Sigurd Eskeland busts out after nursing a short stack for a while (fleeting portions of sentences like, "best hand all day," "only one," came after his elimination) - he couldn't have found better than 
but unfortunately the 
which gave him a spin spiked the set to bust him within hailing distance of the prize money.
We're getting down to the bubble now and every elimination looks like it's more disappointing than the last. Still, every player who's dropped between 91st and 86th has behaved with the utmost calm and there have been handshakes all round.
Alessio Di Cesare is one of those to narrowly miss out, and judging from the partial rubdown he got at the hands of eliminator Nacho Barbero it was due to some earlier advertising that he got called in his final hand. He'd moved in for 75,400 total over the top of Barbero's preflop raise with 
- Barbero made the call with 
, spiked the 
on the flop and held to eliminate him.
"You should never have showed [referring to a previous hand where presumably an outrageous bluff was perpetrated by Di Cesare]. I would never call you."
Di Cesare gently remonstrated that he did it on purpose: "I show...for provocation!"
One Mr. Daniel Negreanu of Team PokerStars Pro: Canada leads the way after that nasty cooler on the last remaining member of the Jerney clan propelled him to the top.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
688,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
455,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
450,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
404,000
344,000
|
344,000 |
|
|
400,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
395,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
382,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
370,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
|
340,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
340,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
||
|
340,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
330,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
310,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
310,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
300,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
280,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
278,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
|
275,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
||
|
272,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
260,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
260,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
...Or sometimes just for a cigarette and a trip to the restrooms.
Back in 15 minutes.
It has been a sterling effort from the Team Pokerstars Sportstars but Boris Becker has just been eliminated. It came at the hands of Georgios Kapalas and was your usual run of the mill flip with Kapalas pocket fives beating Beckers Ace-King in a pre flop all-in showdown.
Former Biggest Stack In The Room Jose Severino has taken a hit, his failing to spike against Victorino Torres' 
, the board coming down 
. Torres doubled to a healthy 240,000, while amused tablemate Ramin Hajiyev gasped, "How much? You had 20,000 like half an hour ago."
Don't feel too sorry for Severino, though - with 570,000, he's still one of our bigger stacks right now.
Our preschool art project has ended a mere minutes after Dana told you all about it. Poker is like that as you know - here one minute and gone the next. Well at least Adam Jerney went out against one of the worlds biggest stars and that particular star had to get very lucky to beat the old Dad! For every downside there is an upside and this upside belongs to Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu seems to have shaken off his jet-lag from yesterday and does not seem to be able to stop amassing chips.
Jerney opened from middle position for 7,500 and Negreanu called in the Small Blind. [Removed:310] was waiting in the wings with ~50,000 and he duly shoved from the Big Blind. Jerney declared call and put a pile of yellow chips into the middle that surpassed the 50,000 of Wenigwieser. Neagreanu pointed out that he had just called and the dealer returned some of Jerney's chips. He didn't hold on to them for long when Negreanu announced he was all-in and Jerney instantly called. Negreanu had Jerney covered but Jerney still had between ~150,000 and 200,000 chips.
Jerney: 
Negreanu: 
Wenigwieser: 
Jerney looked certain to double up and it looked even more likely after the flop and turn 
. Only two tens in the deck could help Negreanu and one of them decided to show up and send Jerney home when the 
hit the board.
Daniel Negreanu ~805,000
Antonio Buonanno raised under the gun and Jeff Williams called on the button - but [Removed:310] shoved from the small blind and Buonanno then re-raised, and following a swift fold from Williams they were at showdown.
Buonanno:
Wenigwieser: 
Board: a no-messing 
Wenigwieser took his leave, and the Italian stallion galloped his way up to 260,000.
We're down to 99 players at the Pokerstars.net EPT Vienna, and will in all likelihood reach the money positions tonight during the next two hours scheduled to play.
The unfortunate 100th place was Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman whose stack had dwindled from its high point yesterday (he was briefly amongst the chip leaders mid day) and left him with 45k and ready to move in preflop with 
. Button Dominique Papesch reraised all in over the top, and after one of those more-frequent-than-you'd-expec t small blind timewastes he saw that was likely to be his eliminator. He pushed forward the Queen a little bit and waited as the dealer brought the nut flush for his opponent and knocked the veteran tournament player out.
Interesting side note - Boatman said that it could have been curtains for him a lot earlier if he hadn't made a huge laydown on that board with a pair of eights on it - he passed the under house with sixes and avoided the quads that busted his neighbour. But it was all for nought, in this event at least.
He could always jump in the €2k side event like de Melo has.
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