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ESPN Commentator Norman Chad
One of the players on table 63 noticed ESPN commentator Norman Chad wandering around the tournament area and said, "Hey Norman, you're looking kind of tired."
Chad replied, "I'm not sitting on my backside all day with chips in front of me . . . I've gotta walk around!"
In early position, a player raises all in for 15,000 and Ian McDonald calls in middle position. McDonald has and his opponent has . The board doesn't give enough help to the opponent, and McDonald now has 160,000.
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1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed
Four players, including Huck Seed, saw a flop of . One player bet, and when the action got to Huck Seed, he moved all in. Two players folded and the initial bettor made the call. The players showed . . .
Seed:
Opponent:
The turn blanked but the river was the . Seed shyly stacked the pot and said "It's a gamble." The 1996 World Champion now has 265,000 chips.
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Gene Strickland just became another Day 2a casualty when his J-J got caught up against the K-K of Jon Moonves. The community cards helped neither player and Moonves is now the chip leader with about 520,000.
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Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison called a 7,000 preflop raise made by Mike Zinna and the two went heads-up to the flop.
The first three cards off the deck came . Zinna led out with a 10,000 bet and Morrison followed up with a 25,000 raise; Zinna just called.
The came on the turn, and Zinna checked to Morrison who bet 20,000. Zinna made the call.
The river brought the and Zinna passed the action to Morrison, who put Zinna all-in for his last 33,400. At this point, Zinna went into the tank for a solid minute before finally making the call. "Nothing," said Morrison at the showdown; Zinna flipped over a pocket pair of Kings.
Scotty Nguyen, who is also sitting at the table, added, "Wow, nice call."
"I could've easily had an there," said Morrison. After a long pause, Morrison then shouted, "Medic! Medic! Man down!"
Kirk may be down, but he's certainly not out with 115,000 in chips.
Preflop, under the gun, a player raises to 6,000 and Mickey Seagle calls in the big blind. On the flop, Seagle checks in the dark and the UTG checks behind.
On the turn, Seagle bets 8,000 and UTG raises to 16,000. Seagle re-raises all in and UTG calls, turning over . Seagle has and is up to 185,000. Immediately after, his table breaks and he is moved to table 58, to sit among Meylan Gratien and Adam Schoenfeld.
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Tournament staff have just informed us that we are likely to get down to 350 players before the end of the fifth of today's levels. If that occurs, players tomorrow will finish at the same time as players finish today. This is to ensure that players receive equal playing time before the field is joined as one.
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Can Kim Hua Eliminated
Can Kim Hua found himself all in preflop holding Q-Q. While typically this is not a bad spot to be in, when your opponent holds A-A, as was the case with Hua, it's less than ideal.
Hua didn't go out without a sweat though. The flop came . Hua still needed one of the two remaining queens to take the lead. He picked up four more outs when the turn came the . The river gave Hua a broadway straight, but with the board paired, his opponent made aces full and eliminated Hua from the tournament.
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against 
.
. However, the 
on the turn was a blow and the 
was no help. Olivier was down to 6,500.
and is sitting on 15,000.
and his opponent has 
. The board doesn't give enough help to the opponent, and McDonald now has 160,000.
. One player bet, and when the action got to Huck Seed, he moved all in. Two players folded and the initial bettor made the call. The players showed . . .
. Seed shyly stacked the pot and said "It's a gamble." The 1996 World Champion now has 265,000 chips.
while Ben only had 
and Deanna has been eliminated.
. Seagle has 
