The entire board was out there already as was displayed.
A disappointed Adrian Bussman was getting up from the table and sympathy showed his . His opponent, Oleksii Khoroshenin, had in front of him and was getting all the chips in the middle.
We missed most of the action, but again Wilfried Sigmund Harig filled us in afterwards. Harig told us that Bussman had opened pre flop and Khoroshenin had three bet from the button. Bussman called and check called all three streets, just to be shown a higher full house in the end.
Anatoly Filatov raised to 25,000 from the under-the-gun position and chip leader Pablo Gordillo three-bet to 95,000. Filatov called and the flop rolled out and the Russian player checked.
Gordillo bet 33,000 and Filatov called and on the turn the hit. Filatov checked again on the turn and now Gordillo bet 63,000 and Filatov check-raised to 175,000.
Gordillo tanked for a bit before ultimately making the call. On the river the hit and Filatov bet 325,000 into a pot of 558,000. After tanking for a quite a while Gordillo called with for a flopped straight. Filatov showed and his stack took a big hit.
Roman Korenev just pulled off something you don't often see this deep in a tournament with more than €800,000 for first.
Korenev raised to 20,000 from the hijack and he was three-bet to 42,000 by Sebastian Trisch on his immediate left. Korenev made the call and the flop brought out and the Russian pro opted to check.
Trisch bet 53,000 on the flop and Korenev reached for more, putting in a check-raise to 124,000 total. Trisch made the call and on the turn the hit and Korenev opted to check once more. Trisch wasn't done betting just yet as he put 94,000 into the middle.
Korenev went into the tank for a bit before sliding out another check-raise, this time worth 214,000. Trisch had to give this some serious thought, but ultimately he made the call creating a pot worth well over 700,000 chips.
The river completed the board with the and Korenev moved all in putting Trisch at risk, if he wanted to make the call. Trisch quickly folded and Korenev raked in a huge pot without showdown.
Jonathan Roy, winner of WPT Montreal, was eying his first EPT title here in Vienna this week, but his journey fell short as he was just knocked out in 49th place.
On the feature table Roy raised from the hijack and the player to his left, Timo Pfutzenreuter, three-bet. The action folded back to the Canadian pro who four-bet and his German opponent put him all in for 422,000. Roy called and the showdown went as following.
Pfutzenreuter:
Roy:
The board ran out and Roy was knocked out. Pfutzenreuter jumps up the leader board and he's now one of the biggest stacks in the room.
The title of this introduction post, going into the fourth day of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour in Vienna, says exactly what today will be about. We will not yet crown a champion, but surviving today's ever increasing blinds and antes will make sure you are a real contender for trophy, a SLIDE watch and the €816,000 first-place prize.
All of the remaining 50 players are guaranteed to take home at least €14,600, but that is not something they look forward to taking home. Chip leader Pablo Gordillo (2,111,000) must be dreaming of bigger prizes already, and that's fair, as he's so far the only player with more than two-million chips. Gordillo's lead going into the fourth day of play is very substantial as his nearest rival, Anatoly Filatov (1,500,000), has more than a full average stack less than the Spanish leader.
Among the remaining players we're seeing plenty of super stars including World Series of Poker bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov (1,040,000), Team PokerStars Pros Marcel Luske (512,000) and Johnny Lodden (477,000), WPT winner Jonathan Roy (423,000) and the only two-time Unibet Open winner Dan Murariu (508,000).
The plan for today will be as following: All levels are 90 minutes and play will stop when we reach the Final 16. If this is not the case before the end of the fifth level of the day play will halt as well and continue with however many are left for the penultimate day on Friday.
was displayed.
. His opponent, Oleksii Khoroshenin, had 
in front of him and was getting all the chips in the middle.
and the Russian player checked.
hit. Filatov checked again on the turn and now Gordillo bet 63,000 and Filatov check-raised to 175,000.
hit and Filatov bet 325,000 into a pot of 558,000. After tanking for a quite a while Gordillo called with 
for a flopped straight. Filatov showed 
and his stack took a big hit.
and Olah tabling 
. Miltiadis hit a set but Olah had the flush draw to keep having a fighting chance.
) and river (
) were black though, and the one time chip leader exited the tournament area.
and the Russian pro opted to check.
and Roy was knocked out. Pfutzenreuter jumps up the leader board and he's now one of the biggest stacks in the room.
