£5,000 EPT London Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-06-2009 13:00 UTC+1

A Thousand Men, Now Only Five Hundred...

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Rui Milhomens raised to 54,000 and Aaron Gustavson called.

The flop was {6-Spades}

and Milhomens bet 75,000. Call.

On the {J-Diamonds}

turn, Milhomens bet 150,000 to which Gustavson moved all-in. Milhomens instantly folded, leaving himself with 500,000 left. Gustavson is up to about 1.3 million.

10-06-2009 13:03 UTC+1

Gudvangen's Sneaky Push

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Ivo Donev raised from the button and Martin Gudvangen reraised all from the big blind. Donev considered it but folded. Gudvangen lifted his cards up high, so that everyone behind him, but no-one at the table, could see the {8-Diamonds}

in his hand.

10-06-2009 13:06 UTC+1

Bye-Bye Byers - Eliminated in 24th Place (£17,000)

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It looked as though Michael Berry limped under the gun, only for Philip Byers to move in for his last 272,000. Martin Gudvangen re-shoved, the blinds and Berry got out of the way, and they were on their backs.

Byers: {A-Diamonds}

Gudvangen: {8-Spades}

Board:

Thus we lose our first Day Four-onaut, and Gudvangen bumps his stack up to 880,000.

10-06-2009 13:14 UTC+1

Trancrash! Theo Tran Eliminated In 23rd Place (£17,000)

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Martin Gudvangen raised preflop to about 60,000 and Theo Tran made it 150,000. Gudvangen reraised all-in and Tran looked pained but called.

Gudvangen: {J-Clubs}

Tran:

The flop came down {4-Diamonds}

and Victor Ramdin shouted, "Put a queen out there!"

The turn {10-Hearts}

killed the hand dead, so the {Q-Clubs}

on the river was just insult to injury.

Tran frantically counted his chips down until it became more and more apparent that Gudvangen had him covered. He left immediately, very disappointed.

10-06-2009 13:21 UTC+1

Kenneth Hicks Busts in 22nd Place (17,000)

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Aaron Gustavson made it 48,000 from the hijack, only for a wide-eyed Kenneth Hicks to shove from the small blind -- not the first time he'd done that today. Perhaps taking into account how shove-happy Hicks had been up until this point, Gustavson made a speculative call with {A-Clubs}

but found Hicks well ahead with {5-Clubs}

.

But oh, the cruelty of the poker gods.

Board: {K-Diamonds}

Gustavson counterfeited Hicks' pocket pair to send the still wide-eyed and staring Hicks to the rail.

10-06-2009 13:25 UTC+1

Benny Getting Busy

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A good night's sleep has clearly done wonders for Benny Spindler -- by far the most aggressive player at the feature table, he's just now taken down another pot. Vivek Rajkumar raised to 61,000, but Spindler made it 177,000 and Rajkumar laid it down.

Tags: Benny Spindler

10-06-2009 13:29 UTC+1

Jonathan Weekes Eliminated In 21st Place (£17,000)

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Josef Samanek raised to 50,000 and Tobias Renkemeier flat-called before Jonathan Weekes reraised all-in from the button.

Samanek moved all-in behind him and Renkemeier folded.

Weekes: {A-Diamonds}

Samanek:

Board:

You are the Weekes link, goodbye.

10-06-2009 13:35 UTC+1

Spin Up

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Benny Spindler continues to dominate the feature table. When Vivek Rajkumar raised to 61,000 Spindler made it 177,000 to get him to fold.

He just picked up another pot when his deuces held out on a checked-down board of {8-Spades}

against Adam York.

Spindler hasn't seen it all go his own way though, Peter Eastgate just reraised all-in for about 500,000 over the top of his bet to wrest at least one pot back from the super-active German.

10-06-2009 13:41 UTC+1

Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated in 20th Place (£17,000)

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Andrew Lichtenberger raised preflop and Rui Milhomens called. Lichtenberger bet another 85,000 on the {8-Hearts}

flop, and Milhomens check-called that too.

Come the {K-Spades}

turn, Milhomens checked and Lichtenberger bet 150,000. Milhomens now raised to cover Lichtenberger, who called all in.

Bit of a cooler, really.

Lichtenberger: {9-Hearts}