£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 4 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

10-01-2008 12:49 UTC+1

2008 WSOPE Main Event Presented by Betfair.com - Day 4

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"...and on the fourth day, God created the sun, the moon and the stars," claims the Bible...and here we are on Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Europe getting set to create nine stars of our own.

24 competitors survived the rigors of yet another ten-hour poker session on Day 3 and will return to the felt this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. local time to determine which nine will earn the right to play for a coveted WSOP bracelet and a hefty £868,800 grand prize in tomorrow's final.

Several of the world's top pros are still in the mix, led by long time off-the-felt friends John Juanda and Daniel Negreanu who enter the day one-two in chips. Not far behind is online pro Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith, who hopes that he'll 'TID' for his virtual homies.

Keep it locked right here for all of your live update needs...We're live from the Empire in just a few moments!

10-01-2008 13:04 UTC+1

Seating Assignments

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Table 1

1 Perttu Bergius: 261,000
2 Daniel Negreanu: 653,000
3 Talal Shakerchi: 225,000
4 Justin Smith: 624,500
5 Stanislav Alekhin: 215,000
6 Mike Matusow: 147,500
7 -- Empty --
8 Philippe Rouas: 573,000
9 Bengt Sonnert: 346,500

Table 2

1 Mel Judah: 254,000
2 Toni Hiltunen: 321,500
3 Kim-Andre Torsvik: 78,500
4 Robin Keston: 74,000
5 Tim West: 63,500
6 John Juanda: 657,500
7 Peter Neff: 213,500
8 Andy Bloch: 301,000

Table 3

1 Soren Kongsgaard: 316,500
2 Brandon Adams: 312,000
3 Chris Elliott: 181,500
4 -- Empty --
5 Erik Seidel: 85,500
6 Johnny Lodden: 478,000
7 Scott Fischman: 298,000
8 Brian Townsend: 424,500
9 Ivan Demidov: 316,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

10-01-2008 13:11 UTC+1

And They're Off

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Play has now officially begun, and despite the general sleepiness of the field, the short stacks will most likely not be wasting any time in trying to double up.

10-01-2008 13:16 UTC+1

Tim West Eliminated in 24th Place (£28,960)

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It's been a short working day for Tim West to make his £28,960 as he has already bitten the dust. Toni Hiltunen raised in mid position and West shoved from the button; Peter Neff made an unexpected call from the big blind, and Hiltunen shook his head sadly and passed.

West: {3-Clubs}

Neff:

Board:

interrupted only by West accidentally knocking over a side table as he stood to leave. Handshakes all around, and we are down to 23.

Tags: Peter Neff Tim West

10-01-2008 13:28 UTC+1

Matusow Very Lucky or Very Unlucky

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After the initial flurry of action, play has slowed down, literally. A lot of decisions are taking time, and who can blame these players who all want a WSOPE final table on their poker resumes - a mistake at this stage costs money, and will be filmed from at least three angles.

A couple of cards were shown down, albeit without any calling of Mike Matusow's 13,000 flop bet as the {A-Spades}

came down. Matusow had raised preflop, with one caller - not Daniel Negreanu, who, as the pot was shipped to Matusow, announced, "You either got very lucky or very unlucky. I had Ace-Ten."

"Unlucky," summarized Matusow, showing the {7-Spades}

and what must have been another {7-?}

. "But then a ten would've come on the turn..."

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Mike Matusow

10-01-2008 13:38 UTC+1

Still Fashionably Late on Day Four

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We were treated to the sight of TD Steve Frezer taking a seat at the featured table and stacking up a pile of chips in the seven-seat, which in itself isn't too strange (he does play the odd card himself once in a while, although usually in a fisherman's hat), except that he's not in this event. Instead, it was latecomer Brian Townsend who necessitated that chip-stacking stand in.

Winning that latest-entrant prize, though, is Justin Smith, who hustled in about five minutes ago, where he was promptly stopped from going past the rail by a wondrously zealous guy with a headset. "I'm playing," he muttered, dodging like a greased ferret through to his seat.

Tags: Brian Townsend Justin Smith

10-01-2008 13:41 UTC+1

Rouas Flushed With Success

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Philippe Rouas has snuck into the chip lead, raking in a gigantic pot courtesy of Justin Smith.

Smith raised preflop from the cutoff and Rouas called from the big blind. Come the {Q-Hearts}

flop, Rouas bet out 20,000 and, after a slight pause, Smith called. Another 50,000 from Rouas on the {3-Diamonds}

turn, and after a rather longer interval this time, a call from Smith. Rouas checked the {J-Clubs}

river and Smith very slowly went to bet 75,000 -- before his hand had left the chips, Rouas announced, "I call," and flipped {6-Hearts}

for a rather nice flopped flush. As a result, Rouas appears to be our new chip leader on roughly 690,000.

Tags: Justin Smith Philippe Rouas

10-01-2008 13:41 UTC+1

Double Through for Torsvik

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Kim-Andre Torsvik just moved in over the top of Toni Hiltunen preflop, who eventually made the call with {6-Spades}

. He was in bad shape against Torsvik's {J-Hearts}

, and while the flop {A-Spades}

made the crowd hold its breath (or, in the case of the perverse guy next to me mutter, Spade Spade Spade), no further help came and the short stack doubled through.

Tags: Kim-Andre Torsvik Toni Hiltunen

10-01-2008 13:44 UTC+1

Reraising is the New Raising

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They're all at it - reraising preflop has won some decent chips for Johnny Lodden (getting rid of Kongsgaard), Brandon Adams (getting rid of Ivan Demidov) and most dramatically for Andy Bloch.

Bloch, in two subsequent hands, moved his whole stack (c.170,000) over the line after the same player - John Juanda - raised. Juanda was on the button and cutoff for these two hands, but both times declined to call Bloch for his entire stack.

Tags: Andy Bloch Ivan Demidov John Juanda Johnny Lodden