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We pity Pawel Andrzejewski. Surely he knew, when he registered for a $10,000 tournament in a highly specialized game, that he would face a tough field. But he couldn't ever have expected this line-up:
Seat 1: Yuval Bronshtein
Seat 2: David Benyamine
Seat 3: Jen Harman
Seat 4: Nick Schulman
Seat 5: Barry Greenstein
Seat 6: [his seat]
Seat 7: Eli Elezra
Seat 8: Andy Bloch
At least he's off on the right foot; he took a very nice pot (three bets on fifth street) off of Eli Elezra with deuces full of aces.
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We pick up the action on sixth street in a confrontation between Scott Fischman and David Singer. Fischman's board showed (X-X) , and he led out with a bet. Singer, looking down at (X-X) , made the call.
On seventh street, both players checked with a pot of nearly 3,000 chips up for grabs. Fischman opened up his down cards, revealing () () for a pair of jacks. It was the winner, as Singer gathered his cards and flipped them into the muck. Fischman is up to 34,000.
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Table 234 continues to be a center of interesting activities. Eli Elezra led the betting in a four-way pot to fifth street, where all players slowed down and checked to Pawel Andrzejewski, who was last to act. He bet and found two callers in Elezra and David Benyamine.
Again action checked to Andrzewjewski. Again he bet, and again Elezra and Benyamine called. At the river, Elezra checked but Benyamine elected to bet into Andrzejewski. Andrzejewski paused, then mucked but Elezra did not. He made the call.
"Straight," said Benyamine.
"Huh? What?" asked a surprised Elezra. Benyamine produced the , and from his hole for a jack-high straight. That was the winner.
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Nikolay Evdakov set a new record at the 2008 World Series of Poker for most cashes in a single WSOP. He's looking to improve on that record this year but to add a cash in this tournament is going to take a lot of skill and a lof of fortitude. He's recently taken a mis-step at the hands of David Singer.
Singer had the betting lead on every street and never stopped betting. On sixth street, Singer bet with a board of (X-X) / . Evdakov raised with (X-X) / . Singer called, then check-called another bet on the river. Evdakov just had a pair of fours; Singer's two pair, nines and eights, with , took down the pot.
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We pick up the action in a three-way pot over on the Table of Doom with the fifth street cards already out on the table.
Eli Elezra: (X-X)
Andy Bloch: (X-X)
Pawel Andrzejewski: (X-X)
On fifth street, Elezra had the lead, and he opted to bet. Bloch made the call next door, while Andrzejewski raised it up to 1,000. Both opponents put in the extra bet to see the next card.
On sixth street, Elezra drew the , picking up a pair on board. He led out once again with a bet of 500. Bloch ducked out, but Andrzejewski made the call after pulling the .
On seventh street, heads up now, Elezra glanced at his card before tapping the table. Andrzejewski made a bet, and Elezra called.
When he turned his cards over, Andrzewjewski's hand read (). His two pair was plenty good to rake in that big pot, and he has worked up over the 35,000-chip mark.
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Just now joining the field are: John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Phil Ivey and Greg Raymer. A new table, #232, has been put in play and includes the likes of Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Alexander Kravchenko, Alexander Kostritsyn and PokerNews' own Tony G.
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With registration now closed, the board shows that 142 players have bought into today's World Championship. We'll have the full breakdown of the prizepool as soon as it's made available.
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, and he led out with a bet. Singer, looking down at (X-X) 
, made the call.
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) for a pair of jacks. It was the winner, as Singer gathered his cards and flipped them into the muck. Fischman is up to 34,000.
from his hole for a jack-high straight. That was the winner.
. Evdakov raised with (X-X) / 
. Singer called, then check-called another bet on the river. Evdakov just had a pair of fours; Singer's two pair, nines and eights, with 
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