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We are not sure who the happiest player on table 68 is. There was a frenzy of preflop betting that saw two players all in and Francois Safieddine, who was on the button with cards, still to make a decision.
He elected to fold his hand, face-up: pocket kings!
When the cards were rolled his instinct was justified, with one player having queens, but Hasan Habib rolled over the !
The board came all low cards and Hasan took it down.
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Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen bets 7,200 from middle position and Patri Friedman calls in late position. On the flop, Mortensen bets 10,000 and Friedman makes it 27,500. Mortensen calls. On the turn, Mortensen checks. Friedman bets 37,000 and Mortensen check-raises all in.
Friedman thinks for five minutes and finally folds. The Matador has 265,000.
Preflop, a player in early position raises to 7,500 and Gus Hansen calls. On the flop, the EP checks and Hansen bets 9,100. EP raises an additional 35,900 and Hansen calls. On the turn, EP bets 44,500 and Hansen is all in. EP folds, throwing his cards on the table face-up: . Hansen is up to 558,000.
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Jeff King Eliminated
The pot had been opened for a raise, Jeff King reraised and got one caller. The flop came . King moved all in and was quickly called. The players showed...
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Daniel Negeanu Exits
Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu has been eliminated from this year's Main Event.
On a flop of Daniel bet out 12,000. Ryan Mclean was next to act and he moved all in, for more than what Daniel had.
Daniel went into the tank for a long time, working out how much was in the pot and whether he had enough chips to play on if he folded. Eventually he made the call, showing . Ryan had him in bad shape, he'd flopped top set holding .
The turn was the leaving Daniel only a nine to make a straight and keep him alive.
The river was not a nine, the in fact. And that's the end of Kid Poker's 2007 Main Event.
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Carl Olson
Carl Olson raised to 6,500 from late position. Jon Turner called from the cutoff, as did the big blind. The three players took a flop...
The big blind checked and Olson bet 13,000. Turner called and the big blind got out of the way. It was heads-up to the turn card, which came the . Olson again bet, this time 40,000. Turner again looked him up. The river brought the . Olson fired 50,000. Turner made the call. Olson showed for the straight. Turner exposed the before mucking. This pot now has Olson at 400,000 and Turner slipping to 123,000 in chips.
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Gavin Smith has started this level off with a bang, eliminating an opponent when his held up against his opponent's . Gavin is up to 175000.
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Joe & Tony Hachem
Just before the break, Joe Hachem stopped by to give some words of encouragement to brother Tony. Tony is still alive, with a healthy stack of just under 200,000. He has cashed in some preliminary events, but this will be his first WSOP Main Event cash, should he make it through.
You can play with both Tony and Joe at the PokerNews Cup this October at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. For more details log onto PokerNews.com.
The opponent checks to Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken on the flop and turn, Gigabet bets and the opponent calls. On the river, the opponent leads out for 70,000. Gigabet calls and shows . The opponent mucks, saying "King high." Gigabet is up to 230,000.
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. Hansen is up to 558,000.
. King moved all in and was quickly called. The players showed...
Daniel bet out 12,000. Ryan Mclean was next to act and he moved all in, for more than what Daniel had. 
. Ryan had him in bad shape, he'd flopped top set holding 
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leaving Daniel only a nine to make a straight and keep him alive.
in fact. And that's the end of Kid Poker's 2007 Main Event.
for the straight. Turner exposed the 
. The opponent mucks, saying "King high." Gigabet is up to 230,000.
