O'Dwyer Leads With 16 Remaining at EPT London
It was an exciting but short day for the remaining players in the Main Event. Just 32 started the fourth day of play and Steve O'Dwyer leads the final 16 going into the penultimate day 2,279,000. Plenty of super stars are still in the running including Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen in sixth place.
The day started with a bang as both Rumen Nanev and Frederik Andersen were knocked out in the same hand. Former EPT Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity was the beneficiary as his pocket jacks held up against ace-king and Anderson's fives. This pot put Chouity at the top of the counts and he remained close to the number-one spot throughout the day.
One of the chip leaders at the start of Day 2, Matthias Tikerpe, was the next one to go. The unlucky Estonian ran his pocket kings into Daniel Erlandsson's aces for a pot worth more than one million chips. Chris Moorman started his day by doubling through Steven Silverman. Moorman hit two kings when his ace-king ended up all in preflop against Silverman's treys. The American pro who last cashed in an EPT back in 2009 when he finished 12th in the Grand Final busted shortly after that against Russell Carson.
Halfway through the day plenty of big bluffs were shown and both Raoul Refos and Theo Jorgensen did their best to keep the rest guessing. Refos pulled one off with queen-five of clubs while Jorgensen only needed seven-eighth off suit. Carson, runner-up at EPT Snowfest Season 6, was crippled by Moorman and then knocked out by Rory Mathews and he was gone in 26th place.
The biggest name to bust out on Day 4 was without a doubt Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. The man with $8,110,958 in live tournament earnings up until today ran ace-nine suited into pocket sevens and he was knocked out in 25th place. John O'Shea had quite some swings today and he was the next player to bust out. One of the most successful women in poker, Annette Obrestad, was knocked out today as well when she saw her pocket jacks fail to hold up against Chouity's ace-king suited. Shortly after that the final women was send out the door when Kitty Kuo lost king-jack versus Moorman's nines.
The youngest ever EPT winner came close again but did not make it to Day 5. Mike McDonald busted on the TV table meaning Chouity is the only former winner still in the event. With 17 players left the Day 5 bubble was officially on and two players busted out during the same hand. Refos and Max Greenwood busted out and that means just 15 players will return tomorrow for Day 5.
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Dwyer | United States | 2,279,000 |
| Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 2,124,000 |
| Tamer Kamel | United Kingdom | 2,115,000 |
| Pasi Sormunen | Finland | 1,834,000 |
| Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 1,581,000 |
| Theo Jorgensen | Danmark | 1,474,000 |
| Mikhail Korotkikh | Russia | 1,372,000 |
| David Colin | France | 1,088,000 |
| Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 1,061,000 |
| Mantas Visockis | Lithuania | 915,000 |
| Ruben Visser | Netherlands | 827,000 |
| Christopher Frank | Germany | 821,000 |
| Daniel Erlandsson | Swedish | 700,000 |
| Bassel Moussa | Lebanon | 685,000 |
| Olof Haglund | Swedish | 453,000 |
Play will resume tomorrow at 12:00 PM GMT and we will play down until there are just eight players remaining. Make sure to tune back into PokerNews.com and follow all the live updates.