Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event Day 4 | 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

09-15-2007 20:22 UTC

Players Take a 75-Minute Dinner Break

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Action will resume at 10:30 p.m., local time.

09-15-2007 21:31 UTC

Restarting Any Minute

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The players are sated with buffet, and are slowly returning to their seats. Gus Hansen's table includes a stack which looks like it might be ready to overtake his -- that of John Tabatabai, who now boasts over 800,000. Meanwhile, the last hand before the break saw James Keys lose yet another pot to Tino Lechich, dropping him into the danger zone with just 100,000.

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-15-2007 21:34 UTC

Cards Are Back in the Air

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Blind levels have increased to 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. There are 12 players remaining.

09-15-2007 21:37 UTC

No Change

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The first hand back, Magnus Persson picks up right from where he left off by... you guessed it...raising and taking the blinds uncontested.

Tags: Magnus Persson

09-15-2007 21:42 UTC

Keys Doubles Through

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A very short-stacked James Keys pushes all in with {J-Spades}

and is called by John Tabatabai in the blinds with {Q-Hearts}

.

Flop: {6-Clubs}

Turn:

River:

Ace of spades, the crowd goes wild.

09-15-2007 21:46 UTC

A Rowdy Rail

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It seems as though James Keys' fan club had a few pints at dinner. After picking up the last pot, he raised and picked up the blinds, to a very, very enthusiastic response from the rail. It is starting to resemble an English football match in here.

09-15-2007 21:47 UTC

Dominic Rally

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Dominic Kay has been relatively quiet today, staying out of the big pots and rarely getting his feet wet. However, he did just tangle with Magnus Persson, the Scandinavian raising what the announcer called "the P O T" from the small blind, the Brit smooth-calling from the big.

Once both players had meekly checked the {J-Diamonds}

flop, Dominic bet 50k on the {2-Clubs}

turn, which was called by Magnus. Come the {K-Clubs}

river, Dominic was reaching for chips once again, this time increasing the bar to 101k. Why he added the 1k, I'm not sure, but it was enough to make Magnus fold.

Tags: Dominic Kay Magnus Persson

09-15-2007 21:47 UTC

Tino Lechich Eliminated by Ovyind Riisem in 12th Place (£41,630)

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Tino Lechich moved all in from UTG for his remaining 167,000 and was called by Ovyind Riisem in the big blind. Lechich turned over {A-Diamonds}

, but Riisen had woken up to {K-Diamonds}

. The flop was {7-Diamonds}

, the turn was the {J-Clubs}

, and the river was the {K-Clubs}

, making a set of kings for Riisen. Lechich left to applause from the rail and the Aussie graciously shook his opponent's hand.

Tags: Ovyind Riisem Tino Lechich

09-15-2007 21:48 UTC

Key To Keys

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Ben Mayhew, who has been friends with James Keys since the age of five (and taught the lad the game of poker) has given me some insider information on this dark horse. He is a student at Durham University, and has done work experience for Betfair, the site on which he qualified for just $70. His regular game online might be "Twenty-five/fifty" -- that's $0.25/$0.50 -- so this tournament represents some serious money for him. He's been playing for three years so doesn' t lack experience, but has been waiting for a break just like this to try his hand at the major tournament scene.

Tags: James Keys