Welcome back to our coverage of the 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London £4,250 Main Event. Just 36 of the 675 original entrants remain in the hunt for the title of EPT champion and £499,700 in first-place prize money. Jakub Mroczek holds a significant lead heading into Day 4 with a chip stack of 1.79 million.
The next largest stack in the room belongs to Joao Vieira, who bagged up 1.151 million heading into Day 4. Rounding out the top three is the only other player over one million in chips, Artur Koren, with 1.126 million.
While these three players headline the chip counts, Team PokerStars also had a fine showing on Day 3 with five Team PokerStars Pros advancing to the fourth day of play. Those to return to the felt include Jake Cody (794,000), PokerStars Team Online members Marc-Andre Ladouceur (408,000) and Christian Favale (363,000), PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo (279,000), Liv Boeree (156,000), and Mickey Petersen (143,000).
Other familiar names returning include EPT Season 8 London Main Event champion Benny Spindler (911,000), Sergio Aido (758,00), Simon Deadman (614,000), and EPT Season 6 Berlin Main Event winner Kevin MacPhee (598,000).
Play kicks off at 12 p.m. local time. As always, be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates from the tournament felt.
Team PokerStars Pro Online Mickey Petersen has been knocked out in 35th place after losing a coin flip against Artur Koren. Koren raised before the flop and Petersen moved all in with his short stack holding , according to PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo.
Koren made the call with and the board brought no help for the former winner of EPT Copenhagen.
We've already lost two of the three Team PokerStars Pro Online players today as Christian Favale just got knocked out as well. Favale was all in on the flop against Marko Neumann in a showdown that ran out as following.
The flop showed when "All in and a call," was announced, and Neumann was in the lead.
Neumann:
Favale:
The board ran out , and Favale hit the rail in 34th place while Neumann raked in a big pot.
After one of the outer tables broke it was Sergio Aido who got moved to the secondary feature table. Moments after this happened he was knocked out under unknown circumstances but Kevin MacPhee was kind enough to share with us what happened.
On a flop it was Aido who check-raised all in holding against [Removed:119]'s set of deuces. The turn nor river brought help for Aido who exited in 32nd place.
Leo Nordin opened to 20,000 from the cutoff only to have Sebastian Pauli three-bet to 50,000 from the button. The two blinds folded and Nordin moved all in for about 390,000 total. Pauli instantly called and the hands were turned over.
Nordin:
Pauli:
The two were racing for Nordin's tournament life heading to the community cards. The flop came down , keeping Pauli's jacks out in front. The on the turn gave Nordin some chop outs to stay alive, but nothing materialized for the Swede as the finished the board on the river. Nordin fell in 31st and Pauli boosted his stack to 1.37 million.
Team PokerStars Pro Online Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody just clashed in a very big pot that resulted in the elimination of the former.
Ladouceur raised from the cutoff to 23,000 and Cody, from the button, three bet to 58,000 after which the other players folded and Ladouceur called. The flop brought out and Ladouceur checked to Cody who bet 56,000.
Ladouceur opted for a check-raise making it 130,000 and Cody tanked for quite a bit before making the call.
The turn was the and Ladouceur continued with a bet of 90,000 and Cody tanked for a minute before making the call.
On the river the hit and this time Ladouceur checked to the Triple Crown winner who moved all in after about a minute. Ladouceur had 215,000 chips left behind and two minutes later he called risking his tournament life.
Cody showed for two pair and Ladouceur flashed his before heading for the exit.
Artur Koren raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Simon Deadman flatted from the button. PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo three-bet shipped for 238,000 from the small blind and Koren announced a call. Deadman folded and the hands were exposed.
Koren:
Moreira de Melo:
Koren jumped out into the lead on the flop by pairing his ace. Suddenly Moreira de Melo needed to catch a nine in order to stay alive in the Main Event. Fourth street was the and fifth the , meaning that she would become the latest runner eliminated from play.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree was knocked down very short after doubling up Alexander Travellion, and she has not managed to make a comeback.
Just now Benny Spindler raised 24,000 under the gun plus one and Boeree called from the big blind after tanking for quite a bit. The flop brought out and Boeree checked to Spindler who put her all in for just a few thousand chips. Boeree smiled and chatted to her rail for a bit before letting go of her hand.
On the very next hand Jonas Lauck raised from the cutoff and Boeree called all in from the small blind. Kevin Killeen called from the big blind and the flop came down .
Killeen check-folded to Lauck's bet and the showdown for Boeree's tournament life went as following.
Boeree:
Lauck:
The turn, the gave Boeree a flush draw but the river, the , ended her tournament in 27th place. Boeree made another very deep run and also finishes as the last women standing in the EPT London Season 11 stop.
Sven Wendt was all in and at risk before the flop for his last approximately 165,000 against Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody. The cards were revealed to find Cody in the lead heading to the flop.
Cody:
Wendt:
The dealer fanned on the felt, immediately giving Cody a full house and a death grip on the hand. The hit the turn, prompting Wendt to stand from the table as the finished the board. Cody collected the chips and brought his stack up to about 1.75 million.
Sebastian Pauli opened with preflop and action folded around to Marko Neumann in the small blind. He cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount and action came back to Pauli who made a four-bet. Neumann five-bet shipped all in for about 690,000 and Pauli instantly called.
Pauli:
Neumann:
Pauli was out in front with his pocket aces and stayed that way through a run out. Pauli scored the elimination and brought his stack up to 1.66 million. Neumann, on the other hand, was eliminated from play in 23rd place.
, according to PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo.
when "All in and a call," was announced, and Neumann was in the lead.
, 
and Favale hit the rail in 34th place while Neumann raked in a big pot.
flop it was Aido who check-raised all in holding 
against [Removed:119]'s set of deuces. The turn nor river brought help for Aido who exited in 32nd place.![[Removed:119]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, keeping Pauli's jacks out in front. The 
finished the board on the river. Nordin fell in 31st and Pauli boosted his stack to 1.37 million.
and Ladouceur checked to Cody who bet 56,000.
for two pair and Ladouceur flashed his 
before heading for the exit.
gave Boeree a flush draw but the river, the 
, ended her tournament in 27th place. Boeree made another very deep run and also finishes as the last women standing in the EPT London Season 11 stop.
finished the board. Cody collected the chips and brought his stack up to about 1.75 million.
