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

10-03-2008 02:13 UTC+1

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

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After a color-up of the 1,000-denomination chips, the players will be on a twenty minute break.

10-03-2008 02:12 UTC+1

Hand #227 - John Juanda

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Stanislav Alekhin has the button in Seat 9 and open folds. John Juanda limps in from the small blind and Ivan Demidov checks his option in the big.

The flop comes {J-Clubs}

and Juanda leads out with a 32,000 bet, prompting Demidov to surrender without contest.

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10-03-2008 02:10 UTC+1

Hand #226 - Ivan Demidov

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6. He raises to 70,000 and John Juanda calls. The flop is {10-Diamonds}

and both players check. The turn is the {5-Spades}

. Juanda bets 90,000 and Demidov calls. The {3-Spades}

falls on the river and both players check.

Juanda shows jack-high, Demidov shows king-high and he wins the pot.

10-03-2008 02:07 UTC+1

Hand #225 - John Juanda

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John Juanda has the button in Seat 5 and raises to 70,000, stealing the blinds and antes.

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10-03-2008 02:06 UTC+1

Hand #224 - Ivan Demidov

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Stanislav Alekhin has the button in Seat 9. Ivan Demidov gets a walk in the big blind.

10-03-2008 02:06 UTC+1

Love Thy Neighbor?

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If you've been reading along with the live updates you're well aware that Juanda is sitting in Seat 5, Demidov in Seat 6, and Alekhin in Seat 9. While often times players elect to spread out a bit around the table at this stage of the game, these three have stayed put in their original seats, putting Juanda and Demidov very close together-- so close in fact that their stacks are only inches apart.

I wonder how Juanda feels about Demidov donning the same shirt today that he's worn since Day 1?

10-03-2008 02:05 UTC+1

Hand #223 - Stanislav Alekhin

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6 and opens with a raise to 70,000. Stanislav Alekhin then reaches for a stack of 25,000 chips and reraises to 210,000. John Juanda immediately folds his big blind and when the action returns to Demidov, he too mucks, giving the pot to Alekhin.

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10-03-2008 02:04 UTC+1

Hand #222 - Stanislav Alekhin

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John Juanda has the button in Seat 5. He raises to 70,000, Stanislav Alekhin reraises to 210,000, Juanda folds and Alekhin wins the pot.

10-03-2008 02:02 UTC+1

Hand #221 - Ivan Demidov

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Stanislav Alekhin has the button in Seat 9 and opens with a raise to 70,000. Ivan Demidov is the lone caller and the two go heads-up to the {3-Hearts}

flop.

Both players check and the dealer burns and turns the {10-Clubs}

. Demidov then checks to Alekhin who fires a 110,000 bet. Demidov makes the call.

The last card off the deck is the {7-Hearts}

and again, Demidov checks to his Russian counterpart, who bets 150,000. Demidov makes the call and a showdown ensues. Both players have a pair of tens -- Ivan with the higher kicker ( {J-?}

) -- and thus he takes down the pot, in the first significant hand between the two Russians.

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10-03-2008 01:57 UTC+1

Hand #220 - John Juanda

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6 and open-folds. Stanislav Alekhin limps in from the small blind and John Juanda checks his option in the big.

The flop comes {2-Diamonds}

and both players check. The {2-Hearts}

falls on the turn and Alekhin checks to Juanda who bets 40,000. Alekhin quickly folds and Juanda takes down the pot.

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