EPT London by pokerstars.com is the biggest live poker tournament in UK ever, no other tournament has had 730 contesters, and out of these 730 we have 24 left and 1 of them is a Team RedKings player, Ivo Donev.

Ivo has fought through this big field for 3 days already, and he now got the 8th biggest chip stack of the last 24. They have just started day 4, and Ivo is seated at this table:
Michael Berry UK 1,837,000
Rodrigo Caprioli Brazil 1,647,000
Ivo Donev Austria 1,062,000
Theo Tran USA 991,000
Dominic Cullen UK 622,000
Martin Gudvangen Norway 590,000
Kevin Schaffel USA WSOP finalist 377,000
Philip Byers USA 344,000
Jonathan Weekes UK 272,000

There is a lot of short stacks, so hopefully Ivo can get some cards and knock one or two out, and continue his road against the final table!

Good Luck to The Chessmaster!

Ivo Donev is one of the 24 best players out of the 730 starting in EPT London. He has taken his chip stack to 1.062.000 and is right now over average and in the higher region of all the chip stacks.

Ivo has as he said himself played his A-game today, without any bigger problems, and any big risks. Ivo is right now number 8 in chips..

Ivo is not the only star who has qualified for the last three tables, we also have:
Benjamin Spindler, 1.110.000
Anette Obrestad, 730.000
Theo Tran, 991.000
Peter Eastgate, 988.000

They are all guaranteed £17.000 and they will come back here tomorrow at 12:00 to play down to the official final table of 8 players, I hope I see you all here then!

I just told you that Ivo got his first _As _Ah in the last level, but no one wanted to play. This time Ivo raised to 43.000 in middle position, the player on the button pushed all-in for about 350.000, everybody else folded and Ivo didn’t hesitate for a second and called.

Ivo Donev _As _Ad
Opponent _Qh _Qd

Flop _4d _Jc _7d
Turn _2d
River _7s

Ivo takes the player out in 26th position and we are now down to 25 players, and we only need 1 more to go out and the day has come to an end.

Ivo Donev, 900.000
Average Chip stack, 843.600

Ivo Ivo Ivo!

As you can see there is not much action, Ivo hasn’t been involved in any bigger hands, he has won a few blinds. He got his first _As _Ah during the whole tournament in the end of the last level, but no one wanted to play with him, so he only won the blinds.

We have 27 players left, with an average stack of 811.000, Ivo has got 588.000 in front of him. The blinds has gone up to 10.000/20.000 and the ante is at 2.000, meaning that there is 46.000 chips in the pot pre-flop.

3 more players needs to lose all their chips, and then the other 24 players will battle on the last three tables tomorrow..

Stay tuned for the last action of the day!

It is not going very fast now, we have had 36 players in the tournament the last 60 minutes, and during those 60 minutes Ivo has lost a few smaller pots taking him down to 500.000.

We have started level 21, with blinds of 8.000/16.000 and an ante of 1.000.

Ivo is still keeping track of all his hands..

We are down to 36 players, meaning that only 12 more needs to go and the final three tables are set. Ivo is keeping his stack over the average, he is around 720.000, and the average stack is at 608.300. John Juanda has left the tournament, so Ivo is taking over as the table captain.

Other famous players chip stacks:
Anette Obrestad, 970.000
Theo Thran, 800.000
Peter Eastgate, 140.000
Benjamin Spindler, 1.200.000

Go Ivo!

The player UTG made a minibet to 20.000, the player in the Small Blind called, so did Ivo Donev in the Big Blind.

Flop came out _9h _8c _4h.

The player in the Small Blind bet 25.000, Ivo makes the call, the player UTG re-raised to 100.000, and the player in the SB folded. Ivo starts playing with his camera and stands up and starts waiving with his hands and the dealer asks him “All-in?” Ivo says “Yes”. The player UTG quickly decides to call.

Showdown
Ivo Donev _4s _4c
UTG Player _Jh _Js

Turn _2h
River _Kd

Ivo Doubles up!

Before Ivo even had the time to count his chips, he gets involved in another pot. Ivo is in the SB and calls the BB player, the same player he just stole 250.000 chips from. The BB player raises to 25.000, and Ivo calls.

Flop _Qs _Qc _Jh

Ivo checks, BB player bets 26.000, Ivo makes the call.

Turn _7d

Ivo checks, BB player bets 62.000. Ivo thinks and again calls.

River _Ts

It goes check check. Ivo shows _Th _Js and the other player mucks and Ivo says “Thanks!”

Ivo Donev, 600.000

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We have just finished level 18, and we are soon enetering level 19 with blinds of 5.000/10.000 and an ante of 1.000. Only 57 players left now, and we are playing down to 24 tonight and the last three tables.

Ivo Donev, 290.000
Average stack, 384.200

The flat price structure has probably made players gamble a little bit more, because they are dropping out like flies. One that is still left is our Team RedKings star Ivo Donev who is up at 300.000 in chips, which almost is the average stack, only 26.000 behind.

Ivo has again changed table, and is again at the same table as John Juanda. The blinds is starting to get really heavy as we are now playing on level 18 with 4000/8000 and an ante of 500, this makes the pot 16.000 already before the cards has been dealt.

Everybody that still is in is guaranteed £9,900..

Be patient, the freeroll password will come any minute now!

Ivo’s original table got broken up and he got moved over to the table with the old football star Teddy Sheringham who now has changed career, and become a successful poker player. He went deep into the WSOPE last week, and will now add another cash position to his CV. Also Theo Thran was there with Ivo and Teddy, but this table got broken up just a few minutes after that and he is now moved to the table with Anette Obrestad who has a gigantic mountain of chips.

These chips didn’t scare Ivo in the following hand, on the flop _Ah _x _x Ivo bet 8.000 with _9x high. Anette raised Ivo to 20.000, but not even this bet could scare Ivo as he re-raised to 45.000 and Anette folded.

Then Ivo was on the BB with _Tc _5c. The player on the button raised to 15.000, Ivo calls. Flop came out _Jh _Qc _5s, both player checks. Turn is _Jc and Ivo bet out 20.000 and gets called. River is a low card and both player checks, Ivo shows his pair of 5s and the other player mucks.

92 players left, average stack 238.000 and Ivo is up to 270.000 by just taking down small pots, where will this end?

Don’t forget that it is up to you if there is going to be a freeroll tonight, we have about 20 right now..