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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
John Juanda 1,492,000
Daniel Negreanu 835,000
Chris Elliott 758,000
Ivan Demidov 724,000
Bengt Sonnert 630,000
Stanislav Alekhin 620,000
Scott Fischman 435,000
Talal Shakerchi 426,000
Robin Keston 393,000
Johnny Lodden 306,000
Toni Hiltunen 288,000
Peter Neff 231,000
Soren Kongsgaard 132,000
Action folded around to Chris Elliott in the cutoff who raised to 25,000. Scott Fischman made the only call from the small blind and the two saw a flop of
.Fischman took the lead in the betting after the flop, tossing three orange chips into the middle -- a 15,000 wager. Elliott made the call and saw the
come on the turn. Fischman then fired again, this time betting 30,000 and Elliott opted to concede the hand.
and could not improve against Stanislav Alekhin's 
on the 
board. Alekhin hit a set on the turn and boated up on the river to send Shakerchi to the rail in 13th place. He'll take home £45,250 for his efforts.
flop. Keston checked to Demidov who put in about a 100,000 bet from the looks of it. After a bit of a think, Keston gave it up and conceded the pot. November Niner Demidov is up to 780,000, while Keston dipped to 325,000.
It appears the money went in on the turn with the board reading
. Elliott opened up 
for fives full of deuces, but Keston had the higher boat with 
. The 
on the river changed nothing, and Keston doubled up to about 930,000. Elliott was left with around 250,000.
, but ran into Stanislav Alekhin's dominating 
. The 
flop was a disaster for the Dane, and he couldn't catch runners on the turn or the 
river to improve. Kongsgaard leaves us in 12th place, earning £54,300.
After eliminating both Kongsgaard and 13th-place finisher Talal Shakerchi, Alekhin is challenging John Juanda for the chip lead, with nearly 1.4 million in his stack.
Neff:
Fischman:
The rail started calling out for different suits to end the hand in a dramatic four-flushed fashion, but the board came down
, ending in a chop.
Fischman is referring to the incredible feat that Demidov is two eliminations away from achieving: Being the first player ever to reach the final table of both the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP-E Main Event. What's more, he'd also become the first and only person ever to reach both final tables in the same year!
Think of the odds. Demidov plowed through a field of 6,844 players in this summer's Main Event and is second in chips heading into November's final table. In Europe, while the field here isn't nearly as big (362), it turned out to be a conglomeration of the world's finest poker players and getting through a field like the one we saw here this week is certainly no easy task.
Demidov currently has about 765,000 in chips which puts him just above average and slightly better than middle-of-the-pack status on our leaderboard. He's got several fans in attendance here today, many hoping that they get to witness a bit of poker history unfold in front of their eyes. As members of the poker media, we try to avoid cheering a particular player on, although in this case, it's difficult not to root for the guy, as it could take 100 years for something like this to happen again.
and was dismayed to see Peter Neff's 
. Apparently, so were his railbirds. "Hearts, motherf**ker!" screamed one punter from the rail, apparently oblivious to the eleven cameras filming the action.
The flop came down
. "Those are some funny-looking hearts," said Scott Fischman, sarcastically.
"Ace-five, motherf**ker!" screamed the same railbird, now catching the attention of Tournament Directors Jack Effel and Charlie Ciresi who signaled for assistance from security in removing Mr. Potty Mouth from the premises.
The turn was the
, but the 
landed on the river, putting a six-high straight on the board and resulting in another split pot.