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The action folded around to Kyle Brown who open-shoved from the cut-off with 
for about 25,000. An even shorter stack picked up 
and decided to take a shot from the big blind. However, it would be his last move, as the board bricked out with a 
to send him home and give Brown a new and improved stack of 40,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Belgium member Christophe De Meulder has just hit the rail.
Playing a pot preflop worth in excess of 70,000, De Meulder found himself all in holding 
against an opponent's 
.
Unfortunately for De Meulder, he would see his pair run down, and consequently find himself heading to the payout booth to collect his $3,089 in prizemoney.
"I'm the chip leader, right?" inquired Matthew Waxman. I gave him an answer in the affirmative and offered an 80 percent confidence quota. With 221,000, he's certainly right up there.
Allen Kessler has unfortunately seen his run in Event #49 come to an end.
We are unsure of the details of his elimination, but what makes it so blog worthy is the fact that it is Kessler's eight cash for the series.
Only two more until he equals the record of ten set by Nikolay Evdakov in 2008.
The cards are back in the air!
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The remaining players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Matthew Matros moved all in from late position and was called by an opponent in the big blind.
Matros: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Matros eliminated.
Recent Limit bracelet winner Matt Matros found himself all in just moments ago with 
versus and 
. Although he wasn't the shortest stack, he was still vulnerable as Spencer Hudson had him out-chipped and duly spiked top pair on the 
flop whilst the second all-in player improved to a set.
But, as you already know, poker is full of surprises, and before a blank hit the river, a 
arrived on the turn to eliminate the short-stack, award Mattors the 38,000 pot, and leave a disgruntled Hudson with a depleted stack of 28,000.
