2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Ladies Spurn Soren Kongsgaard

Kongsgaard Shakes Soda and Hands to Alekhin
Kongsgaard Shakes Soda and Hands to Alekhin
Raising preflop on the button to 25,000, Soren Kongsgaard (whose hand the title rather gives away: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} ) picked up a caller in big blind Stanislav Alekhin.

Flop: {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} Alekhin bet out 25,000, called by Kongsgaard.
Turn: {6-Clubs} Both players checked
River: {7-Diamonds} Now Kongsgaard is the bettor. Another 25,000 entered the pot from each player, and at showdown he saw the {A-?} {5-?} he might have been apprehensive about earlier in the hand. Kongsgaard one of the short stacks now with just over 100,000.

Tags: Soren KongsgaardStanislav Alekhin

Mondo Bizarro Giganto Hand-o

Scott Fischman and Chris Elliott saw a {K-Spades} {10-Clubs} {4-Hearts} flop and apparently fell in love. With the flop.

The Betting:

Fischman: check.
Elliott: bet around 16,000.
Fischman: raise another 35,000.
Elliott: raise another 65,000.
Fischman: raise another 75,000.
Elliott: raise another 105,000.
Fischman: fold.

Elliott showed {A-Hearts} {A-Spades}. Fischman plummets to 180,000.

Tags: Chris ElliottScott Fischman

Justin Smith Eliminated in 16th Place (£36,200)

Hello, poker gods? I'd like to complain about Daniel Negreanu
Hello, poker gods? I'd like to complain about Daniel Negreanu
Justin Smith and Daniel Negreanu saw a flop; it was exactly {3-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {6-Spades}. Smith bet out, Negreanu raised to cover him, and Smith called.

Smith: {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} for top set.
Negreanu: {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} for the straight.

Turn: {5-Diamonds}
River: {K-Hearts}

Handshakes, applause, and an exit for Mr Smith into the waiting arms of his £36,200 payout.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJustin Smith

Updated Counts

With the bust of Justin Smith, the feature table's spread of chips is something approximating this (rough counts especially for seats 1-4 due to angle of approach between cameras):

Talal Shakerchi - 385,000
Bengt Sonnert - 600,000
Toni Hiltunen - 255,000
Daniel Negreanu - 550,000
Soren Kongsgaard - 105,000
John Juanda - 1,450,000
Stanislav Alekhin - 620,000

Tune in to Hiltunen

Introducing: Toni Hiltunen
Introducing: Toni Hiltunen
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} {9-Spades} {4-Hearts}. 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 JuandaStanislav AlekhinToni Hiltunen

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

This is what I think of your nines!
This is what I think of your nines!
Philippe Rouas open-shoved from the hijack but got no takers. "What, nothing?" he exasperated as everyone folded, and threw down {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}.

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

Rouas: {A-Diamonds} {J-?}
Fischman: {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

Board: {9-Spades} {J-?} {Q-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {A-Clubs}

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 RouasScott Fischman

Dinner Time

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.

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000