Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
2010 EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,730,550
Entries
563
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,205,000 | 373,000 |
|
3,720,000 | 557,000 |
|
3,685,000 | 6,000 |
|
1,350,000 | 246,000 |
|
|
1,280,000 | -252,000 |
|
780,000 | -62,000 |
|
695,000 | -258,000 |
|
680,000 | -407,000 |
|
530,000 | -101,000 |
Break Time
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
The players are now on a 15 minutes break, fingers crossed this is the last one of today
Romanello Running The Show
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Roberto Romanello is doing what he does best and that is helping the table to enjoy themselves. Whilst the poker has been mainly of a preflop variety, Romanello is trying his best to keep those at the table and everyone watching entertained with his witty banter and silly antics
Forza Italia
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Kevin MacPhee had been blinded and anted off to just 550,000 when Roberto Nulli opened for 100,000. MacPhee, in the small blind this time, sat back in his chair. "Where are you from?" he asked Nulli. Answer: Italy.
"Wow," said Marcin Horecki, "Four Italians. Spaghetti."
He was of course talking about the three bona fide Italian nationals, Nulli, Marco Leonzio, Emilliano Bono, and also Roberto Romanello. Though the latter is technically Welsh, he is, as he put it, "A full-blooded Italian."
"I represent five countries," Romanello, we think, lied.
"I represent a whole hemisphere," countered MacPhee.
Either way he folded, and Nulli got the pot.
Romanello Stops Horecki In His Tracks
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Team PokerStars por Marcin Horecki has been ultra-aggressive early on at this unofficial final table, raising the last three hands all in late position.
The last time he raised he made it 91,000 from the cutoff, causing both Marco Leonzio and Peter Skripka to fold but Roberto Romanello had other ideas. He counted out chips to the value of 219,000 and pushed them across the betting line.
Horecki asked for a count, but couldn't be given an exact figure as Romanello has his chips stack in what is best described as an artistic fashion. "Around 1.1" said Romanello, which was too much for Horecki and he folded his hand.
First 4 Hands
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Hand 1
Peter Skripka raised to 95,000 in the cutoff and everyone folded.
Hand 2
Skripka raised to 100,000 from the hijack and everyone else folded again.
Hand 3
Roberto Romanello raised to 105,000 and everyone passed. "I don't wanna show. Nobody. Nothing. I'm folding," he told table neighbour and namesake Roberto Nulli, all the while waving the 
around so that everyone could see it except Nulli.
Hand 4
Kevin MacPhee got a walk.
There was then a brief pause while Romanello talked dealer Charlie Ciresi into wearing his fake-hair ski hat. "Oh my god, you look awesome with hair," Kevin MacPhee told him.
"That was 20 years ago," lamented Ciresi.
Nine-handed Final Table Chip Counts and Redraw (full)
The players have redrawn for the unofficial final table of nine. Once we lose another player the tournament will be stopped and will resume tomorrow at 1200 CET
Seat 1: Marco Leonzio - 3,832,000
Seat 2: Peter Skripka - 3,163,000
Seat 3: Roberto Romanello - 1,104,000
Seat 4: Roberto Nulli - 1,087,000
Seat 5: Jan Bendik - 953,000
Seat 6: Emilliano Bono - 1,532,000
Seat 7: Manuel Bevand - 842,000
Seat 8: Kevin MacPhee - 631,000
Seat 9: Marcin Horecki - 3,679,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,832,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
3,679,000 | 179,000 |
|
|
3,163,000 | 663,000 |
|
|
1,532,000 | -158,000 |
|
|
1,104,000 | 154,000 |
|
|
1,087,000 | -113,000 |
|
|
953,000 | -299,000 |
|
|
842,000 | -171,000 |
|
|
631,000 | -129,000 |
Nikolay Losev Eliminated in 10th Place (€40,000)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
A short raising war between Nikolay Losev (position) and Marcin Horecki (big blind) soon resulted in a preflop showdown. On their backs, gentlemen.
Losev: 
Horecki: 
Board: 
With that, we are down to nine players and they're currently all being condensed on to a single unofficial final table. We will continue playing until only eight remain.
MacPhee Now In The Need Of A Double Up
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Kevin MacPhee started the day as out chipleader but he is far from that now, as he has just lost a huge pot to Team PokerStars pro Marcin Horecki.
I didn't catch the preflop action but it resulted in Horecki moving all in and MacPhee making the call.
MacPhee: 
Horecki: 
To win tournaments you have to win your coinflips but MacPhee failed to do so as the final board ran out 
to put Horecki up to 3,000,000 and knock MacPhee all the way down to 760,000