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

09-30-2009 16:13 UTC+2

Redraw

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We're down to 27 players and the clock has been stopped while they redraw for final three tables. We have no information yet on who was our last unfortunate victim (there's a nice pay jump at 27th), but we've got our detective hats on; details soon.

09-30-2009 16:20 UTC+2

John Kabbaj Eliminated in 28th Place (£21,142)

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We caught up with last min-casher John Kabbaj at the payout desk, where he informed us that he had got his last in with {K-?}

against Markus Ristola's {A-?}

. He flopped a ten, but the ace on the turn sent him to the rail.

"I doubled him up right away this morning as well," noted the philosophical Kabbaj. Commiserations to the World Championship PLO bracelet winner on his bustout, and we'll be returning shortly with the redraw and chip counts.

Tags: John Kabbaj Markus Ristola

09-30-2009 16:24 UTC+2

Centre Court Chip Counts

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Otherwise known as Table 2.

Seat 1: Men Nguyen - 289,000
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu - 352,000
Seat 3: Teddy Sheringham - 560,000
Seat 4: Praz Bansi - 580,000
Seat 5: Doyle Brunson - 239,000
Seat 6: Barry Shulman - 472,000
Seat 7: Eric Liu - 275,000
Seat 8: Andre Akkari - 245,000
Seat 9: Arnaud Mattern - 289,000

09-30-2009 16:28 UTC+2

All the Bloggers' Dreams Come True

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Ok, maybe not all -- but November Niners James Akenhead and Antoine Saout have indeed been redrawn at the same table, Akenhead in seat one and Saout in seat nine. If anyone fancies a little taster of November's WSOP final table, we recommend you head down to the Empire right now to see the fireworks.

Tags: Antoine Saout James Akenhead

09-30-2009 16:34 UTC+2

Andre Akkari Eliminated in 27th Place (£25,918)

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We looked up to see the cards turned over at the Centre Court feature table so we can't say 100% what the action was, but we're assuming that Eric Liu raised and Andre Akkari pushed. Either way, it was all in preflop.

Akkari: {J-Spades}

Liu:

Board:

A gentlemanly handshake, and we are down to 26 already.

Tags: Andre Akkari

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

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 16:43 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 16:44 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 16:56 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