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

12-13-2008 18:08 UTC+2

Small, But Crucial Pot

[user4144]

Alexiou Konstantinos and Massimo Di Cocco see a cheap {9-Clubs}

flop. Both players check, but Di Cocco snaps up a crucial pot with a bet of 30,000 on the {5-Clubs}

turn.

Tags: Massimo Di Cocco

12-13-2008 18:06 UTC+2

Ny-Guarded On The River

[user76023]

Chen limps in on the small blind, Nygard checks.

{A-Clubs}

Chen bets 25,000 and Nygard calls. Both players check the {7-Spades}

turn and

with Nygard saying, "No value bet," showing {Q-Spades}

and Chen mucks.

Next hand Massimo Di Cicco moves in for around 140,000 but gets no callers.

Tags: Andrew Alan Chen Fredrik Nygard Massimo Di Cicco

12-13-2008 17:58 UTC+2

Di Cicco Struggling

[user4144]

Massimo Di Cicco called a preflop bet from Alexiou Konstantinos of 52,000, before folding to a bet of 45,000 on the {A-Diamonds}

flop. With a quarter of his stack gone in that one hand, Di Cicco now has less than 200,000 and remains the current short-stack.

Tags: Massimo Di Cicco

12-13-2008 17:53 UTC+2

Czeching it Down

[user4144]

Alexiou Konstantinos raised to 50,000 and Salvatore Bonavena flat-called. The {8-Diamonds}

board was the checked down to the river, Konstantinos taking the pot with {5-Clubs}

.

12-13-2008 17:49 UTC+2

Salvatore Bonavena (Italy) -- 1,163,000
Alexiou Konstantinos (Greece) -- 2,131,000
Francesco Cirianni (Italy) -- 491,000
Fredrik Nygard (Finland) -- 473,000
Massimo Di Cicco (Italy) -- 228,000
[Removed:197] (Germany) -- out in 7th place
Raul Mestre (Spain) -- out in 8th place
Andrew Alan Chen (Canada) -- 1,201,000

12-13-2008 17:42 UTC+2