€3,000 Main Event Day 4 | 2013 International Stadiums Poker Tour Wembley Stadium

06-03-2013 20:30 UTC

Kugelstadt Crushed

Matthew Pitt

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Tom Kugelstadt has been eliminated at the hand of the hot-running Gwendoline Janot. A flurry of blind-on-blind action resulted in Kugelstadt being all in and at risk of elimination while holding the . Janot was ahead with her and she locked up the hand on the flop! The meaningless turn and river completed the board and we are down to 254 in the ISPT Wembley Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Kugelstadt	Busted

Tags: Gwendoline Janot Tom Kugelstadt

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

06-03-2013 20:13 UTC

Linton Keeps the Pressure On

[user252447]

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Pete Linton was in the small blind facing a bet from Linton Louis of 120,000 on a flop of .

He slid the chips out from his towering stack and called.

The turn brought the and Linton led for 212,000. This time Louis faced a decision. He called from his dwindling stack.

The river was the and Linton went all in. Any plans Louis had went out the window. He thought for a little while and saved the rest of his chips, mucking his cards.

Tags: Pete Linton Leon Louis

06-03-2013 20:13 UTC

Deeb Busts Moreira in Long Controversial Hand

[user76023]

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Andre Moreira opened to 66,000 preflop and Leigh Wiltshire made the call before Freddy Deeb made it 291,000 to go.

Now, this is where the controversy started as the dealer cut out the three-bet but told Moreira it was 191,000 not 291,000. Moreira then pushed out a bet of 380,000 and Wiltshire folded, getting out of the way.

Deeb was thinking about what to do next when the floor spotted that Moreira had made an under-raise and came over to sort out what to do next. Moreira was adamant that the dealer had told him 191,000 and his raise was a response to that. The floor was close to ruling that despite what the dealer had said, the raise was clearly visible to all players. Moreira was not happy and so the floor called Simon Trumper over to clarify what the ruling was.

During the time that Trumper spent gathering the information, Deeb was incensed when Moreira spoke in Portuguese to a compatriot (a journalist covering the action). Trumper ruled that even though the dealer had given Moreira the wrong information, the size of the raise was still clearly obvious to all players on the table.

The 380,000 Moreira had put out was less than a 50% raise on Deeb's three-bet (he would've needed to put out 414,000 to have been able to make the full minimum raise) and instead it was a call. After this 10 minutes of debating, the rest of the action followed incredibly quickly.

The flop was and Deeb simply moved all in with Moreira, perhaps slightly tilted, calling off his stack.

Deeb:
Moreira:

The turn was the and the river was the . Deeb eliminating a very disgruntled Moreira as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	3,000,000	790,000
Andre Moreira	Busted

06-03-2013 19:39 UTC

Hicks Wins a Monster Pot; Now Sits on 4.6MM

Matthew Pitt

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Hicks holds a massive chip lead thanks to eliminating Andre Andrade in a crazy hand!

Gwendoline Janot opened the betting from middle position with a min-raise to 60,000 and it turned out to be a raise that sparked a flurry of activity. Next to act was Andre Moreira and he three-bet to 163,000. To his immediate left was Nick Hicks who checked his hole cards before cold four-betting to 268,000!

Now it was Leigh Wiltshire's turn to act and he agonised for close to a minute before opting to fold. Julian Gardner folded before Andre Andrade five-bet all in for 682,000. Janot folded, as did Moreira, but Hicks called and a massive pot was contested.

Hicks:
Andrade:

It turned out to be a coinflip for the giant pot, a coinflip that Hicks would ultimately win. The flop was actually great for Hicks because a 10 would have filled Andrade's straight but improved Hicks to a full house. The turn and river completed the board, eliminating Andrade and sending Hicks into a massive lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Hicks	4,600,000	1,000,000
Andre Andrade	Busted

Tags: Andre Andrade Andre Moreira Nick Hicks Gwendoline Janot

06-03-2013 19:38 UTC

3 Streets of Value for Linton

[user252447]

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Pete Linton was getting a massage at the table and raised under the gun for 62,000. It folded round to Daniel Platten in the big blind who called.

The flop was .

Platten checked and Linton continued with a bet for 102,000. Again Platten called.

The turn brought the . Platten checked, Linton bet. This time 188,000. Platten called.

The river was . Platten thought for a while and assessed the board. He checked.

Linton bet for the final time. 366,000 which Platten called. He motioned for Linton to expose his cards.

“I got aces mate.” Linton said and flipped over

Tags: Pete Linton

06-03-2013 19:24 UTC

Hicks Busts Trodd in Huge Pot

[user76023]

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Hicks opened to 65,000 from UTG and Amy Trodd made it 130,000 from the small blind, the big blind then made it 285,000 in a cold four-bet before Hicks five-bet to 585,000. Trodd moved all in and the big blind quickly folded, Hicks instantly called.

Trodd:
Hicks:

The board ran out and Hicks is up to a huge 3.6 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Hicks	3,600,000	1,540,000

06-03-2013 19:22 UTC

Wiltshire Rivers a King to Bust Bas

Matthew Pitt

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Leigh Wiltshire would be a popular winner of this tournament and he has done his chances no harm at all by eliminating Damien Bas and climbing to 1,500,000 chips in the process.

Bas open-shoved for 403,000 and Wiltshire re-shoved. Bas showed to Witlshire's . The eights stayed in front right until the river when a king appeared to bust Bas and send Wiltshire's adrenalin levels through the roof!

Player	Chips	Progress
Leigh Wiltshire	1,500,000	315,000
Damien Bas	Busted

Tags: Leigh Wiltshire Damien Bas

06-03-2013 19:18 UTC

Maruna Loses Flip to Michalak

Matthew Pitt

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Jakub Michalak has just sent Michael Maruna to the rail after coming from behind to crack Maruna's jacks — he was only slightly behind though.

As many hands do at this stage of a tournament, the chips went in preflop, Maruna holding and Michalak . Michalak took the lead on the flop and stayed ahead as the turn and river fell and .

They are dropping like flies here in the ISPT Wembley Main Event.

Tags: Jakub Michalak

06-03-2013 19:14 UTC

New Chips In Play

Matthew Pitt

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

The tournament director has introduced a new bright blue chip worth 100,000. Manage to get a stack of those and you will have 2,000,000 in that stack alone.