£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

10-02-2008 15:20 UTC+2

Hand #16 - Stanislav Alekhin

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Bengt Sonnert has the button in Seat 4. Action folds to Stanislav Alekhin in middle position who makes it 35,000 to go. Sonnert makes the only call and sees the flop come {5-Diamonds}

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Alekhin then makes a continuation bet of 56,000, which was enough for Sonnert, who laid down his hand, sending the pot to the man Phil Hellmuth dubbed, 'The Russian.'

Tags: Stanislav Alekhin

10-02-2008 15:25 UTC+2

John Juanda has the button in Seat 5. Scott Fischman opens for 30,000, Bengt Sonnert calls, Juanda calls, Ivan Demidov calls from the small blind, and Toni Hiltunen calls from the big blind. The flop is {J-Diamonds}

. The action is checked to Fischman who bets 12,000, saying "Let's take a stab at it." Bengt Sonnert answers that with a raise to 100,000. Juanda folds, and Demidov reraises to 350,000. Hiltunen and Fischman quickly muck, and Sonnert begins counting down his stack. He eventually mucks and Demidov flashes a {J-?}

as he rakes in the pot.

10-02-2008 15:31 UTC+2

Hand #18 - Scott Fischman

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6. Stanislav Alekhin opens with a raise to ~32,000 from under the gun and Scott Fischman calls from the big blind.

Both players check down a {K-Hearts}

board to the river, at which point Fischman bets 30,000. Alekhin makes the call and Fischman hesitates before turning over a pocket pair of fives. Much to Fischman's surprise, Alekhin mucks and Scott takes down the pot.

"That leaves threes and fours," joked Tournament Director Jack Effel.

"Value!" sung Fischman as he raked in his new chips.

Tags: Scott Fishman

10-02-2008 15:38 UTC+2

Hand #19 - John Juanda, Ivan Demidov

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Toni Hiltunen has the button in Seat 7. John Juanda raises to 36,000, Ivan Demidov calls from the cutoff and Stanislav Alekhin calls from the big blind. The flop is {Q-Hearts}

. Alekhin checks, Juanda bets 58,000, Demidov calls and Alekhin folds. The turn is the {J-Diamonds}

. Juanda bets 115,000 and Demidov calls. The river falls the {5-Clubs}

. Juanda bets 110,000. Looking a bit puzzled at the small bet relative to the size of the pot, Demidov tanked for a while before calling.

Both players show {Q-?}

and they chop the pot.

10-02-2008 15:45 UTC+2

Hand #20 - Stanislav Alekhin

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Scott Fischman has the button in Seat 8. Action folds around the table to Ivan Demidov who raises to 31,000. Stanislav Alekhin then raises to 81,000 from the small blind and Robin Keston folds from the big. The action then returns to Demidov, who flashes the {A-Diamonds}

before tossing the cards back to the dealer.

After Demidov mucked, Alekhin turned over a pocket pair of queens for the whole table to see and the first Russian v. Russian 'battle' ended without bloodshed.

Tags: Stanislav Alekhin

10-02-2008 15:47 UTC+2

Hand #21 - Scott Fischman

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Stanislav Alekhin has the button in Seat 9. Ivan Demidov raises to 31,000 and Scott Fischman calls from the cutoff. The flop is {A-Spades}

. Demidov checks to Fischman, who bets 20,000. Demidov folds and Fischman wins the pot.

10-02-2008 15:51 UTC+2

Pros on the Rail

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Ben Grundy and Gary Jones have turned out today to support fellow Brit Robin Keston, while Moscow native Alexander Kostritsyn and his girlfriend are here cheering on Ivan Demidov.

10-02-2008 15:56 UTC+2

Hand #22 - Stanislav Alekhin

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Robin Keston has the button in Seat 1. Action folds around the table to Stanislav Alekhin who makes it 34,000 to go. Robin Keston and Daniel Negreanu fold from the button and small blind respectively and Bengt Sonnert then opts to defend his big blind, raising to 125,000. Alekhin makes the call and sees the flop come {7-Diamonds}

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Sonnert makes a continuation bet of 150,000 on the flop and Alekhin delves deep into the tank, before eventually emerging with a call.

The turn brings the {4-Spades}

and Sonnert puts on the brakes, passing the first action to his Russian nemesis, who checks behind.

The last card off the deck is the {J-Clubs}

and another check-check sequence brings us to the showdown:

Sonnert: {K-Spades}

Alekhin:

Alekhin's pair of fives prove good and the dealer pushes him the pot.

Tags: Bengt Sonnert Stanislav Alekhin

10-02-2008 15:58 UTC+2

Hand #23 - Ivan Demidov

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Daniel Negreanu has the button in Seat 2. Ivan Demidov opens for 30,000 and the action is folded around to John Juanda in the big blind. Juanda gives it up and Demidov takes down the blinds and antes.

10-02-2008 16:02 UTC+2

Hand #24 - Toni Hiltunen

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Bengt Sonnert has the button in Seat 4. Toni Hiltunen opens the pot with a raise to 38,000 from under-the-gun and the action folds around to Daniel Negreanu who makes the call from the cutoff. Both blinds and the button fold, sending us heads-up to the flop: {Q-Diamonds}

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Hiltunen then fires a continuation bet of 100,000, grabbing two 10-chip stacks of orange 5,000 chips -- one pile in each fist -- and popping them down in front of him. Negreanu folds with little hesitation and Hiltunen scoops up the pot.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Toni Hiltunen