Jonathan Roy, winner of WPT Montreal, was eying his first EPT title here in Vienna this week, but his journey fell short as he was just knocked out in 49th place.
On the feature table Roy raised from the hijack and the player to his left, Timo Pfutzenreuter, three-bet. The action folded back to the Canadian pro who four-bet and his German opponent put him all in for 422,000. Roy called and the showdown went as following.
Pfutzenreuter:
Roy:
The board ran out and Roy was knocked out. Pfutzenreuter jumps up the leader board and he's now one of the biggest stacks in the room.
On the second day of play we just saw chip leader Pablo Gordillo knock out another player. We were called over when the board was already on the table, which showed the following.
Gordillo:
Rinnhofer:
The board ran out and Rinnhofer hit the rail in 50th place. The Austrian player took home €14,600, while Gordillo strengthens his chances of becoming the first ever Spanish EPT winner.
The title of this introduction post, going into the fourth day of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour in Vienna, says exactly what today will be about. We will not yet crown a champion, but surviving today's ever increasing blinds and antes will make sure you are a real contender for trophy, a SLIDE watch and the €816,000 first-place prize.
All of the remaining 50 players are guaranteed to take home at least €14,600, but that is not something they look forward to taking home. Chip leader Pablo Gordillo (2,111,000) must be dreaming of bigger prizes already, and that's fair, as he's so far the only player with more than two-million chips. Gordillo's lead going into the fourth day of play is very substantial as his nearest rival, Anatoly Filatov (1,500,000), has more than a full average stack less than the Spanish leader.
Among the remaining players we're seeing plenty of super stars including World Series of Poker bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov (1,040,000), Team PokerStars Pros Marcel Luske (512,000) and Johnny Lodden (477,000), WPT winner Jonathan Roy (423,000) and the only two-time Unibet Open winner Dan Murariu (508,000).
The plan for today will be as following: All levels are 90 minutes and play will stop when we reach the Final 16. If this is not the case before the end of the fifth level of the day play will halt as well and continue with however many are left for the penultimate day on Friday.
and Roy was knocked out. Pfutzenreuter jumps up the leader board and he's now one of the biggest stacks in the room.
and Rinnhofer hit the rail in 50th place. The Austrian player took home €14,600, while Gordillo strengthens his chances of becoming the first ever Spanish EPT winner.
