£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 5 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

10-02-2008 16:13 UTC+2

Chip Counts at the Break

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Ivan Demidov 2,049,000
Stanislav Alekhin 1,883,000
John Juanda 906,000
Daniel Negreanu 730,000
Scott Fischman 563,000
Bengt Sonnert 431,000
Toni Hiltunen 396,000
Robin Keston 310,000

10-02-2008 16:06 UTC+2

20-Minute Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their first 20-minute break of the day.

10-02-2008 16:05 UTC+2

Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6. Daniel Negreanu opens the pot with a raise to 28,000 and the action folds around to John Juanda who kicks it up to 95,000. Both blinds fold, as does Negreanu, sending the pot Juanda's way.

Tags: John Juanda

10-02-2008 16:03 UTC+2

Hand #25 - Stanislav Alekhin

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John Juanda has the button in Seat 5. Stanislav Alekhin puts in an opening raise to 34,000 and gets no takers, collecting the blinds and antes.

10-02-2008 16:02 UTC+2

Hand #24 - Toni Hiltunen

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Bengt Sonnert has the button in Seat 4. Toni Hiltunen opens the pot with a raise to 38,000 from under-the-gun and the action folds around to Daniel Negreanu who makes the call from the cutoff. Both blinds and the button fold, sending us heads-up to the flop: {Q-Diamonds}

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Hiltunen then fires a continuation bet of 100,000, grabbing two 10-chip stacks of orange 5,000 chips -- one pile in each fist -- and popping them down in front of him. Negreanu folds with little hesitation and Hiltunen scoops up the pot.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Toni Hiltunen

10-02-2008 15:58 UTC+2

Hand #23 - Ivan Demidov

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Daniel Negreanu has the button in Seat 2. Ivan Demidov opens for 30,000 and the action is folded around to John Juanda in the big blind. Juanda gives it up and Demidov takes down the blinds and antes.

10-02-2008 15:56 UTC+2

Hand #22 - Stanislav Alekhin

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Robin Keston has the button in Seat 1. Action folds around the table to Stanislav Alekhin who makes it 34,000 to go. Robin Keston and Daniel Negreanu fold from the button and small blind respectively and Bengt Sonnert then opts to defend his big blind, raising to 125,000. Alekhin makes the call and sees the flop come {7-Diamonds}

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Sonnert makes a continuation bet of 150,000 on the flop and Alekhin delves deep into the tank, before eventually emerging with a call.

The turn brings the {4-Spades}

and Sonnert puts on the brakes, passing the first action to his Russian nemesis, who checks behind.

The last card off the deck is the {J-Clubs}

and another check-check sequence brings us to the showdown:

Sonnert: {K-Spades}

Alekhin:

Alekhin's pair of fives prove good and the dealer pushes him the pot.

Tags: Bengt Sonnert Stanislav Alekhin

10-02-2008 15:51 UTC+2

Pros on the Rail

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Ben Grundy and Gary Jones have turned out today to support fellow Brit Robin Keston, while Moscow native Alexander Kostritsyn and his girlfriend are here cheering on Ivan Demidov.

10-02-2008 15:47 UTC+2