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

10-01-2008 23:49 UTC+2

Keston Claims Most of Elliott's Stack

[user25067]

Our access is growing increasingly limited with the heavy TV camera presence, but by craning my neck out of my seat I did witness the end result of a massive hand between Robin Keston and Chris Elliott.

It appears the money went in on the turn with the board reading {A-Hearts}

. Elliott opened up {5-Diamonds}

for fives full of deuces, but Keston had the higher boat with {A-Spades}

. The

on the river changed nothing, and Keston doubled up to about 930,000. Elliott was left with around 250,000.

10-01-2008 23:39 UTC+2

Keston Can't Call

[user25067]

Robin Keston put in a preflop raise, that was reraised to 60,000 by Ivan Demidov. Keston made the call and they saw a {J-Spades}

flop. Keston checked to Demidov who put in about a 100,000 bet from the looks of it. After a bit of a think, Keston gave it up and conceded the pot.

November Niner Demidov is up to 780,000, while Keston dipped to 325,000.

10-01-2008 23:31 UTC+2

Talal Shakerchi Eliminated in 13th Place (£45,250)

[user25067]

Talal Shakerchi got the last of his chips in holding {Q-Diamonds}

and could not improve against Stanislav Alekhin's {9-Spades}

on the

board. Alekhin hit a set on the turn and boated up on the river to send Shakerchi to the rail in 13th place. He'll take home £45,250 for his efforts.

10-01-2008 23:19 UTC+2

Fischman Active Early

[user38449]

Action on the not-so-feature table got off to a quick start following the dinner break, as seen here in the following hand:

Action folded around to Chris Elliott in the cutoff who raised to 25,000. Scott Fischman made the only call from the small blind and the two saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}

.

Fischman took the lead in the betting after the flop, tossing three orange chips into the middle -- a 15,000 wager. Elliott made the call and saw the {J-Hearts}

come on the turn. Fischman then fired again, this time betting 30,000 and Elliott opted to concede the hand.

10-01-2008 23:08 UTC+2

Post-Dinner Break Chip Counts

[user25067]

Here's how our remaining baker's dozen currently stack up:

John Juanda 1,492,000
Daniel Negreanu 835,000
Chris Elliott 758,000
Ivan Demidov 724,000
Bengt Sonnert 630,000
Stanislav Alekhin 620,000
Scott Fischman 435,000
Talal Shakerchi 426,000
Robin Keston 393,000
Johnny Lodden 306,000
Toni Hiltunen 288,000
Peter Neff 231,000
Soren Kongsgaard 132,000

10-01-2008 23:05 UTC+2

Players Return from Dinner Break

[user25067]

Cards are back in the air.

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

10-01-2008 21:05 UTC+2

Dinner Time

[user46392]

Players are on their two-hour dinner break. We'll be back at 10pm local time to continue the carnage until we are left with a final table of nine.

10-01-2008 21:03 UTC+2

Philippe Rouas Eliminated in 14th Place (£42,250)

[user46392]

Philippe Rouas open-shoved from the hijack but got no takers. "What, nothing?" he exasperated as everyone folded, and threw down {A-Spades}

.

The very next hand he shoved again, but this time Scott Fischman, who'd limped in under the gun, called.

Rouas: {A-Diamonds}

Fischman:

Board:

9-9-9 dialed emergency for Rouas, and he was out. Fischman sighed, and removed his shades for what may be the first time this tournament. "Hey buddy, you played good," he said and they pounded fists. Off goes Rouas into the night, just as we approach the dinner break.

Tags: Philippe Rouas Scott Fischman

10-01-2008 20:58 UTC+2

Tune in to Hiltunen

[user46298]

Sometimes it just works out that when certain players are involved in hands, there's a big pot or an all-in on another table which steals their thunder, or they never get to showdown and their stories fall by the wayside. I think it's time for a Toni Hiltunen feature, seeing as I don't think I've seen him play a single hand all day. He's dwindled slowly from 300,000 to around 250,000 which does support the theory that he's not a big yo-yoer...but he just did get his stack at risk like so:

Raising preflop to 23,000, he received a full-on John Juanda stare and a call on the button, followed by another from Stanislav Alekhin on the small blind.

Flop: {J-Spades}

. Checked to Hiltunen, who bet 125,000 -- almost exactly half of his remaining chips. This gave a clear commitment signal, at which Juanda passed, but Alekhin really thought about it. Eventually he gave Hiltunen the benefit of a pass.

Tags: John Juanda Stanislav Alekhin Toni Hiltunen