London champion clinging to tournament life

Despite earlier reports that our most recent ParadisePoker Tour winner was out, Christos Xanthopoulos is still in the Vienna Main Event… just.

The Greek player came into Day 2 with just over 20,000 chips, just half the average, so he always had a tough assignment in keeping hopes of a first back-to-back PPT win alive.

And with a flurry of hands that have gone against him, Christos is almost down to a chip and chair.

First up was a mistimed bet that saw his opponent check-raise all in on a J♣A♣Q♠ flop and force him to fold with just 17,500 chips behind.

Things rapidly got worse as a three-bet shove out the majority of his stack at risk against an early postion raiser with A&diamsJ♦, and even his AK couldn’t hold up as a J cruelly hit the river.

A quick double up with Q♣7♣ ensured he survived to the first break at least, but surely only an incredible comeback can change his destiny now.