2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♦7♦
Prize
€774,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
8,000
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Cowboy Says Salve to Salvatore

[user4144]
[user4144]
Salvatore Bonavena - chip leader
Salvatore Bonavena - chip leader
Out of the blue we were blessed with an all in, and what a monster it was with the pot amassing to... gulp, 1,411,000.

[Removed:197] = {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}
Salvatore Bonavena = {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

It looked like this was the end of the Italian until...

Flop = {5-Spades}{Q-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The crowd went wild!

Turn = {7-Hearts}
River = {4-Hearts}

... and Salvatore Bonavena takes the chip lead for the first time this week.

Tags: Salvatore Bonavena

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Current Chip Counts

[user4144]
[user4144]
Fredrik Nygard -- 1,298,000
Alexiou Konstantinos -- 1,085,000
Salvatore Bonavena -- 673,000
[Removed:197] -- 516,000
Raul Mestre -- 363,000
Massimo Di Cicco -- 304,000
Andrew Alan Chen -- 290,000
Juan Maceiras -- 283,000
Francesco Cirianni -- 248,000
Igor Rejdovjan -- 211,000
Jonathan Duhamel -- 150,000
Daniel Drescher -- 128,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 118,000

No, Really Slow Going

[user76023]
[user76023]
It's been fairly quiet on the outer table. Francesco Cirianni and Alexiou Konstantinos are very restless and keep standing up and getting out of their chairs every five minutes. They also seem to be more interested in what's going on over on the TV table.

Mestre raises to 25,000 from midposition and Konstantinos, who I can't recall ever folding his big blind makes the call and they see a {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {8-Clubs} flop. Konstantinos fires out 15,000 and Mestre calls after a minute's thought. On the {3-Hearts} Konstantinos bets a small 15,000 on the turn again and Mestre calls again. The river is the {6-Hearts} and Konstantinos aggressively throws out 50,000. Mestre moves all in for another 140,000 on top and Konstantinos quickly folds.

Tags: Alexiou KonstantinosRaul Mestre

Domenico Iannonne Eliminated in 14th Place (€22,100)

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[user4144]
Domenico Iannonne - 14th place
Domenico Iannonne - 14th place
A surprise exit as Fredrik Nygard pushed all in with {A-Spades}{8-Spades} on a {9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop, Domenico Iannonne making a swift call with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

It's clearly the Finn's day though, as the turn came an {A-Hearts}, and although a guilty conscience almost willed a flush for his opponent, was followed by a {7-Hearts} on the river.

Nygard now back over a million.

Tags: Domenico IannonneFredrik Nygard

Updated Chip Counts

[user4144]
[user4144]
Outer Table...

Seat 1: Raul Mestre -- 270,000
Seat 2: Massimo Di Cicco -- 340,000
Seat 3: Igor Rejdovjan -- 180,000
Seat 4: Francesco Cirianni -- 340,000
Seat 5: Alexiou Konstantinos -- 975,000
Seat 6: Daniel Drescher -- 175,000
Seat 7: Andrew Alan Chen -- 300,000

Slow Going

[user4144]
[user4144]
It's like swimming through treacle with an anvil tied to each foot at the moment, the outer table in particular seeing very little in the way of action. But of course, this will be a testament to the structure, and also the result of the flurry of early exits which always see the pace grind to a halt later on.

There appear to be varying styles on display at the moment. Whilst Igor Rejdovjan and Daniel Drescher are playing few hands, Alexiou Konstantinos is easily the most aggressive and often puts in a raise preflop. Meanwhile, Massimo Di Cicco seems the most likely to limp, I've seen him attempt this approach a number of times, although with mixed results.
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