World Series of Poker Europe – £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event – Day 4 – Part II

Posted by James on October 2, 2008

Action from Day 4 Continues….

Philippe Rouas moved all-in preflop and was called by Scott Fischman. Rouas held A-J and Fischman held 9c-9d. The flop fell 9-J-Q, giving Fischman a set and leaving Rouas needing one of the two remaining Jacks in the deck. The turn fell the 7h and the river the Ac and Philippe Rouas becomes our 14th place finisher. £45,250 will be the prize for his strong finish.

At the dinner break, John Juanda is still the chip leader. He has extended his chip lead to nearly 1.5 Million. Daniel Negranu is second in chips with 835,000 and Chris Elliott is third with 758,000.

Preflop, Talal Shakerchi moved all in and was called by Stanislav Alekhin. Shakerchi held Qd-Jd and his opponent held 9s-9c. The flop of 10d-7s-5d gave Shakerchi a flush draw. The turn fell the 9h, which gave Stanislav a set of nines. The 7d on the river completed Shakerchi’s flush but unfortunately also completed Stanislav’s full house. Talal Shakerchi becomes our 13th place finisher.

Later, Soren Kongsgaard moved all in preflop and was called by Stansilav Alekhin. Kongsgaard held As-7s and Alekhin held Ah-Kh. The flop of Kd-10d-9d left Kongsgaard far behind and needing either running straight cards or running sevens. The turn card of the 5h made the hand academic and Soren Kongsgaard became our 12th place finisher. He will take home £54,300.

Two short stacks tangled in a clash that resulted in our next elimination. Johnny Lodden was all-in against Peter Neff. Lodden held As-Kc and Neff held 9d-9c. The board gave Lodden a gutshot straight draw when the flop fell Jc-10s-6d. The turn 3h and river 8c missed both players and Johnny Loden finished in 11th.

Play then became 10 handed as we had to play to 9 players in order to make our final nine. It took an hour before we finally had our elimination. In a hand leading up to the elimination, Peter Neff was crippled by Scott Fischman. Fischman called an all in from Neff on a 5s-9c-7d flop holding pocket fives for a set. Neff showed 8s-10c for an open ended straight draw. An As on the turn helped neither player, but a river 5d gave Fischman quads and left Neff with only 62,000 in chips.

A couple of hands later, Neff moved all in preflop and was called by Ivan Demidov. Neff held pocket Kings and Demidov held Ah-10. The flop was one of the worst that Neff could have hoped for when the 10s-5h-3h fell. This gave Demidov a pair and a flush draw. The turn ended the drama when a 2h fell, giving Demidov a flush and eliminating Peter Neff in 10th place.

Our final table for the World Series of Poker Europe is now set. Below are the seat assignment and the chip counts for the final:

Seat 1: Robin Keston 849,000
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu 1,002,000
Seat 3: Chris Elliott 281,000
Seat 4: Bengt Sonnert 385,000
Seat 5: John Juanda 1,349,000
Seat 6: Ivan Demidov 1,006,000
Seat 7: Toni Hiltunen 386,000
Seat 8: Scott Fischman 732,000
Seat 9: Stanislav Alekhin 1,278,000

Three top named pros have made the final nine with John Juanda going in as the overall chip leader. Negreanu is third in chips and Scott Fischman is right in the middle of the pack. Ivan Demidov has already made history regardless of where he finishes. He is the first player to make both the final table of the Main Event in Las Vegas and the final table of the Main Event in Europe.

Our final nine players will return tomorrow at 1 P.M. London time to try and stake their claim to this World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Championship. It should be an exciting finish.