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Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has doubled up after his 
connected rather well with a board of 
board against Marc Möbius when the chips went in on the river.
The Frenchman is back up to 21,000.
Salman Behbehani is up to 65,000 after knocking out another player. We only caught the very tail end, but it looked like it was Behbehani's 
against his opponent's 
on an 
board.
Almira Skripchenko is down to 18,000 after running her pocket queens into another player's pocket kings. We're not sure exactly when the chip went in - the board read 
by the end when we got there - but we ascertained from the table chat afterwards that her opponent had played it a little sneakily, just flat-calling Skripchenko's raise preflop. The other player doubled to 35,000, effectively bisecting Skripchenko's stack.
BREAKING NEWS
Ms. Skripchenko has just appeared in the press corner, sighing that the very next hand she ran a flush into the same player's quads. Ouch. GG, Almira.
Valentin Stroiescu, wrapped up like he's about to attempt some kind of winter sport, has been building steadily and is now on 64,000. He let a small one go to his right hand side neighbour Tony G, though, having called the short-stacked bike-enthusiast's preflop raise (750) only to fold immediately when Tony G bet out on the 
flop. Still, Tony G only has 15 minutes to get above his starting stack before the break, and has been fluctuating between 9 and 16,000 for a while now.
When we got to the table, EPT Snowfest champion Vladimir Geshkenbein and his one opponent had got as far as the turn of a 
board. Said opponent had bet out 7,000, but Geshkenbein had shoved for 23,600, his little toy monkey looking on impassively.
Eventually the other player folded and Geshkenbein took the pot without a showdown. He showed his opponent the 
as he raked in the pot, and is up to 54,000.
Konstantin Bücherl went all in for 13,000 into a 15,000 pot on the river of a 
board. A few moments later and his opponent made the call, but found that his was no good at all against Bücherl's 
bottom set.
Bücherl enjoyed a full double up to 41,000 and is above his starting stack for what we believe is the first time in this tournament.
James Akenhead has knocked out a shortie, his 
staying ahead of his gentleman opponent's 
all the way down the 
board.
With that, Mr. Akenhead is up to 47,500.
Antonio Matias has turned his fortunes round with a simple turn card. First off he three-bet Vasily Kurdin preflop (from a min 600 to 2,200) and got the call. On the 
flop, Kurdin chose to lead for 3,300 and the in-position Matias made the call with little delay.
The turn brought the 
. Now Kurdin moved all-in for his remaining 7,800 and Matias snap called with 
for his last 6,975. Matias faced 
and Kurdin failed to split and split.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden has been eliminated. According to tablemate Javed Abrahams, he lost most of his chips after check-raising an flop with then betting the turn and 
river only to find he'd been called down by .
A player opened from UTG to 500 and Andreas Wiese reraised to 1,300 next to him. Davidi Kitai cold-called in middle position and the UTG player came along for the ride.
The flop came and UTG led out for 2,000. Wiese made the call and Kitai rechecked his cards before quickly sending them sailing into the muck. The turn was the and UTG now checked, Wiese bet 2,300 but elicited a quick call from his opponent.
The river was the and both players checked, Wiese turning over 
to win the pot.
