Very well-known 34-year-old pro from Madrid, Spain that now lives in Portugal. He is an EPT regular, won 2012 WCOOP $265 PLO Knockout for $40,595. Best live result was runner-up to Jon Spinks in the EPT9 Deauville €2k side event.
His twitter profile @javieretayo says he is a former rugby player and also a former Padel player. Padel is a fantastic Hispanic game played in a small walled court – pretty much a cross between tennis and squash. Loves all sports including golf and is a Real Madrid and Fulham supporter.
Jan Olav Sjavik, 49, Oslo, Norway
Old school Norwegian player, best result was third at EPT3 London (remember the infamous suck out by Vicky Coren?) for £168,600. Nickname (and online name) "Balrog".
He is considered one of the mainstays of Norwegian poker, the old guard that opened the doors for the younglings to come through. What followed EPT3 London was the continuation of a good year. A third place
in Amsterdam at the Master Classics, and a ‘close-to-the-business-end’ finish in Copenhagen a few weeks later.
Georgios Karakousis has done a fine job chipping up here on Day 4, but he just hit a roadblock in the form of Kuljinder Sidhu.
It happened when Karakousis opened for 23,000 from the hijack and Sidhu three-bet to 83,000 from the small blind. Karakousis thought for a bit before announcing that he was all in and Sidhu snap-called off for 310,000.
Sidhu:
Karakousis:
Sidhu, who had been getting a massage, was up out of his seat and was pleased to watch the board run out a safe . "Thank you," he graciously told the dealer as he sat back down.
Action folded around to a short-stacked Jamil Kanji in the small blind and he moved all in. [Removed:17] was in the big blind and quickly called after waking up with the . Kanji rolled over the , and despite the bad spot, he was all smile.
"I'm not feeling it," he admitted. Yan didn't seem so confident. The flop provided no help to Kanhi, and as soon as the dealer burned and turned the , Kanji stood and said, "Good luck." As the dealer put out the meaningless on the river, Kanji shook hands with Yan and then exited the tournament area.
The elimination of Jamil Kanji leaves just 24 players left in the field. They'll now redraw down to the final three tables, but since we're so close to the scheduled break, the players will have a 20-minute recess.
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Unfortunately we missed the hand, but we can confirm that Ryan Yu was eliminated on the very first hand back from the break, which occurred in the closing minutes of last level.
"What am I gonna do?" we heard Yu joke with a friend. He then indicated that he had suited. Whatever went down, one thing's certain - Yu was the EPT10 London Main Event 24th-place finisher.
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to Neophytos Neophytou's 
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board was checked down, Steen had 
, KatZ showev 
and Yu scooped again with 
. Yu now has 70,000 but can he continue this comeback?
, and despite the bad spot, he was all smile.
, Kanji stood and said, "Good luck." As the dealer put out the meaningless 
suited. Whatever went down, one thing's certain - Yu was the EPT10 London Main Event 24th-place finisher.