£20,000 High Roller Event | PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

10-06-2008 23:02 UTC+2

Current Chip Counts

[user4144]

Seat 1: Peter Jetten -- 480,000
Seat 2: Michael Watson -- 210,000
Seat 6: Scotty Nguyen -- 104,000
Seat 7: Jason Mercier -- 329,000
Seat 9: John Juanda -- 514,000

10-06-2008 23:05 UTC+2

It's All About the Money

[user4144]

A reminder of the booty still up for grabs:

1st = £516,000
2nd = £327,000
3rd = £241,000
4th = £189,000
5th = £137,000

It's a hard life.

Level: 18

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

10-06-2008 23:29 UTC+2

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 5th Place (£137,000)

[user4144]

With John Juanda raising it up to 45,000 from UTG, it was obvious Scotty Nguyen had the goods, his button push for a total of 84,000 meaning it would cost Mr WSOPE just 39,000 more. And with Jason Mercier stepping out of the way, Juanda made that obligatory call.

As Nguyen showed his {A-Clubs}

, Juanda teased his foe by announcing {A-Hearts}

before showing {K-Hearts}

with the mischievous smile of Bart Simpson making a prank call.

The {J-Clubs}

flop was a dangerous one, and led to Juanda threatening, "You'll be drawing dead by the turn." Although his prediction failed to come into fruition on the Nguyen-friendly {A-Diamonds}

turn, the

river delivered the flush nonetheless and sent the former WSOP champ home.

Beam me up, Scotty.

Tags: John Juanda Scotty Nguyen

10-06-2008 23:29 UTC+2

Chip Counts, Four-Handed

[user46392]

John Juanda -- 704,000
Peter Jetten -- 476,000
Jason Mercier -- 343,000
Michael Watson -- 198,000

10-06-2008 23:32 UTC+2

Mercier Breaks the 400,000 Mark

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Peter Jetten raises to 52,000 only for Jason Mercier to make it 140,000 from the small blind. Jetten asks for a count on Mercier -- he has 201,000 behind -- but passes. Mercier up to 417,000.

Tags: Jason Mercier Peter Jetten

10-06-2008 23:35 UTC+2

Juanda Extends His Lead

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Juanda raised to 49,000 from the small blind and big blind Jetten called.

They both checked the {J-Hearts}

flop and the {A-Spades}

turn. Come the {2-Diamonds}

river, though, Juanda bet a suspiciously small 30,000, and a suspicious Jetten passed.

Tags: John Juanda Peter Jetten

10-06-2008 23:42 UTC+2

Power Play

[user4144]

John Juanda is attacking opponents like Chris Ferguson attacks a carrot. Seated on the button, Juanda made a small all-in raise to the tune of 771,000, thus putting Peter Jetten and Michael Watson to the test for their tournament lives. Both players conceded their hands.

10-06-2008 23:48 UTC+2

Peter Jetten Eliminated in 4th Place (£189,000)

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Jetten button-raised to 42,000, only for Jason Mercier to move all in from the big blind for his 400,000+, covering Jetten. With barely a pause for thought, Jetten called. Nothing premium for either, but it's a race.

Mercier: {2-Spades}

Jetten:

Board: an incredibly exciting {Q-Hearts}

Thus Peter Jetten, our chip leader going into the final table, is Jetten into the waiting arms of Kara Scott and the EPT Live camera crew, and we continue three-handed.

Tags: Jason Mercier Peter Jetten

10-06-2008 23:49 UTC+2

Current Chip Counts

[user4144]

John Juanda -- 801,000
Jason Mercier -- 754,000
Michael Watson -- 166,000