PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

10-24-2009 14:59 UTC+3

Vitalky Lunkin Eliminated in 20th Place (28,620 PLN)

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Oleksandr Vaserfirer raised from the cutoff to 20,500. Vitaly Lunkin was on the button and moved all in for about 100,000. Jeff Sarwer was in the small blind and reshoved all in. The big blind and Vaserfirer folded, leaving Lunkin and Sarwer heads up with Lunkin at risk.

Lunkin held {A-Hearts}

. Sarwer held {K-Clubs}

.

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

and Lunkin was eliminated with Sarwer spiking the jack on the river. Sarwer now has 425,000 chips.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer Oleksandr Vaserfirer Vitaly Lunkin

10-24-2009 15:02 UTC+3

Antony Lellouche Eliminated in 19th Place (28,620 PLN)

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Action folded around to Nikolay Tsanev in the small blind and he raised. Antony Lellouche reraised all in from the big blind for about 135,000, but was quickly met with a call from Tsanev who showed {8-Spades}

. Lellouche disappointedly turned over {7-Diamonds}

.

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

, failing to improve Lellouche and sending him to the exit in 19th place. Tsanev is up to 395,000 now.

A positive thing for Lellouche is that his finish may have jumped him up into fourth place on the overall EPT tournament leaderboard ahead of William Thorson, Jason Mercier, and Johannes Strassmann.

Tags: Antony Lelllouche Nikolay Tsanev

10-24-2009 15:03 UTC+3

Peter Hedlund Eliminated in 18th Place (28,620 PLN)

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First into the pot from the button, Peter Hedlund shoved his 71,000 chips all in. Clayton Mozdzen considered for a long while in the small blind before kicking his cards in. From the big blind, Alfio Battisti took his own time before pounding the calling chips into the betting area.

"Shit!" said Hedlund once again, making frequent use of his favorite English swear word.

Showdown
Hedlund: {A-Clubs}

Battisti:

Mozdzen told Hedlund he had folded ace-five, and Hedlund was surprised at the news. The flop was clean and safe for the Swedish pro as it came {5-Diamonds}

.

The turn card, though, was all kinds of trouble. The {Q-Hearts}

fell, putting Battisti in the lead and leaving Hedlund drawing dead to an ace or seven. Just to further the bad news, the {Q-Diamonds}

filled out the board to give Battisti the elimination with trip queens. Hedlund is out in 18th place just as the first break approaches.

Tags: Alfio Battisti Peter Hedlund

10-24-2009 15:11 UTC+3

Breaking Things

[user66118]

The clock has been paused while the 17 who remain take their first 15-minute break of the day.

10-24-2009 15:28 UTC+3

Chip Counts at the Break

donpeters

Oleksandr Vaserfirer - 1,320,000
Clayton Mozdzen - 557,000
Ruslan Prydryk - 437,000
Nikolay Tsanev - 384,000
Jeffrey Sarwer - 349,000
Alexander Debus - 335,000
Anatoly Gurtoyov - 319,000
Alexander Klimashin - 307,000
Aleksey Yuzikov - 307,000
Jani Sointula - 278,000
Dani Vargas - 273,000
Luca Pagano - 260,000
Maurice Schulmann - 242,000
Julian Hoffmann Mogensen - 242,000
Alfio Battisti - 216,000
Christophe Benzimra - 169,000
Tome Cardoso Moreira - 93,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

10-24-2009 15:32 UTC+3

Play Resumes

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We're back in action with level 20.

10-24-2009 15:37 UTC+3

Yuzikov Bleeding

donpeters

Jeff Sarwer raised to 23,000 from the button. Action got over to Aleksey Yuzikov in the big blind and he reraised to 56,000. Sarwer then asked how much Yuzikov had left before moving all in. Yuzikov folded, showing {10-?}

to Sarwer.

On the very next hand, Sarwer opened again for the same amount, 23,000. Yuzikov was in the small blind this time and reraised to 56,000, just like the last hand. After the big blind folded, Sarwer moved all in. Yuzikov mumbled something and Sarwer thought he said call, as did many others in the area. He actually said fold. Not understanding him at first, Sarwer tabled his hand right away when he thought he heard a call, revealing {A-?}

. Yuzikov showed that he again tried to reraise Sarwer with {10-?}

like the last hand.

Two hands later, Yuzikov opened to 23,000 from the cutoff seat. Oleksandr Vaserfirer reraised from the big blind to 55,000. Yuzikov folded, giving more chips away. After all of this, he's down to 157,000.

Tags: Aleksey Yuzikov Jeff Sarwer Oleksandr Vaserfirer

10-24-2009 15:50 UTC+3

Julian Hoffmann Mogensen Eliminated in 17th place (28,620)

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PokerStars online qualifier Clayton Mozdzen opened from the button to 25,000. Julian Hoffmann Mogensen was in the big blind and reraised to 65,000. Mozdzen took only a few moments to move all in. Mogensen snap-called, tabling {K-Clubs}

. Mozdzen would need some help with {A-Clubs}

.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}

, adding six more outs to Mozdzen's hand for a straight. The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

, taking away some of those outs as Mogensen could now hit a full house if a king came.

The river was the {A-Hearts}

though and Mozdzen emphatically slapped his hands together before standing up to shake the hand of Mogensen, who, after some stack verification, was eliminated in 17th place.

Tags: Clayton Mozdzen Julian Hoffmann Mogensen

10-24-2009 15:55 UTC+3

Seating Chart

donpeters

With the elimination of Julian Hoffmann Mogensen in 17th place, Table 15 has been broken and here's how the tables look now.

(Table 16)
Seat 1: Luca Pagano (Team PokerStars PRO)
Seat 2: Maurice Schulmann
Seat 3: Aleksey Yuzikov
Seat 4: Dani Vargas
Seat 5: Anatoly Gurtoyov
Seat 6: Oleksandr Vaserfirer
Seat 7: Alexander Debus (PokerStars online qualifier)
Seat 8: Jeff Sarwer

(Table 18)
Seat 1: Tome Cardoso Moreira
Seat 2: Nikolay Tsanev
Seat 3: Ruslan Prydryk
Seat 4: Alexander Klimashin
Seat 5: Christophe Benzimra
Seat 6: Clayton Mozdzen (PokerStars online qualifier)
Seat 7: Alfio Battisti
Seat 8: Jani Sointula

The players have also reached a new pay scale, with everyone taking home at least 42,940 PLN.