We joked with Dmitrii Valouev that he looked very tired and wondered he wanted a coffee or not. "I will get one when I double up," he said. About 10 minutes later he got exactly what he wanted and soon after walked over to our media desk... with a coffee in hand.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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20,000
5,100
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5,100 |
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The start-of-the-day chip leader Jonathan Bodden is struggling early on and just lost about one third of his stack to Angela Prada-Moed. The chips only went in after the 
turn following a raise and call preflop, then a continuation bet of 10,000 on the flop being called as well.
After the turn Prada-Moed was all in for 37,300 and Bodden called with 
to see himself drawing dead already against 
. The meaningless 
river completed the board and Prada-Moed now has more chips than Bodden.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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112,500
54,300
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54,300 |
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100,000
45,000
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45,000 |
We caught the action with a board showing 
. David Schaerf checked, [Removed:528] bet 5,800, then Schaerf check-raised to 12,800. [Removed:529] responded by moving all in and Schaerf folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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79,500
19,800
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19,800 |
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56,000
33,100
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33,100 |
Only a few minutes after the huge hand against Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Nabil Matta lost the rest of his suddenly crippled stack.
Matta was at risk with 
and got looked up by a player holding 
, and would head to the rail after the 
board.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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Allyn Jaffrey Shulman raised from late position and got a call by Nabil Matta in the big blind. On the 
flop, Matta check-raised the continuation bet of Jaffrey Shulman and the latter moved all in for 34,900 in total postflop. Matta made the call with only a few chips more.
Jaffrey Shulman: 
Matta:
Matta had both straight and flush draws, but could not get there on the 
turn and the 
river and Jaffrey Shulman doubled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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77,500
39,300
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39,300 |
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4,000
46,100
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46,100 |
Knut Berntsen opened to 2,400 from early position and James Whalen moved all in for 11,900 from the button. Berntsen made the call and tabled 
. He was behind the 
of Whalen and the flop of 
was solid for Whalen.
The board completed and then , and Whalen stayed alive.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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117,000
25,100
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25,100 |
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27,400
8,000
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8,000 |
The action folded to Jeremy Brousseau in the small blind and he got the remainder of his stack in. Radek Hanak one seat over did so as well and they had a coinflip for their tournament life with almost identical stacks.
Brousseau: 
Hanak: 
The board ran out 
and the Frenchman Brousseau headed to the payout desk.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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38,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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Eliminado |
We noticed Timothy Alofs call the all-in of Jeremy Pekarek with and he had his opponent's 
dominated. Pekarek was looking for one of the two remaining fives in the deck, but the 
board blanked for him and gave Alofs a full house instead.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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65,000
14,900
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14,900 |
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It only took 10 minutes before the floodgates opened once again and among the early casualties we had Deanna Dozier and Terry Schumacher.
In the latter's elimination the Belgian raised and then called all in for 20,000 with to see Jacob Stearley turn over 
. It was the inferior hand preflop, but Stearley turned the straight and sent Schumacher packing.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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65,000
21,400
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21,400 |
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