£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 4 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

10-02-2008 01:15 UTC+2

Bracelet Business

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Nine WSOP bracelets are accounted for at this 10-handed unofficial final table, but only three of the players present can lay claim to them. Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda and Scott Fischman are all multiple bracelet winners; Negreanu owns four, Juanda three, and Fischman two.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu John Juanda Scott Fischman

10-02-2008 01:15 UTC+2

Demidov Chips Away at Keston

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Robin Keston opened for 28,000 and Ivan Demidov made the call. The flop was {K-Diamonds}

and both players checked. The turn was the {J-Diamonds}

. Keston checked, Demidov bet 60,000 and Keston called. The river brought the {9-Hearts}

and another check from Keston. Demidov bet 80,000 and Keston called.

Demidov tabled {K-Spades}

for the straight and raked in the pot.

10-02-2008 00:57 UTC+2

Chris Elliott Doubles Through Peter Neff

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Robin Keston opened for a raise, Chris Elliott moved all in from the cutoff, Peter Neff dwelled a bit before making the call from the small blind and Keston folded. On their backs...

Elliott: {A-Diamonds}

Neff:

The flop was {7-Spades}

, Neff's tens still leading. The turn was the {3-Spades}

, but the

spiked on the river, earning Elliott the double-up.

"That's right! That's right!" shouted Elliott, slamming the felt directly in front of Neff, who remained cool and impassive as Elliott raked in the pot.

10-02-2008 00:50 UTC+2

One Table of Ten

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With Johnny Lodden's elimination in 11th place, our ten remaining players have condensed to a single table. Action will continue until one more player is eliminated and we've reached our final nine. Here's the new lineup, with updated chip counts.

Seat 1: Robin Keston 884,000
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu 1,000,000
Seat 3: Chris Elliott 151,000
Seat 4: Bengt Sonnert 400,000
Seat 5: Peter Neff 480,000
Seat 6: John Juanda 1,325,000
Seat 7: Ivan Demidov 990,000
Seat 8: Toni Hiltunen 400,000
Seat 9: Scott Fischman 420,000
Seat 10: Stanislav Alekhin 1,230,000

10-02-2008 00:44 UTC+2

Neff Eliminates Lodden; 10 Remain

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Short-stacks Johnny Lodden and Peter Neff have just clashed in a classic coinflip that resulted in Lodden's elimination.

All of the money went in before the flop; Lodden's with {A-Spades}

and Neff's with {9-Diamonds}

.

The

board ran out in favor of Neff, who stacked up ~500,000 in chips after the hand.

Lodden will take home £54,300 for his 11th place finish. The action is now paused as the TV crews rearrange the set for the 10-handed unofficial final table. Play will resume momentarily!

Tags: Johnny Lodden

10-02-2008 00:39 UTC+2

Toni Hiltunen Doubles Through Bengt Sonnert

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In a preflop all-in confrontation over on the center "featured" table, Toni Hiltunen staked his tournament life on {3-Hearts}

and was up against Bengt Sonnert's {A-Clubs}

. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

, Hiltunen picking up a flush draw to add to his pair. The turn was the {5-Diamonds}

, the river was the {9-Spades}

and Hiltunen survived, doubling up to 460,000. Sonnert was left with 398,000.

10-02-2008 00:32 UTC+2

Another Dramatic Chop, Complete with Casino Ejections

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Chris Elliott got the last of his chips in before the flop with {K-Hearts}

and was dismayed to see Peter Neff's {Q-Clubs}

. Apparently, so were his railbirds.

"Hearts, motherf**ker!" screamed one punter from the rail, apparently oblivious to the eleven cameras filming the action.

The flop came down {4-Clubs}

.

"Those are some funny-looking hearts," said Scott Fischman, sarcastically.

"Ace-five, motherf**ker!" screamed the same railbird, now catching the attention of Tournament Directors Jack Effel and Charlie Ciresi who signaled for assistance from security in removing Mr. Potty Mouth from the premises.

The turn was the {5-Clubs}

, but the

landed on the river, putting a six-high straight on the board and resulting in another split pot.

10-02-2008 00:23 UTC+2

Ivan the Potentially Incredible

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"Ivan, you're almost at the final table!" said Scott Fischman to Ivan Demidov. "First and only man in history!"

Fischman is referring to the incredible feat that Demidov is two eliminations away from achieving: Being the first player ever to reach the final table of both the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP-E Main Event. What's more, he'd also become the first and only person ever to reach both final tables in the same year!

Think of the odds. Demidov plowed through a field of 6,844 players in this summer's Main Event and is second in chips heading into November's final table. In Europe, while the field here isn't nearly as big (362), it turned out to be a conglomeration of the world's finest poker players and getting through a field like the one we saw here this week is certainly no easy task.

Demidov currently has about 765,000 in chips which puts him just above average and slightly better than middle-of-the-pack status on our leaderboard. He's got several fans in attendance here today, many hoping that they get to witness a bit of poker history unfold in front of their eyes. As members of the poker media, we try to avoid cheering a particular player on, although in this case, it's difficult not to root for the guy, as it could take 100 years for something like this to happen again.

Tags: Ivan Demidov

10-02-2008 00:16 UTC+2

All That Excitement for Naught

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Peter Neff opened for 25,000 from UTG, Scott Fischman made it 75,000 to go from the big blind, Neff moved all in and Fischman quickly called.

Neff: {A-Hearts}

Fischman:

The rail started calling out for different suits to end the hand in a dramatic four-flushed fashion, but the board came down {10-Diamonds}

, ending in a chop.

10-01-2008 23:56 UTC+2

Soren Kongsgaard Eliminated in 12th Place (£54,300)

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Short-stacked Soren Kongsgaard made his last stand with {A-Spades}

, but ran into Stanislav Alekhin's dominating {A-Hearts}

. The

flop was a disaster for the Dane, and he couldn't catch runners on the {5-Hearts}

turn or the {J-Clubs}

river to improve.

Kongsgaard leaves us in 12th place, earning £54,300.

After eliminating both Kongsgaard and 13th-place finisher Talal Shakerchi, Alekhin is challenging John Juanda for the chip lead, with nearly 1.4 million in his stack.