2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Scott Fischman has the button in Seat 8. Ivan Demidov raises to 38,000, Robin Keston moves all in and Demidov calls.
Keston
Demidov
The flop is , Demidov's nines still leading. The turn is the , making Demidov a set, but opening up a flush draw for Keston. The river, though is the and Keston's Main Event comes to an end with a seventh-place finish. He'll take home £135,750 for his efforts.
Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6. Stanislav Alekhin opens with a raise to 42,000 from under the gun and the action folds around to Toni Hiltunen who re-raises, making it a total of 100,000 to go. Alekhin, always methodical, thinks for a bit before putting Toni to a decision for all of his chips. Hiltunen makes the call and a showdown ensues:
Hiltunen:
Alekhin:
By the turn, the board had run out queen-high -- -- and Hiltunen was drawing dead. The river, though irrelevant, was the .
Alekhin improved to 2,187,000 in chips after the hand. Hiltunen will take home £108,600 in prize money for his efforts.
A check-check sequence brings us to the turn -- the . Juanda checks again and Demidov fires a bet of 44,000. Juanda lays it down and Demidov picks up his 12th pot of the day.
Both players check, and when the falls on the turn, Negreanu tosses out a bet of 20,000, prompting Sonnert to fold his hand.