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Lee Nelson, from Day 1b
Lee Nelson and Chris Roh have tangled early today, with Roh taking the worst of it. Roh opened the pot for 2,800, bringing the action to Nelson, who moved all in.
"How much is it?" Roh asked the dealer. She counted down 20,800. Roh didn't believe the count and then counted it down himself, coming up with the same 20,800.
"Ok, I call," he said. He was dismayed to see Nelson turn over , a hand that dominated Roh's .
"Ace of hearts," Nelson told the dealer. "Make it interesting." He got his wish. The flop of gave Nelson top pair but gave Roh a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw. Both missed on the turn.
"Three of spades," Nelson instructed the dealer, pointing at the spot on the felt where the river would appear. She complied by delivering the , allowing Nelson to double up to 44,000 and knocking Roh back to 42,000.
"If I knew you were gonna call with king-jack suited, I'd have called last time," joked Nelson, referring to an earlier hand.
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James Obst, during Day 1 action
We didn't catch the action, however Kwang Soo Lee had opened with a raise from the cutoff and James Obst defended from the small blind. The chips went into the middle preflop with Obst 's needing to improve against Lee's .
Remarkably the flop fell giving Obst a flush and a lock on the hand. The turn was the and river a meaningless to send the pot to Obst. After a count of chips, Obst had Lee covered and he was sent to the rail.
A nice Internet flop for the online phenom who is now looking dangerous with stacks of chips in front of him worth about 60,000.
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James Broom and Max Bloom tangled preflop, with Broom taking pocket nines into battle against the pocket queens of the short-stacked Bloom.
However Broom spiked a set on a board of to collect the pot to jump to about 35,000 and send Bloom to the exit.
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Van Marcus, from Day 1
"You call yourself a player?" Van Marcus said, the disgust dripping from his voice as he collected a pot. "Getting two-to-one and you fold. Stop double-barreling me. I'm gonna shove every time now."
"You do that," said David Saab with a laugh. He had bet 5,000 on a flop of and 12,000 on a turn of . Marcus check-called the flop bet and check-shoved the turn bet, raising to a total of 49,000 and making it 37,000 back to Saab, which just barely had Saab covered. Saab puzzled over things on the turn for a while, remarking, "I guess only my flush draw is live." He eventually folded face-up, prompting Marcus to start trash-talking as he showed to take down the pot.
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Sunshine Samson, during Day 1 action
We've just received word from the feature table that popular Filipino player Sunshine Samson couldn't find a double up with her short stack and has been eliminated from the event.
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Chizuko Shimizu
The Japanese contigent on the rail just let off a mighty roar as Chizuko Shimizu spiked an ace on the river to stay alive in this tournament. She held against an opponent's and the board of gave her the double-up she needed.
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Chris Roh, from Day 1b
After taking that early beat against Lee Nelson, it was all downhill for Chris Roh. On his final hand, he raised to 3,600 preflop. The player in the small blind, Tsutomu Nagashima, reraised to 15,000. Roh moved all in for 20,100 and of course Nagashima made the call.
Roh:
Nagashima:
It was another tough spot for Roh. He had been dominated against Nelson, with king-jack against ace-king, and now found himself dominated against Nagashima. Roh needed an ace at the least, but didn't get it. A board of sent him to the rail.
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After recently doubling up, Chizuko Shimizu was looking for a repeat against Hyoungjin Nam; however she found that she was in trouble when she ran her pocket deuces into Nam's pocket aces.
The board ran out sending Shimizu to the rail. Nam has progressed well today and is now up over 90,000 chips.
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Gregory Schillewaert and Lee Nelson found their chips in the middle on a flop of .
Nelson was in command with his as Schillewaert couldn't believe his misfortune as he tabled .
The turn was the and river the to eliminate Schillewaert as Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson is now up to 90,000 and in great shape to make a surge towards yet another final table.
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David Saab, Day 1a
"That's so sick!" complained Van Marcus, standing out of his seat at Table 11. The board showed . Marcus tabled ; Daniel Nordstrom, who was just barely all in for more than 50,000, tabled .
"Just hit the one-outer," David Saab instructed Marcus. "It's that easy."
Imagine the roar from the room when Marcus did just that, spiking the on the river for runner-runner quads to take out Nordstrom.
The media had barely dispersed from the table when Marcus was involved in another huge pot, this time with David Saab all in for roughly 40,000. Marcus showed against Saab's . Saab was eliminated on a board of .
"Off my table!" Marcus roared at Saab. "Walk away! On your bike. You want to raise me every time." Marcus would have had a few more things to say, but TD Danny McDonagh told him that was enough.
Saab wished Marcus good luck in the rest of the tournament. Marcus spat back, "I don't need luck." In light of his runner-runner quads, the assembled gallery would probably beg to differ.
As a result of those two hands, Marcus is now the chip leader of the tournament with roughly 150,000 in chips.
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, a hand that dominated Roh's 
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gave Nelson top pair but gave Roh a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw. Both missed on the 
turn.
, allowing Nelson to double up to 44,000 and knocking Roh back to 42,000.
needing to improve against Lee's 
.
giving Obst a flush and a lock on the hand. The turn was the 
and river a meaningless 
to send the pot to Obst. After a count of chips, Obst had Lee covered and he was sent to the rail.
to collect the pot to jump to about 35,000 and send Bloom to the exit.
. Marcus check-called the flop bet and check-shoved the turn bet, raising to a total of 49,000 and making it 37,000 back to Saab, which just barely had Saab covered. Saab puzzled over things on the turn for a while, remarking, "I guess only my flush draw is live." He eventually folded 
to take down the pot.
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; Daniel Nordstrom, who was just barely all in for more than 50,000, tabled 
. Saab was eliminated on a board of 
.