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Tournament officials have brought us the payout sheet now that entry has closed for the day. Out of the 3,042 players who ponied up $1,000, one of them will walk away with $472,479. Not bad for a week's work. 324 players will pick up a paycheck altogether.
With about 2,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Seat 9 bet 1,200 and was called by David "The Dragon" Pham. The river card was the 
and Seat 9 opted to check.
Pham took his time before betting 1,950. Seat 9 reluctantly folded and Pham showed 
. The entire table seemed to be impressed. Pham is now up to 7,500.
We didn't catch the hand but PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier, who had been playing short stacked much of the day, has been eliminated from Table 48.
Phil Hellmuth was clearly irritated after calling an opponent's bet on the river with a board that read 
. His opponent had flipped over 
for two pair.
"They value bet bottom pair? I guess you were bluffing. Was it a bluff?" Hellmuth ranted. "That is truly one of the worst plays I've seen in the last three days." Hellmuth mucked his cards and is down to 1,850.
Gary Bogdanski made a three-bet out of the small blind. The player in the button shoved for 3,700 and Bogdanski made the call.
Button: 
Bogdanski: 
Bogdanski's opponent found his way to a flush when the board ran 
and Bogdanski is down to 2,300.
We missed the action, but PokerStars Team Pro Arnaud Mattern managed to have his 
hold when two players were all in with 
and . He's now up to 12,500 and has the largest stack of all the PokerStars pros.
Players have 20 minutes to hit the can, grab a bite and stretch their legs. We'll be back shortly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Players are back from their break and the cards are in the air.
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