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

09-30-2009 17:17 UTC+2

Break Time Has Been and Gone

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The action was so crazy at the end of the last level that our weary fingers had barely managed to type it all up before players were back at the felt. Level up.

09-30-2009 17:16 UTC+2

Lieu Doubles Through Hawrilenko, Everything Goes Dark

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On the last hand before the break (actually it went a good few minutes into the break), Matt Hawrilenko raised, and short-stacked Liz Lieu moved all in from the big blind. Call.

Hawrilenko: {K-Diamonds}

Lieu:

Board:

Then the lights mysteriously went out.

"Look at that!" cried Lieu, "I win a hand and the lights go out!"

The players sat there for a moment before being told that they were on break. "That hand didn't count," a jovial Hawrilenko claimed, "It was during the break."

Nevertheless, Lieu is up to a still shaky 155,000.

Tags: Liz Lieu Matt Hawrilenko

09-30-2009 17:12 UTC+2

Peter Gould Eliminated in 24th Place (£25,918)

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Peter Gould, crippled after that hand against Steven Fung, got his last in with {K-?}

against Jason Mercier's {A-?}

. There was a jack on the flop, but there was an ace too, and he duly busted out in 24th.

Tags: Jason Mercier Peter Gould

09-30-2009 17:03 UTC+2

Timoshenko Busto in 25th Place (£25,918)

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Saar Wilf raised to 22,000 from the button, only for small blind Thomas Bichon to reraise to 75,000. Over to Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the big blind, who shoved for an additional 99,000. Wilf folded, and Bichon disappeared into the tank. He counted his chips for some minutes. He checked the clock and/or the payouts. He dwelled some more, while Timoshenko appeared to be trying very hard not to breathe.

Then he called -- or attempted to. After spending many minutes counting his chips, Bichon managed to put only 76,000 in, and was swiftly put right by the dealer. All 99,000 in the middle, and they flipped their cards.

Bichon: {6-Clubs}

Timoshenko: {A-Hearts}

Wilf: "Oh no!"
Timoshenko, suddenly worried: "Did you fold one of my cards?"
Wilf: "No, overpair."

Board: {7-Hearts}

Timoshenko is busto, and Bichon is up to 740,000.

Tags: Saar Wilf Thomas Bichon Yevgeniy Timoshenko

09-30-2009 17:02 UTC+2

Never Say Never

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Down to 15-20,000, Peter Gould waited a few hands before making his move, pushing under the gun for what was ultimately 15,000. Chris Bjorin reraised and the rest of the table folded.

"I don't know if I want it now," declared Gould as he revealed {6-Clubs}

, still feeling the effects of his earlier loss. Bjorin showed {A-Clubs}

.

But whether he wanted it or not, he had little choice as the Poker Gods held - and please excuse the pun - all the cards. The {7-Clubs}

flop looked insignificant, but the {5-Clubs}

created outs, before the {4-Spades}

river paired a hole card and awarded Gould the pot.

Gould survives.

Tags: Peter Gould

09-30-2009 16:56 UTC+2

Queen Fools Gould

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He may have turned 10,000 into 400,000 last night, but Peter Gould's going to have to do it all over again after being crippled by Steven Fung. I didn't catch the preflop action, but with hands on their backs, it was Peter Gould (button) who had his nose in front, his {A-Spades}

in splendid shape against the inferior {A-Hearts}

of Steven Fung (under-the-gun).

With about 300,000 a piece (Fung a little less), a 600,000 pot sat patiently in the middle as players were forced to wait for the cameras to arrive before knowing their fate.

Flop: {6-Hearts}

After each street, the dealer paused until being given the go ahead by ESPN.

Turn: {2-Clubs}

Again, a pause, which only enheightened the drama as...

River: {Q-Hearts}

"Wow," said an aghast Gould, tapping his remaining chips against the felt.

A camera was thrown into his face; Gould remained composed. "Well played."

Tags: Peter Gould Steven Fung

09-30-2009 16:44 UTC+2

Chip Counts: Balcony

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Seat 1: Peter Gould - 270,000
Seat 2: Keith Hawkins - 545,000
Seat 3: Chris Bjorin - 325,000
Seat 4: Matt Hawrilenko - 545,000
Seat 5: Steven Fung - 300,000
Seat 6: Tony Cousineau - 350,000
Seat 8: Liz Lieu - 115,000
Seat 9: Jason Mercier - 275,000

09-30-2009 16:43 UTC+2

Chip Counts: Secret Room

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Seat 1: James Akenhead - 280,000
Seat 2: Sandor Demjan - 410,000
Seat 3: Markus Ristola - 490,000
Seat 4: Konstantin Bücherl - 410,000
Seat 5: Ram Vaswani - 510,000
Seat 6: Saar Wilf - 835,000
Seat 7: Thomas Bichon - 615,000
Seat 8: Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 120,000
Seat 9: Antoine Saout - 160,000

09-30-2009 16:40 UTC+2

Chip Counts: Feature Table

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Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu - 610,000
Seat 3: Teddy Sheringham - 545,000
Seat 4: Praz Bansi - 565,000
Seat 5: Doyle Brunson - 240,000
Seat 6: Barry Shulman - 460,000
Seat 7: Eric Liu - 605,000
Seat 8: Craig Burgess - 170,000
Seat 9: Arnaud Mattern - 285,000

09-30-2009 16:37 UTC+2

Men Nguyen Eliminated in 26th Place (£25,918)

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The board read {K-Diamonds}

and Men Nguyen was all in. Daniel Negreanu was the caller.

Nguyen: {10-Diamonds}

for two pair
Negreanu: {10-Clubs}

for trips

Nguyen was therefore drawing dead, and as the harmless {Q-Hearts}

hit the river, he took his leave.

Negreanu is up to 611,000, and is currently table chip leader. Craig Burgess has moved into Akkari's old seat to balance the tables.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Men Nguyen