The fourth day of action at the 2011 European Poker Tour London Main Event has now concluded and just 24 players remain to compete for the 750,000 pound top prize. The current frontrunner is Mattias Bergstrom, who steamrolled his way through Day 4 to amass over 1.8 million chips.
The final elimination of the day came down to heads-up action between Jeremy Kottler and Neil Pearce. Pearce pushed all-in before the flop with 7-7, while Kottler held pocket queens. None of the board cards proved useful to either player, sending Pearce to the cage in 25th place. Kottler went on to earn just under 1.7 million chips by the end of the day, giving him 4th-place positioning for Day 5.
The day started with 62 players, and some of the biggest names in poker hit the rail as the field was whittled down. Among those eliminated were Roberto Romanello (37th), Steven Kelly (39th), Marvin Rettenmaier (41st), Daniel Neilson (45th), Jamie Rosen (49th) and Barny Boatman (57th). Team PokerStars pros Salvatore Bonavena (29th), Humberto Brenes (32nd) and Ana Marquez (42nd) received payouts as well, thanks to a payout schedule that awarded over 100 finishers.
Spain’s Juan Manuel Pastor is the final member of Team PokerStars Pro remaining in the event. He’ll begin Day 5 with a healthy chip stack of 960k. Currently occupying the 24th spot is Sebastian Blom, sibling of online poker phenom Viktor Blom, with just 59k chips.
Benny Spindler, who led the field on Day 1b and Day 2, remains strong with over 1.4 million chips. Other big stacks belong to Pascall Hartmann (who’s immediately behind Bergstrom), Adria Balaguer, Andre Klebanov, Basile Yaiche, Kevin Iacofano and Anatoly Gurtovoy.
Day 5 will end once a final table of eight players is set.
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