Ivo is in the money! 104 players is now left in the tournament, and everybody is guaranteed a pay-day of £7,500. Ivo was very happy to again be able to cash in a EPT Tournament, he has been very unlucky the latest EPT Tournaments he has participated in, but now he is back on track and in the money.

With 104 players we find the average stack at about 205.000. Ivo right now got 159.000, so if he can continue to build his stack this could be another very successful tournament for Team RedKings.

Other famous players that made it in to the money:
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson 146.500
Peter Eastgate 393.500
John Juanda 312.000
Jeffery Lisandro 414.000
Theo Tran 221.000
Anette Obrestad 321.000
Teddy Sheringham 378.000

Go Ivo!

A player in the cutoff made it 13.000, Ivo was in the SB and quickly moved all-in for 120.000. The BB folded, tha player in the cutoff thought for a while and then folded. John Juanda who is the only recognized face on Ivo’s table said that the guy who raised showed _Ah _Jc but that was just a lie to get Ivo to show his cards. Ivo did show _Kh _Kc and John Juanda said “I could see that you wanted to show your cards”, Ivo just replied with “You’re tricky Johhny, you’re tricky”, almost like taken from the horror movie, The Shining..

We are already down to 106 players, and only 2 more needs to go, and Ivo will be in the money.

Ivo Donev, 138.000

Is what day 3 in EPT London by Pokerstars.com will be all about. I just had a chat with Ivo, and his first target will be to reach the money, a target meaning that 7 players needs to leave the tournament before he does today.

All the 111 players has just sat down, and Thomas Kremser (Tournament DIrector) will in just a second announce “Shuffle up and deal” and the cards will be in the air.

For you that don’t remember the payout details, this is a good time to remind you:
1 £850,000
2 £530,000
3 £285,000
4 £227,000
5 £173,000
6 £124,000
7 £87,000
8 £50,100
9-10 £38,000
11-12 £28,000
13-14 £23,000
15-16 £19,000
17-24 £17,000
25-32 £15,600
33-40 £14,200
41-48 £12,800
49-56 £11,600
57-64 £10,600
65-72 £9,900
73-80 £9,200
81-88 £8,500
89-96 £7,900
97-104 £7,500

More info about Ivo’s table will come soon, stay tuned! And don’t forget to make a comment in the blog, if there is 50 of them there will be another blog freeroll tonight!

Ivo Donev has again playing the mathematical and stable poker that not many can beat him in. This has taken him to day 3 in EPT London, and it is only 110 more players who manged to do that out of the starting field of 730.

Ivo packs down 124.000 in his bag, which he will get back tomorrow at 12:00. The average stack is at 197.300. Tomorrow is going to be a day of action, we will reach the money and after that there will be all-ins, coinflips and bluffs. The three elements that make poker to the big entertainment that it is to follow.

Follow the blog here tomorrow and you will get to join in a blog freeroll, this time I only demand 50 comments to the blog from now!

Go Ivo “The Chessmaster” Donev!

Eric Seidel who was even more short stacked than Ivo moved all-in in early position for 43.000, everybody folded to Ivo in the BB. Ivo talked some to Eric, and then he made the call.

Showdown:
Eric Seidel _Jh _2d
Ivo Donev _Ts _Th

The flop comes out _5h _6s _Kd.
Turn _2s.
River _8c

This means that Ivo takes Eric Seidel out from the tournament, and he is getting closer and closer to the money now. Ivo is up to 106.000, but still would need some more chips..

And the action has been slow, Ivo has been winning some blinds and losing some blinds. His stack has got a little bit smaller, and he is now down to 64.000, but just a double up and he’s in the game again.

There is 135 players left, only 31 more to the money, and only one level left of the day meaning 75 minutes more poker.

The average stack is at 162.200..

Come on Ivo!

Ivo Donev has been at the same table the whole day so far together with Roland de Wolfe. He has just lost a few smaller pots, taking him down to about 80.000 in chips, which is under the average stack that has increased to 143.100, as we only have 153 players remaining.

We are going to play 2 more levels from now, if we don’t reach the money before that, then they will stop the clock when we are down to 104 players.

Ivo will soon need a double up or a few big pots, to be able to compete about the money..

In the last hand of level 12, Stephan Kjerstad picked up _Qh _Qs, and he got it all-in against _Ah _Kc pre-flop. A pot worth 270.000 and Stephans tournament life. The board contained of _As and no queens, giving Stephans opponent the huge pot, and Stephan is out.

Again has Stephan showed his skills as a tournament player, but in the WSOPE he couldn’t win with _As _Ah vs _2c _2d, and here in EPT London he couldn’t win the so far most important coinflip over the whole tournament. To go deep in a tournament like this, you have to have some luck, and Stephan just didn’t have it, but he’ll be back soon!

Ivo Donev is now our lonely fighter in the tournament, but he is looking to be in a good shape with his 120.000.

Go Ivo “The Chessmaster” Donev!

The player UTG on Stephans table raised to 4.500, a player in the middle position called, so did the player in the cutoff, Stephan who is on the button raises it up to 26.000. All the players folds, and Stephan makes a professional “Squeeze”, earning himself some chips without a fight.

Ivo Donev was UTG+2 and made it 5.500, player in the middle position called and the blinds folded. The flop came out _Qh _3s _8h, Ivo quickly bets out 8.000, and his opponent folds. Ivo shows his hand exclusively for the RedKings readers _Kc _Qd. Roland de Wolfe asks “Did you have Kings”, Ivo says “Yes, you read me like a open book”. Honesty is a skill you don’t use at the poker table..

Level 12 just ended and we are already down to 189 players, and an average stack of 115.900.

Stephan Kjerstad, 130.000
Ivo Donev, 120.000

So, it is only 3 hours left until the blog freeroll starts, and I know many of you have been worried about not getting the password, but you did manage to do the last 10 comments within 20 minutes.
So here is your reward:

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Time: 20:00
Buy-in: FREE!
Password: rklive
Where: In the regular RedKings tournament lobby.

Good Luck now, and don’t miss out on following Stephan and Ivo at the end of day 2!