I'm Still Stani-ing
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Kevin Stani opened preflop to 48,000 and Jonathan Weekes called in the big blind but the 
was checked down where Stani's 
was still good for a small but helpful pot.
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,596,000
Entries
420
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Hoff Fuzz
Steven van Zadelhoff opened preflop from late position and Konstantin Bilyaver made the call in the big blind. The 
saw the Russian check then call a bet of 60,000 from Van Zadelhoff before both then checked the 
turn.
On the 
river Bilyaver checked once more and Van Zadelhoff now bet 140,000. The former looked really pained but after several minutes he called again, only to be shown 
by Van Zadelhoff who is slowly chipping back up after losing the monster pot late last night.
Bilyaver is bleeding a few chips at the moment.
Slowdown Time
After a breakneck pace in the first level and a half of the day, things seem to be slowing down somewhat. Flops are becoming rare, turns and rivers rarer still - but this is not to say that nothing is happening.
Although 22 big blinds is not a short short stack per se, when you're at The Table With All The Chips you might be forgiven for feeling a little that way. Just now Johan Storakers shoved for 438,000 to a 50,000 raise from Jonathan Weekes. It folded back around to Weekes who looked interested, but in the end he decided that it was too much to call and folded instead.
Play continues with two full tables for the moment.
Table Imbalance
The most recent table draw has created an interesting dynamic. The top five big stacks (Mattern, Bilyaver, Bukara, Weekes, and Stani) are all at the same table while six of the bottom seven are at the other table. Being the first biggie to get moved to the short table could be the most important spot of luck a player has all day.
This Chip Stack Is Not For Matterning
It really is the Arnaud Mattern show so far today. Mattern opened in the small blind and Konstantin Bilyaver made the call in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Mattern fired out 65,000 but the Russian, the other biggest stack on the table, made a raise and slid out 146,000. Mattern tanked for a minute before now 3-betting to 365,000.
Bilyaver now thought for about two minutes and reluctantly folded, Mattern then turned over for nothing more than a gutshot.
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The very next hand saw short-stacked Johann Storakers move all-in from early position and Mattern make the call from the button.
Storakers:
Mattern: 
The flop put Storakers on a freeroll coming 
and had the Swede saying, "Well, maybe I can get lucky..." The 
sealed Storaker's flush rendering the 
river obsolete.
Storakers doubles to over 400,000. Mattern has about 1,850,000 million
Two-Table Tournament
Table Left
Seat 1: Oscar Teran
Seat 2: Mikko Jaatinen
Seat 3: Igor Ivashkiv
Seat 4: Nicolo Calia
Seat 5: Vallo Maidla
Seat 6: Bassam Elnajjar
Seat 7: Dmitry Vitkind
Seat 8: Toni Ojala
Table Right
Seat 1: Johan Storakers
Seat 2: Kevin Stani
Seat 3: Perica Bukara
Seat 4: Steven van Zadelhoff
Seat 5: Arnaud Mattern
Seat 6: Konstantin Bilyaver
Seat 7: Jonathan Weekes
Seat 8: Javed Abrahams
Action as Far as the Eye Can See
When Simone Falorni busted out in 17th place, that meant that it was time for a redraw. But before that could happen, it would be all change in the stack sizes on at least one of the other tables.
First up, Konstantin Bilyaver raised to 46,000 under the gun only for Johan Storakers - who's suffered some dreadful luck so far today - to shove from the button. Back around to Bilyaver who thought about it for some time. Eventually he called.
Storakers was dominating with up against Bilyaver's 
and in great shape to double up, but Storaker's bad luck continued as the board came down 
to chop the pot. It was better than busting out, but not much - Storakers looked heartbroken and remained a short stack as the new players joined the table.
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Over on the other table, Steven van Zadelhoff was in the process of doubling through chip leader Arnaud Mattern.
Mattern:
Van Zadelhoff:
Board: 
Van Zadelhoff doubled to 670,000 and looked much happier about things as they broke the table. Mattern didn't look particularly bothered about any of this - on over 2 million after that, he remains the chip leader as we go to two tables.
Simone Falorni Eliminated in 17th Place (€10,000)
Action folded to Vallo Maidla in the cutoff, and he open-shoved for about 245,000. On the button, Simone Falorni called all in. The blinds folded, and they turned over their hands to see it was a traditional race. Maidla's needed to hit against Falorni's . The flop didn't change anything. Then the on the turn switched the hand to Maidla's favor. The 
river was no help to Falorni, and he made his exit in 17th place.
With his bust, the players will redraw to two eight-handed tables, though they'll have to wait for two big hands currently in progress on each of the other tables.
Anatoli Jevtejev Eliminated in 18th Place (€10,000)
Anatoli Jevtejev limped his small blind, and in the big blind, Arnaud Mattern raised to 45,000. Jevtejev quickly reraised to around 150,000, but before the bet could be counted, Mattern had announced all in and Jevtejev had called for a total of about 550,000. Time for showdown.
Jevtejev: 
Mattern:
Mattern hung his head at the 
flop, but he perked up a little as the 
turn gave him flush outs. And right on time, the 
appeared on the river to make Arnaud a four-flush and send Jevtejev on his way. Mattern furthered his chip lead and became the first player to cross the two-million mark. He's currently on 2.3.
Carlo Bordogna Eliminated in 19th Place (€10,000)
Carlo Bordogna lost a big 900,000 pot to Kevin Stani when Bordogna pushed from the blinds with against Stani's button raise and got a quick call from the Norwegian's 
and the board favoured the latter coming 
.
Bordogna was crippled and shoved the next hand with in the small blind and got an immediate call from Konstantin Bilyaver in the big blind holding .
Again the board didn't help the Italian when it came meaning there are just 18 left.