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Townsend:
Fischman:
Board:
With a rather brutal fist pump, Fischman and his former short stack were delivered a lifeline, while a handshakey and slightly saddened Townsend was Town-sent home with £45,250 to console him.
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Townsend:
Fischman:
Board:
With a rather brutal fist pump, Fischman and his former short stack were delivered a lifeline, while a handshakey and slightly saddened Townsend was Town-sent home with £45,250 to console him.
Talal Shakerchi - 385,000
Bengt Sonnert - 600,000
Toni Hiltunen - 255,000
Daniel Negreanu - 550,000
Soren Kongsgaard - 105,000
John Juanda - 1,450,000
Stanislav Alekhin - 620,000
. Smith bet out, Negreanu raised to cover him, and Smith called.Smith:
for top set.Negreanu:
for the straight.Turn:
River:
Handshakes, applause, and an exit for Mr Smith into the waiting arms of his £36,200 payout.
Ivan Demidov - 420,000
Chris Elliott - 900,000
Johnny Lodden - 550,000
Scott Fischman - 180,000
Peter Neff - 230,000
Robin Keston - 360,000
Brian Townsend - 140,000
flop and apparently fell in love. With the flop.The Betting:
Fischman: check.
Elliott: bet around 16,000.
Fischman: raise another 35,000.
Elliott: raise another 65,000.
Fischman: raise another 75,000.
Elliott: raise another 105,000.
Fischman: fold.
Elliott showed
. Fischman plummets to 180,000.
) picked up a caller in big blind Stanislav Alekhin.Flop:
Alekhin bet out 25,000, called by Kongsgaard.Turn:
Both players checkedRiver:
Now Kongsgaard is the bettor. Another 25,000 entered the pot from each player, and at showdown he saw the 
he might have been apprehensive about earlier in the hand. Kongsgaard one of the short stacks now with just over 100,000.
. Demidov checked and Keston bet 25,000. After a quick peek down at his hole cards, Demidov called. The turn was the 
and Demidov checked again; this time Keston upped the bet to 80,000. Demidov seemed to be seriously considering a call -- he got as far as counting out the requisite 80,000 and setting it to one side -- but eventually folded.
Flop:
Everybody checked.Turn:
Check to Smith, who bet what looked like 75,000. Over to Negreanu, who considered for what turned out to be a comparatively short while before moving all in. Alekhin passed, but Smith now sat for upwards of five minutes, hands clasped.At first Negreanu made some effort at chatting, but after a while just sat there, resting head on hand, staring into the middle distance. Other players at the table got up and stretched their legs, or stared at what was going on on the other table, but all Smith did was say, "That's a really big bet." It was 200,000 more for him to call - an amount which makes a considerable difference. Just when it looked like the whole table was going to drift off, literally, he passed, and Negreanu stacked his new chunkier stack.
was up against Negreanu's 
. But a 
board later, and to applause from the rail, he had kicked the tournament bucket in 17th place.
flop, though, was enough to make Negreanu pass.