Event #4: €3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Richard Toth opened to 9,000 from middle position and the action folded to Emil Patel on the button. He placed a chip onto his holecards and three-bets to 23,500. Toth called and it was heads up to the flop.

Flop:     - Both players checked.

Turn:   - Toth bet 36,000 and was called by Patel.

River:   - Toth bets 53,000 and Patel asks how manhy chips the Hungarian has behind. Toth complies and counts out 78,000. A minute later and Patel calls.

Toth shows    for a set of sevens and Patel mucks his hand.

The players are now on a 20-minute break

Michael "SirWatts" Watson is out new chip leader after winning yet another pot here at the final table.

Taylor Paur opened to 8,000 under the gun and the action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the hijack. He asked for confirmation of the bet size and then called, Watson was next to act and he also called. Richard Toth in the big blind came along for the ride too.

The flop came down a very draw heavy     and everyone checked to Watson who bet 20,000. This was enough to fold out everyone except Toth who tossed in the required chips. The dealer put the   onto the turn and Toth checked, Watson bet 45,000 and Toth folded.

Watson is now up to 350,000.

John Armbrust has become the first player to be eliminated from the final table here in the €3,200 Shooutout.

Richard Toth opened to 9,000 from late position and Taylor Paur three-bet from the hijack to 22,500. The action folded to Armbrust on the button and he put in his whole stack of 28,000. Toth folded but Paur made the call.

Armbrust stayed ahead on the     flop but fell behind when the   landed on the turn. He was drawing to just one out because the   would gift Paur a flush and low and behold the   lands on the river, improving Armbrust to a set but Paur to a flush and Armbrust is eliminated in ninth place.

Steve O'Dwyer folded under the gun and next to act was Michael Watson. He checked his cards, liked what he saw and raised to 9,000. The action folded to Emil Patel in the big blind and he put in the extra chips to call.

Flop:     - Patel checked, Watson bet 12,500 and Patel called.

Turn:   - Patel checked and Watson checked behind.

River:   - Patel puts out a feeler bet of 16,000 and Watson instantly calls.

Watson takes the pot.

It seems like nobody wants to tangle with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier as he has just taken down two consecutive pots. Both time he open-raised from late position and took the blinds and antes.

Richard Toth opens the betting with a raise to 7,000 from late position. Max Silver in the cutoff seat calls, as does John Armburst on the button and Emil Patel in the small blind.

The foursome see the dealer put out the     flop. Patel checks, Toth checks, Silver bets 18,500, Armbrust calls but both Patel and Toth get out of the way. The turn card is the  , Silver continues with the aggression and bets 29,000 but Armbrust spoils the party and raises to 72,000. Silver considers all of his options for nearly two minutes before making the call.

The   lands on the river and Silver checks. Armburst moves two towers of yellow chips, topped with a few black 5,000 chips, worth 60,000. Silver momentarily sits up straight then slumps again and gets thinking. Two minutes later he makes the call.

Silver wins the pot with his pair of queens.

The very next hand Silver raises to 7,000 from the hijack and Armbrust calls. The flop comes down    , Silver makes a 6,000 continuation bet and Armbrust instantly folds. Silver is our new chip leader and Armbrust is very short with around 40,000 chips.

The action folds to Michael Watson in the cutoff seat and he makes it 7,500 to play. Next to act is Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier on the button and he three-bets to 17,500. Both blinds fold and after 30 seconds thinking time Watson makes the call.

The dealer puts out the     flop, Watson checks, ElkY continues to 22,500 and Watson pauses before making the call. The turn brings the   into play and again Watson checks. ElkY sees no reason to slow down and he bets chips worth 35,500, a bet that Watson calls without much thought.

The river sees the   make an appearance and once again Watson checks. ElkY moves a tower of chips forward which prompts a huge sigh from Watson who instantly asks "how much?" The answer is 77,500, the biggest bet of the final table so far.

Watson sits studying the board, occasionally shaking his head and smirking. He is deep in the tank and he stays there for a full five minutes before letting go of his hand and flicking it towards the muck. ElkY picks up the biggest pot so far.

Tristan Wade is making early waves and using position well.

He three-bet to 18,000 from the button after an open to 7,500 from James Dempsey in mid-position. Dempsey called to the     flop where he check-called a 16,500 bet. The turn came   and Wade kept up the pressure up with a 28,000 bet when his opponent checked to him. The Brit check-folded.

Two hands later Wade raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Steve O'Dwyer defended his big blind. The flop came down     and O'Dwyer check-called a 5,500 bet. The turn was the   and an 8,000 bet from Wade was enough to take down this pot as well.

Just as play was about to start we realised the players were not in the same seats as the draw we published last night. It seems as if there was a mix-up at some point today and what we published yesterday was the right draw. The players were moved to their correct seats and Jack Eiffel reintroduced players and welcomed everybody to "World Series bloopers show" and got play underway, finally.

The players are in their seats and play is due to start. Everybody is happy that the structure has been rolled back to 1,500/3,000/500a. Well I say everybody; everybody but James Dempsey. He said that it's too nice outside to be stuck inside playing poker. He liked the crap-shoot structure.