Cicco reraises all in for 247,000 more. The chip leader is reluctant but makes the call with {8-Spades}

against the Italian's {A-Clubs}

. The flop is {A-Spades}

and the Italian and his fans go crazy, the turn {K-Diamonds}

hints of a chop but the river {9-Spades}

allows another Italian to double up.

Tags: Alexiou Konstantinos Massimo Di Cicco

12-13-2008 21:03 UTC+2

Power Play

[user4144]

Alexiou Konstantinos minimum-raised to 80,000, only for Andrew Alan Chen to bump it up to 290,000. Konstantinos quickly released his hand.

12-13-2008 21:07 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

[user4144]

Salvatore Bonavena (Italy) -- 1,261,000
A. Konstantinos (Greece) -- 1,954,000
Francesco Cirianni (Italy) -- 410,000
Massimo Di Cicco (Italy) -- 542,000
Andrew Alan Chen (Canada) -- 1,520,000
Fredrik Nygard (Finland) -- 6th
[Removed:197] (Germany) -- 7th
Raul Mestre (Spain) -- 8th

12-13-2008 21:23 UTC+2

"I Think You Have Ace-King..."

[user76023]

Salvatore Bonavena makes a huge raise to 240,000 and it's passed to Alexiou Konstantinos, who moves all in for 2 million. It goes over to Massimo Di Cicco and he has his hands on his head, as though his pet dog has just died. He folds and it's back to Bonavena, who gets told by Konstantinos, "I think you have ace-king..."

Bonavena folds {A-Diamonds}

face-up and then Konstantinos shows {A-Spades}

and celebrates by getting a couple of drinks. Bonavena looks depressed.

Tags: Alexiou Konstantinos Salvatore Bonavena

12-13-2008 21:25 UTC+2

Check-Raise Takes the Pot

[user4144]

Andrew Alan Chen raised to 93,000 and Alexiou Konstantinos called. On the {3-Spades}

flop, Konstantinos checked, Chen bet 100,000, Konstantinos minimum-raised to 200,000 and Chen passed.

12-13-2008 21:41 UTC+2

Limescale

[user4144]

The five remaining players are like limescale, you simply can't get rid of them. Every time a player gets short, he finds a way to double through and stay in the event. At time of writing, Alexiou Konstantinos' unpredictable style is causing so many headaches that he has managed to hold onto his chip lead, but young Andrew Alan Chen appears to be the player most comfortable with the situation and perhaps the favorite to take the title.

Whatever you think of the standard of play on offer, you can't fault the patience of some of the players. After a week's play, they're still able to fold a hand and wait for a better spot. Surely, however, someone will crack soon and leave us with our Fab Four.