Dominik Nitsche has been eliminated from the Main Event here in Prague and will not be completed the coveted Triple Crown this week.
Judging by his Twitter account he got his chips in with tens versus Jeffrey Hakim's nines and couldn't hold.
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With 12,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth checked from the small blind and watched Poland's Filip Bedzinski bet 6,000. Toth took a moment before check-raising to 15,000, and after thinking for a minute, Bedzinski moved all in for roughly 50,000. Toth snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Showdown
Bedzinski: 
Toth: 
Toth held a set, but Bedzinski was drawing live to both straight and flush draws. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. The board paired, giving Toth a full house, and a dejected Bedzinski quietly exited the tournament floor.
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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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Players are now on another 15-minute break.
Day 1b chip leader Vadim Belov was heads up with Mariusz Klosinski, who entered the day with 153,800 chips. The board was 
, there was around 40,000 in the middle, and Belov had bet 20,000.
Klosinski tank-called, and Belov turned over 
for a flush. Klosinski flipped over 
for a higher flush however, and raked in the pot.
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Nick Abou Risk has not had the best time at the felt in Prague and now his EPT adventure is over.
Looks like I jinxed myself when I said I was running good... 77 < AJ, AK < QQ, 88 <AK to bust #EPTPragueDecember 11 2012Follow
We saw the exit hand, Risk's was up against the 
of Markus Tremel. The 
flop was rather final and the 
turn locked up the hand for Tremel. The meaningless was the river card and Risk exited the tournament area.
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As the field continues to thin, the concentration of talented professional players grows ever stronger so it is inevitable that some of them are going to be seated on the same table at some point.
At one end of the room we have a table that is the home to Jeffrey Hakim; Mike Watson; Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Dominik Nitsche, whilst at the opposite side there's a table with Keven Stammen; Mathew Frankland; Juha Helppi, Mark "Dipthrong" Herm and Ari "BodogAri" Engel.
Johnny Lodden opened to 1,400 from early position, Francis-Nicolas Bouchard moved all in for around 11,000 in middle position, and Andreas Vlachos called. The action folded to Martin Mulsow, who iso-shoved from the blinds, and Vlachos went into the tank.
While he was thinking, a waiter came by to give him change. Vlachos dismissed the waiter angrily, and turned back to the table to tank a bit more. He eventually folded, and the hands were opened.
Bouchard: 
Mulsow:
"I need some diamonds," Bouchard said smiling, seemingly resound to his fate.
To his surprise, the flop fell 
, giving him the nut-flush draw.
"One more," the Canadian requested.
The turn was the , which prompted Vlachos to jump up out of his chair, grumble a few words in Greek, and slap himself in the head. It also gave Bouchard a gut-shot straight draw.
The river was the 
, giving Bouchard a flush, and more than tripling him to 33,500 chips.
Mulslow dropped down to 68,000.
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It’s not often you get close enough to watch players in action, but when you do you sometimes see hands that remind you why you love the game in the first place. Read the full article at the PokerStars Blog.
