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

10-01-2008 23:39 UTC+1

Toni Hiltunen Doubles Through Bengt Sonnert

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.

10-01-2008 23:44 UTC+1

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

10-01-2008 23:50 UTC+1

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

10-01-2008 23:57 UTC+1

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 00:15 UTC+1

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 00:15 UTC+1

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.

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10-02-2008 00:20 UTC+1

20-Minute Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining 10 players go on a 20-minute break.

Back shortly!

10-02-2008 00:33 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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John Juanda 1,363,000
Stanislav Alekhin 1,250,000
Daniel Negreanu 1,010,000
Ivan Demidov 917,000
Robin Keston 859,000
Bengt Sonnert 421,000
Toni Hiltunen 371,000
Scott Fischman 360,000
Chris Elliott 331,000
Peter Neff 313,000

10-02-2008 00:38 UTC+1

Players Return from Break

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000