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Howard Lederer has a bemused expression on his face. He's got two Russian to the left of him and a Russian and a Lithuanian to the right of him. Those four guys are having a great time laughing it up, while Lederer, Chris Ferguson and an otherwise-occupied Johnny Chan don't seem as amused.
But this is poker after all, so even despite the comraderie it's all business. Alexander Kravchenko and Alexander Kostritsyn (two of the three aforementioned Russians) butted heads on fifth street. Kravchenko bet out (X-X) / , then called a raise from Kostritsyn's (X-X) / . Kostritsyn led sixth street and the river, with Kravchenko calling each time. Kostritsyn showed in the hole for three pair; Kravchenko beat that when he caught the on sixth street to make an eight-high straight with as his first two hole cards.
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Tony G is on the move here early in Level 5. In the 30 minutes since the dinner break, he has chipped his way up from about 24,000 to 42,000, mostly courtesy of the Professor, Howard Lederer.
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Well, it's not all bad for Pawel Andrzejewski. Despite drawing probably the toughest table in the field, he's found a silver lining. Coming back from the dinner break, the players at Andrzewjewski's table were surprised to see a bottle of Veuve Clicquot wheeled into the room along with eight glasses. Champagne was poured for everyone at Andy Bloch's table in celebration of his 40th birthday. The champagne was "Compliments of Jeffrey Pollack", the commissioner of the WSOP.
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One hundred forty-two players put up the $10,000 buyin for this Seven-Card Stud World Championship, generating a total prizepool of $1,334,800. The final two tables will all be guaranteed a payday, with 16th place being worth $21,343. To the man or woman who manages to collect every chip in play will go $373,744 along with the coveted shiny gold bracelet.
The full breakdown of the prize money can be found in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right side of the page.
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The clock has been paused at the end of Level 4, and the players are taking one hour for dinner. Play will resume at 10:30pm. The biggest stack in the field at this point is probably Matt Glantz at about 63,000. We also had out first elimination just before the dinner bell tolled.
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Defending champion Eric Brooks is in the field. How's he doing? Well, we watched him win a small pot with sixes full of fives, but dragging that pot only pushed his chip count to about 28,000. It looks like not much traction yet for Mr. Brooks. Maybe he'll have better luck after dinner.
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Rob Hollink
Rob Hollink raised on third street with the in the door. He got action in one place, from Bill Chen's .
Hollink: (X-X) (X)
Chen: (X-X) (X)
On fourth street, Hollink checked his ace, and Chen fired out the 400-chip bet. Hollink called.
On fifth street, Hollink again passed, and Chen obliged with another bet, 800 this time. With the bigger bet in play, Hollink put in a check-raise to 1,600, and Chen made the call. Hollink kept the pressure on with another bet on sixth street. Chen came along once more. Seventh street saw the same action, with Chen calling a Hollink bet.
Hollink revealed his hidden , giving him trip aces. Chen flashed the before returning his cards to the dealer, sending a healthy pot over to the Dutchman.
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Jen Harman
Over on the Table of Doom, we found Eli Elezra tangling in a pot with Jen Harman.
Elezra: (X-X) (X)
Harman: (X-X) (X)
We join the action on fifth street with Harman to act. She bet out the 800, and Elezra called. On sixth street, the action repeated, bet-call. On seventh street, both players checked. Harman exposed her , her flush draw never materializing. No matter though, her pair of kings was good enough to take it down, as Elezra missed everything.
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, then called a raise from Kostritsyn's (X-X) / 
. Kostritsyn led sixth street and the river, with Kravchenko calling each time. Kostritsyn showed 
in the hole for three pair; Kravchenko beat that when he caught the 
on sixth street to make an eight-high straight with 
as his first two hole cards.
in the door. He got action in one place, from Bill Chen's 
.
(X)
(X)
, giving him trip aces. Chen flashed the 
before returning his cards to the dealer, sending a healthy pot over to the Dutchman.
(X)
