Ian Hamilton opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Alexandre Vuilleumier flatted the button, and Jamie Flynn defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the flop and action checked to Hamilton who continued for 45,000. Only Vuilleumier called.
The landed on the turn and Hamilton bet out 115,000. Vuilleumier again called.
The fell on the river and Hamilton checked. Vuilleumier announced a bet of 485,000. Hamilton responded by check-jamming all in for roughly 950,000, and Vuilleumier sent his cards into the muck.
Hamilton tabled for a rivered straight flush as he collected the pot.
Jack Sinclair raised to 45,000 on the button and Ambrose Ng three-bet all in for 455,000 from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and Sinclair made the call.
Ambrose Ng:
Jack Sinclair:
Ng was dominated `but flopped best on the board. The turn was another improving him to two pair, but the river was the giving Sinclair a straight and sending Ng to the rail.
Harry Lodge opened in middle position and David Docherty three-bet out of the big blind. Lodge four-bet jammed and Docherty called with the bigger stack.
Harry Lodge:
David Docherty:
At last, Docherty saw aces today without being the one holding them and he needed help to eliminate Lodge.
"I'm pretty good at these!" said Docherty as the flop landed to give him a pair of kings and backdoor clubs to go with it.
The on the turn significantly upped the sweat factor as it gave Docherty a flush draw and Lodge was calling for a red card as the bricked off on the river to earn him the double up.
"This was a TV hand; that was a TV runout!" laughed Marton Czuczor.
Just three levels were played on Day 4 of the European Poker Tour London Main Event, and after just six hours of play it is David Docherty who leads the final 16 players.
The aim for the day was to get down to the final two tables or play three levels, and despite 16 players being reached with a level to go, there were no further eliminations and the players bagged up for Day 5 shortly before 6 p.m. local time.
Docherty's day was boosted by the fact that he cracked pocket kings with pocket aces twice in a single level to vault up the chip counts having started the day fifth in chips.
His first victim was Pedro Garagnani who also started the day with a top-10 chip stack, before also sending Jamil Wakil to the rail, all in the space of an hour. He would eventually bag 3,560,000 and is the only player over the three million chip mark.
EPT London Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
David Docherty
United Kingdom
3,560,000
119
2
Ian Hamilton
United Kingdom
2,450,000
82
3
Jack Sinclair
United Kingdom
2,230,000
74
4
Roman Hrabec
Austria
2,125,000
71
5
Harry Lodge
United Kingdom
2,045,000
68
6
Nils Pudel
Germany
1,985,000
66
7
Alexandre Vuilleumier
Switzerland
1,710,000
57
8
Nicolas Vayssieres
France
1,085,000
36
9
Ben Heath
United Kingdom
990,000
33
10
Aleem Kanji
United Kingdom
965,000
32
Behind Docherty comes Ian Hamilton (2,450,000) and former WSOPE Main Event champion Jack Sinclair, who spent most of the day on the feature table and bagged 2,230,000, helped after picking off a bluff from fellow Brit Ben Heath in the closing stages of the day.
Other big stacks include Roman Hrabec (2,125,000) and Harry Lodge (2,045,000) who doubled through chip leader Docherty late on to vault up the counts.
Day 4 Recap
A shorter day was always expected with just 25 players remaining in the tournament at the start of the day, and besides Docherty's first-level fireworks there were a steady stream of eliminations during the early stages.
There were doubles for Ian Hamilton and Erik Seidel, with Hamilton also making a straight flush midway through the day.
A flurry of eliminations took the tournament from 20 to 16 players in the space of 30 minutes as Thomas Hueber, Enzo Vito, Ambrose Ng and Jordi Romero all exited, raising the prospect of play being halted earlier than scheduled.
But no further eliminations came in the final 90 minute level of the day. Docherty had held a 2:1 chip lead over his nearest rival at the final break, and had enough chips to double Harry Lodge in the closing stages without taking too much of a dent.
Remaining Payouts
The remaining players have all guaranteed themselves £29,800 for making Day 5, with the winner taking home £664,400.
Place
Payout (GBP)
1
£664,400
2
£414,650
3
£296,150
4
£227,800
5
£175,250
6
£134,800
7
£103,700
8
£79,750
9
£61,350
10-11
£49,350
12-13
£41,100
14-15
£34,250
16
£29,800
The final 16 players will return on Thursday, October 27 and play down to a final six before the final day's play on Friday. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action from this event and the rest of the 2022 EPT London schedule.