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Chen up, things aren't so bad
Bill Chen, yesterday's Grinder Of The Day after spending at least three levels on around five big blinds, is now up to 55,000 after knocking out another player with vs. , absolutely nothing useful to anyone on the board.
His table is enough to strike fear into the heart of anyone, though, as it currently features James Akenhead, Michael Tureniec and Sami Kelopuro as well as the Chenmeister himself.
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Dragan Galic continues his rampage in the back of the room -- his physical proximity to the final table, which is currently being set up right next to his table, seems to be encouraging him.
He just now knocked out yet another player when his made a flush; the eliminatee could only boast , and although he made a set on the river, it wasn't enough to save him.
Board:
"You were never folding that, were you," sighed the newly-busted gent. Galic seems to be having the time of his life.
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Flood - damp squib
There is another gentleman where Liam Flood should be. This is apparently due to Arnaud Mattern, who came out on top in a blind-on-blind confrontation.
The two saw a king-high flop with two spades on it, and the chips went in. Flood was holding and Mattern held . No flush appeared, and Flood is busto. Mattern is up to around 100,000.
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Cort Kibler-Melby and Maxi Mueller's seats have recently been vacated. Since their tables are still intact, we can only presume they've been eliminated.
On the other side of the coin, Alexia Portal was seen shaking hands with an opponent who walked off into the sunset. Portal is sitting behind 57,000 chips, some of which we assume came from the recently departed.
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"Wow," said Tyler Cornell. He had bet 18,000 on the river of a board. Cornell's opponent tank-called, then turned over for a very small flush that was better than Cornell's pair, .
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Dragan Galic is having a really great tournament so far. He just stood out of his chaired, clapped his hands and yelled, "Yes!" Why so jubilant? Galic's had held up against an opponent's on a board of . Given the size of the pot that Galic dragged, we presume most of the chips went in some time after the flop. It took Galic about three minutes to finish stacking all of his chips. We eyeballed them at 390,000, more than double any other stack we've seen in the field.
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Isabelle's Final Moments
A double disaster for the gents in the room -- both Katja Thater and Isabelle Mercier have busted out in unrelated incidents.
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Saab- not a thief
David Saab is down to just 15,000, but to add insult to injury, another player at the table has been repeatedly accusing him of having stolen some chips from a pot earlier on. Thoroughly disgruntled at this defamation, Saab eventually called the floor man over to tell the gent to quit the accusations.
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made a flush; the eliminatee could only boast 
, and although he made a set on the river, it wasn't enough to save him.
and Mattern held 
. No flush appeared, and Flood is busto. Mattern is up to around 100,000.
board. Cornell's opponent tank-called, then turned over 
for a very small flush that was better than Cornell's pair, 
.
had held up against an opponent's 
on a board of 
. Given the size of the pot that Galic dragged, we presume most of the chips went in some time after the flop. It took Galic about three minutes to finish stacking all of his chips. We eyeballed them at 390,000, more than double any other stack we've seen in the field.
