2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Slow Going
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.
Updated Chip Counts
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
Domenico Iannonne Eliminated in 14th Place (€22,100)
It's clearly the Finn's day though, as the turn came an , and although a guilty conscience almost willed a flush for his opponent, was followed by a on the river.
Nygard now back over a million.
Break Time
No, Really Slow Going
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 flop. Konstantinos fires out 15,000 and Mestre calls after a minute's thought. On the Konstantinos bets a small 15,000 on the turn again and Mestre calls again. The river is the and Konstantinos aggressively throws out 50,000. Mestre moves all in for another 140,000 on top and Konstantinos quickly folds.
Current Chip Counts
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
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Juan Maceiras Eliminated in 13th Place (€22,100)
Turn =
River =
... and all Spanish hopes rest on Raul Mestre.
Cowboy Says Salve to Salvatore
[Removed:197] =
Salvatore Bonavena =
It looked like this was the end of the Italian until...
Flop =
The crowd went wild!
Turn =
River =
... and Salvatore Bonavena takes the chip lead for the first time this week.