2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 362
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and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Keston checked, Demidov bet 60,000 and Keston called. The river brought the 
and another check from Keston. Demidov bet 80,000 and Keston called. Demidov tabled
for the straight and raked in the pot.
Elliott:
Neff:
The flop was
, Neff's tens still leading. The turn was the 
, 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.
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
All of the money went in before the flop; Lodden's with
and Neff's with 
.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!
and was up against Bengt Sonnert's 
. The flop was 
, Hiltunen picking up a flush draw to add to his pair. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Hiltunen survived, doubling up to 460,000. Sonnert was left with 398,000.
and was dismayed to see Peter Neff's 
. 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
. "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
, but the 
landed on the river, putting a six-high straight on the board and resulting in another split pot.
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.
Neff:
Fischman:
The rail started calling out for different suits to end the hand in a dramatic four-flushed fashion, but the board came down
, ending in a chop.
, but ran into Stanislav Alekhin's dominating . The flop was a disaster for the Dane, and he couldn't catch runners on the 
turn or the 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.
