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

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 21:03 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 20:58 UTC+2

Italian Delight

[user76023]

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

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

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

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 20:42 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 20:29 UTC+2

Di Cicco Still Short

[user76023]

Di Cicco is down to just about 328,000 but managed to steal the blinds with an all-in bet.

Tags: Massimo Di Cicco

12-13-2008 20:20 UTC+2

Rare Three-Way Pot

[user4144]

Alexiou Konstantinos decided to mix it up and limp preflop, leading to a rare three way pot also involving Salvatore Bonavena and Andrew Alan Chen.

The {3-Clubs}