Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:13 AM Local Time
After a very intense third day of play just 24 players remain with Adrian Mateos as the chip leader.
Mateos was one of two players to eclipse the million-chip mark as he closed out the day with 1,066,000.
Second in chips is Daniel Steinberg with 1,009,000 as he’s looking to make another World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table after finishing sixth in 2010.
Plenty of big name players still remain including WSOP bracelet winners Dominik Nitsche, Fabrice Soulier and Jeremy Ausmus. Ludovic Lacay, who finished runner up in the €3,250 Pot Limit Omaha event earlier this week, still has about an average stack left and German super star Benny Spindler is also still in contention.
The fourth day of play looks to be very promising, as we will play down to a final table of eight starting at 12:00 local time.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:00 AM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu cashed in yet another World Series of Poker Main Event outside of Las Vegas today, but unfortunately for him he did not make it to Day 4.
On the first hand after the break Ognjen Sekularac raised to 16,000, and the action was folded to Negreanu in the small blind.
“Are you a good guy to party with?” Negreanu asked Sekularac, who confirmed the Canadian’s suspicion.
“Yeah, I know you’re a good guy to party with,” Negreanu added with a smile as he moved all in for 54,000. The player in the big blind folded and Sekularac made the call.
Sekularac:
Negreanu:
“I need a ten, just give me a ten,” Negreanu yelled in excitement before the flop came out.
The flop brought and Negreanu was still looking for a ten to double up.
On the turn the hit and all of a sudden his outs changed.
“All right! Give me a nine or an ace!” Negreanu yelled right before the popped up on the river.
Negreanu realized that this was not the right moment to hit a ten and the WSOP APAC Main Event winner was knocked out in 25th place. Sekularac closed out the day with 677,000 and he will be one of the bigger stacks heading into Day 4.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:46 PM Local Time
Players are back from break and are just one elimination away from ending the day.
Cards are in the air and Level 18 is underway.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:44 PM Local Time
French poker pro Ludovic Lacay has been on the live tournament scene for a long time and although he racked up an impressive list of final tables and runner-up finishes, a major win had eluded him until he took down EPT San Remo last year.
Now Lacay is in Paris at the 2013 WSOP Europe and he's got the chip lead deep in the Main Event. Lacay speaks to PokerListings.com about his secrets to succeeding in tournament poker, how he's grown as a person and why the only person he has to prove anything to is himself.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:29 PM Local Time
Twenty-five players remain and they're on another 20-minute break.
We only have one more player to lose before we end the day so chances are good this will also be the last break of the day.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:26 PM Local Time
888poker ambassador Sam Holden is out of the running.
Holden had a rollercoaster of a day from the beginning, doubling up multiple times and then losing several pots to go back to being short stacked.
But Holden managed to hold on.
Until now.
Adam Jerney raised to 17,000 from the button and Holden moved all-in for his last 34,000 from the small blind.
Jerome Huge was on the big blind and thought for some time before re-raising to about 70,000. Jerney folded and Holden saw his last hand of the tournament.
Holden:
Huge:
The board ran and Holden became our 26th place finisher.
Holden earned €21,750 for his finish while Huge chipped up to about 530,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:18 PM Local Time
The board just showed when Romain Kazarian bet 30,000.
Guillaume Marrucho moved all in for 145,000 and Daniel Steinberg folded. Kazarian took about 30 second but ultimately he made the call.
Marrucho confidently turned over but that was not ahead against Kazarian’s
The river brought the and Kazarian doubled up leaving Marrucho with just 32,000 chips.
On the very next hand Kazarian raised to 12,000 and Shannon Shorr three-bet to 31,000. Marrucho moved all in, Kazarian folded and Shorr tossed in the extra 1,000.
Marrucho:
Shorr:
The board ran out and Shorr picked up this pot eliminating Marrucho in the progress.
Just 26 players remain right now and Shorr is up to 390,000 while Kazarian has 275,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:07 PM Local Time
We rushed to the table at the cry of “All In, Call!” to find the tournament of Scott Clements on the line. He was short-stacked but in good shape to double up with against Adrian Mateos Diaz’s that was until the board ran out a cruel
Clements is out in 28th with Diaz now up to an impressive 1.02 million chips.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:04 PM Local Time
Alain Bauer has been an eccentric addition to the tournament.
He showed up hours late without a care in the world and sat down at his table while eating a banana.
Then, throughout the day, Bauer made several dramatic bets and produced lots of humorous table talk.
Now he lost a big chunk of his stack to Benny Spindler.
Spindler and Bauer were faced with a flop in a raised pot and Spindler checked from middle position. Bauer bet 15,000 and Spindler raised to 35,000.
Call.
An came on the turn and Spindler bet 30,000. Bauer called and an completed the board.
Spindler fired another bet worth 70,000 and Bauer went into a very eccentric tank.
Bauer thought for a few minutes, said something to Spindler in a thick French accent and then put on his right shoe.
After another few minutes of thinking and talking to Spindler, Spindler spoke for the first time during the hand.
“Time,” Spindler said.
The floor came over and gave Bauer 60 seconds to think.
“It takes a long time for me,” Bauer said. “There are only two hands that are beating me.”
Before the minute was up, Bauer called.
“I guess you beat me,” Spindler said.
Spindler was about to muck before Bauer turned over Spindler then showed and took down the pot.
Spindler is now up to about 380,000 while Bauer is down to 135,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:56 PM Local Time
We bet Roman Romanovskyi is wishing he’d trusted his instincts right now. He voiced his feelings that Ognjen Sekularac had flopped top set but couldn’t lay down an over pair.
Romanovskyi opened to 12,000 from under the gun and four-bet to 76,000 after Sekularac three-bet to 33,000 from the big blind.
On the flop Sekularac check-raised Romanovskyi’s 58,000 c-bet up to 118,000. It was at that stage that Romanovskyi voiced his concerns but it didn’t stop him setting in for 240,000.
Sekularac called with which held against Romanovskyi’s through the turn and river.
Romanovskyi’s dropped to 290,000. Sekularac is up to around 660,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:56 PM Local Time
Andrei Konopelko raised to 15,000 from the cutoff, Sergio Aido three-bet to 40,000 from the button and Roman Romanovskyi four-bet from the big blind to 89,000. Konopelko tanked for a while and called and Aido did not want to miss out on this flop as he called as well.
The flop brought and Romanovskyi checked to Konopelko who moved all in without hesitation. Aido and Romanovskyi both folded giving Konopelko a lot more chips to work with.
Konopelko now sits on 575,000, Aido has 775,000 and Romanovskyi was left behind with 225,000 chips.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:38 PM Local Time
Daniel Steinberg has raked in another monster pot to take over the chip lead in this tournament. We only got to the table to see the river action on the board of The pot looked innocent enough with not a lot in the middle when Steinberg checked from the small blind over to Marc-Andre Ladouceur who bet 41,000. Rather surprisingly, Steinberg put in a big check-raise to 180,000 to send Ladouceur deep into the tank.
After several minutes he verbalized a call and raised his eyebrows when Steinberg showed for the straight.
Ladouceur was crippled to less than 20,000 which were all in preflop next hand with but he couldn’t improve to get past Adrian Mateos Diaz’s when the board was spread
Ladouceur takes 29th place with Steinberg now cracking the one million chip mark to take the chip lead.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:34 PM Local Time
Giancomo Fundaro has just 80,000 chips left when he just ended up all in preflop against Jeremy Ausmus.
Fundaro showed and was up against Ausmus’
The board ran out and Fundaro was knocked out in 30th place. Ausmus, after being quite short for a while, is now back up to 350,000 chips and that’s very close to the current average.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:28 PM Local Time
Scott Clements seemed to have played solidly, in position, for most of the day. That has kept him out of the danger zone, until just now, when he hadn’t fared on Danny Steinberg making such greats calls.
Steinberg opened to 13,000 and from early position and was only called by Clements on the button.
The flop came and Steinberg continued for 18,000. Call. Clements was checked to on the turn and took the invitation to bet 29,000. Call.
Clements really upped the ante on the river by betting 105,000. Steinberg took his time before calling with for bottom pair.
“Nine hand!” said Clements as he opened for a bluff. He dropped to 115,000 whereas Steinberg moved up to the dizzy heights of 910,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:23 PM Local Time
Jeremy Ausmus just ended up all in for 126,000 and he was up against Dominik Nitsche. Nitsche was behind with while Ausmus was looking for a way to stay alive holding
The board ran out and Ausmus doubled up to around 270,000 chips. Nitsche was left behind with 790,000 chips.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:23 PM Local Time
Eric Sfez had one of the biggest stacks before dinner but now he has 0 chips.
In his final hand, Sfez moved all-in for about 80,000 from early position and Andrei Konopelko re-shoved from the cutoff. The blinds and button released and the two players went to showdown.
Sfez:
Konopelko:
The board ran and Sfez was out in 31st, earning €21,750 while Konopelko went up to 290,000.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:18 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche just won a massive pot and now sits on 975,000 chips and retakes the chip lead by a big margin.
Frederic Asta raised to 18,000 from the button and Dominik Nitsche defended from the big blind. The flop brought and Nitsche check-called a 24,000-chip bet.
On the turn the hit and Nitsche checked again. This time Asta bet 36,000 and Nitsche called once again.
The river completed the board with the and Nitsche checked for a third time.
“All in,” Asta immediately announced as he pushed 229,000 chips forward.
“Wow,” Nitsche said, “so fast.”
The German bracelet winner shook his head for almost ten seconds before he repositioned himself and started analyzing the hand out loud.
After about five minute of mumbling and going over the action Nitsche announced a call.
“Good call,” Asta said as he tabled for a bluff.
Nitsche, who’s usually very calm and collective, slammed on the table in excitement and raked in this huge pot.
Asta was knocked out in 32nd place and Nitsche is now very close to being the first player with a seven-figure stack. Nitsche has 975,000 and is the runaway chip leader.
“That’s the second hero call this tournament,” Nitsche said with a smile as the other players complimented him with the good call. On Day 2 yesterday Nitsche also made a very tough call and right now he’s two-for-two in these key spots.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:12 PM Local Time
Alexandre Amiel had been short-stacked for some time and moved all-in for about 35,000 from the button.
Benny Spindler called from the big blind and showed to Amiel’s
Spindler paired his ace on the board and Amiel hit the rail in 33th place, becoming the last player to earn €20,250. From now on, the final 32 players will be guaranteed €21,750.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:06 PM Local Time
Jay Farber’s practice for next month’s WSOP Main Event final table is over.
He was in the big blind and three-bet all in over an Ariel Celestino open. Call.
Farber: JxTx
Celestino:
The board ran to miss both players.
The 888 poker ambassador headed off to get paid as Celestino admired his 417,000 stack.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:57 PM Local Time
Players are back from another 20-minute break and ready for another 90-minute round of NLHE.
Only 34 players remain and they're guaranteed €20,250.
Fabrice Soulier is currently leading the pack with 775,000, but we still need to lose more than half the field before we call it a day.