£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 3 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

10-01-2008 00:18 UTC+1

Players Return from Break

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Cards are in the air for the last level of the night.

10-01-2008 00:41 UTC+1

As if wearying now that the excitement of the bubble is over, there has been little action since the players returned from the break.

The most active player thus far, although there are a number of fairly short stacks, has been William Haughey, getting all his chips in the middle apparently as often as possible. Most recently he tried it from the button, pushing for all his 87,500 after Talal Shakerchi had made it 11,000 from the cutoff. To everyone's surprise, Shakerchi folded {J-Diamonds}

up. Haughey raked in the chips and mucked.

For some entertainment, British poker scene fixture Catman was spotted at the rail, blowing a good luck kiss to Mel Judah.

10-01-2008 00:54 UTC+1

Rouas' Boat Floats

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Mike Matusow opened for 10,500, Philippe Rouas called and Soren Kongsgaard called from the small blind. The flop was {A-Spades}

. The action was checked to Rouas, who bet 25,000. Kongsgaard called and Matusow folded. The turn was the {K-Hearts}

and both players checked. The {J-Hearts}

on the river brought a 60,000 bet from Rouas and a call from Kongsgaard.

Rouas turned up {A-Hearts}

for kings full of aces and Kongsgaard mucked. Rouas raked in the nearly 200,000 pot and is now past the 400,000 mark. Kongsgaard fell to 240,000.

10-01-2008 00:59 UTC+1

Robin the Rich

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Behind the Wall Of Media, Robin Keston has doubled up most unusually, somehow getting it all in preflop with {A-?}

and somehow finding himself up against Peter Neff's {J-?}

. A three, a four and a five on the board later, and Keston had wheeled his way up to 110,000.

Tags: Peter Neff Robin Keston

10-01-2008 01:02 UTC+1

Brian Johnson Eliminated in 29th Place (£25,340)

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Up on the feature table, Brian Johnson moved in preflop and there were two callers, of whom only Soren Kongsgaard made it as far as the river.

Johnson: {K-Diamonds}

Kongsgaard: {8-Spades}

Board:

Tags: Brian Johnson Soren Kongsgaard

10-01-2008 01:03 UTC+1

Roberto Machado Eliminated in 28th Place (£25,340)

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Stanislav Alekhin opened for 11,000, Roberto Machado moved all in for 45,000 and Alekhin swiftly called, showing pocket aces to Machado's pocket jacks. No help for Machado on the board and he hit the rail in 28th place for a £25,340 payday.

10-01-2008 01:06 UTC+1

Action Paused

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The action has been paused momentarily while our remaining 27 players re-draw for seats on three tables.

10-01-2008 01:07 UTC+1

Shuffle Up & Deal, Again

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Our players are comfortably reseated and cards are back in the air with 73 minutes left of play tonight.

10-01-2008 01:16 UTC+1

Three Tables

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Here's our new lineup:

Table 1

Seat 1: Soren Kongsgaard
Seat 2: Brandon Adams
Seat 3: Chris Elliott
Seat 4: Panicos Panagi
Seat 5: Erik Seidel
Seat 6: Johnny Lodden
Seat 7: Scott Fischman
Seat 8: Brian Townsend
Seat 9: Ivan Demidov

Table 2

Seat 1: Perttu Bergius
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 3: Talal Shakerchi
Seat 4: Justin Smith
Seat 5: Stanislav Alekhin
Seat 6: Mike Matusow
Seat 7: Harri Pehkonen
Seat 8: Philippe Rouas
Seat 9: Bengt Sonnert

Table 3

Seat 1: Mel Judah
Seat 2: Toni Hiltunen
Seat 3: Kim-Andre Torsvik
Seat 4: Robin Keston
Seat 5: Tim West
Seat 6: John Juanda
Seat 7: Peter Neff
Seat 8: Andy Bloch
Seat 9: William Haughey