£10,000 WSOPE Main Event Day 4 | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

09-30-2009 23:58 UTC+2

Minor Chink

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Up on the upper deck - which seems to be the non-action table at the the moment - Matt Hawrilenko raised to 40,000 from the small blind and Jason Mercier called, as one does when they more chips than Harry Ramsden's.

On the {3-Clubs}

flop, both players checked, and again on the {K-Clubs}

turn, before Hawrinlenko produced a minor chink in the Mercier armour by taking down the pot with a bet of 55,000 on the {4-Clubs}

river.

Hawrilenko - 541,000
Mercier - 2,691,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Matt Hawrilenko

09-30-2009 23:59 UTC+2

Tony Cousineau Eliminated in 13th Place (£40,481)

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Last hand before the break, and James Akenhead raised from the button. Tony Cousineau pushed from the small blind, James Akenhead called, and they turned their cards over.

All of this except the last bit is hypothesis; we actually only saw the cards being flipped but that seems to be the most likely course of things given their respective positions.

Anyway, we digress.

Cousineau: {A-Diamonds}

Akenhead:

Board:

A massive roar of approval erupted from Akenhead's supporters at the rail -- a little unsportsmanlike, perhaps, but there you go.

Either way, Mr. Cousineau is busto in 13th, and we are edging nearer to our final table...

Tags: James Akenhead Tony Cousineau

10-01-2009 00:00 UTC+2

Break Time

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Time for our dozen runners to take 20.

10-01-2009 00:15 UTC+2

/ Break Time

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Let battle commence.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

10-01-2009 00:22 UTC+2

Thomas Bichon Eliminated in 12th Place (£51,536)

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On the very first hand back after the break, James Akenhead raised it up preflop to 55,000, Thomas Bichon moved all in for 143,000 and the Akinator made the call.

Akenhead = {K-Spades}

Bichon =

Board =

Tags: James Akenhead Thomas Bichon

10-01-2009 00:26 UTC+2

Shove from Ristola

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Back on the feature table - it's manic here all of a sudden - it looked like Chris Bjorin raised to 67,000, Daniel Negreanu called and Markus Ristola moved all in for 620,000. Both opponents folded.

10-01-2009 00:31 UTC+2

Keith "The Camel" Hawkins Eliminated in 11th Place (£51,536)

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Keith "Camel" Hawkins raised to 52,000 under the gun and it folded around to Praz Bansi on the button, who made it 200,000. Back to Camel, who announced all in; then back to Bansi and he announced call. All of this swiftly, quietly and with the absolute minimum of fuss. Like gentlemen.

Bansi: {9-Clubs}

Camel:

Board:

Camels can go for weeks without drinking, but this one will be hitting the bar directly, we suspect.

We are down to 10.

Tags: Keith Hawkins Praz Bansi

10-01-2009 00:34 UTC+2

The Final Countdown

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The 10 remaining players are now condensing onto the final table, which means the official final table (of nine) will include at the very least:

- one Hit Squad member
- one member of the November Nine
- one of the old guard
- one four-bet-shoving-snap-calling-lol-donkaments Internet whiz kid

10-01-2009 00:42 UTC+2

Redraw Again

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As we have 10 runners on a nine-handed televised table, seats nine and 10 are sharing a hole card camera. That'll be fun.

Seat 1: Barry Shulman - 1,150,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 2,709,000
Seat 3: Praz Bansi - 1,206,000
Seat 4: Markus Ristola - 784,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin - 578,000
Seat 6: Eric Liu - 379,000
Seat 7: James Akenhead - 1,361,000
Seat 8: Daniel Negreanu - 498,000
Seat 9: Antoine Saout - 748,000
Seat 10: Matt Hawrilenko - 571,000

Just one more player needs to bust out before we can all go home. Joy!