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

10-01-2008 23:05 UTC+2

Players Return from Dinner Break

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Cards are back in the air.

10-01-2008 23:08 UTC+2

Post-Dinner Break Chip Counts

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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 23:19 UTC+2

Fischman Active Early

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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 23:31 UTC+2

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

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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 23:39 UTC+2

Keston Can't Call

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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 23:49 UTC+2

Keston Claims Most of Elliott's Stack

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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 23:56 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.

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.

10-02-2008 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 00:32 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.