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Blind on blind, Richard Allen and Anthony Roux had made it as far as the river of the board when we caught up with the action.
Nothing happened at all for five minutes, and we began to fear that it was one of those great situations where both players thought it was the other's turn to act -- but eventually Roux checked his hole cards and then handed them back to the dealer, and it transpired that Allen had pushed all in on the river, and got the bet through.
The long pause was explained when Roux admitted that he had folded an ace.
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Fabien Dunlop raised, and William Martin pushed for his last 100,000. Folds all round the table back to Dunlop, and a call.
Dunlop:
Martin:
Board:
It took a while for the applause to come, as the new announcer, one "Steve from Birmingham" according to Jack Effel who's taking a short break from announcing duties, simply announced that Dunlop had won the pot. Nevertheless, eventually the rail realised that a player had busted, and William Martin got the round of applause he deserved as he made his exit.
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In a curious blind-on-blind confrontation, Neil Suarez bet out a paltry 14,000 on the turn of the board, and Fabien Dunlop called.
They saw a river, and now Suarez impassively bet out 33,000. After a moment's careful deliberation, Dunlop tentatively made the call -- and Suarez folded his hand before Dunlop had turned over for the idiot-end of the straight.
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Richard Allen was caught with his paw in the cookie jar, as he raised to 35,000 from the button and was called by Adnan Alshamah in the big blind.
Alshamah checked the flop and Allen now put in a 35,000 continuation bet. Alshamah enquired as to how many chips Allen had behind -- the reply was 150,000. "150,000?" echoed Alshamah, "I'm all in."
A swift pass from Allen, and the pot went to Alshamah.
Possibly fuming, Allen open-shoved from the cutoff next hand -- but whether or not he had a hand is something we will never know, as everyone folded and he picked up the blinds and antes.
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It folded around to Neil Suarez on the button, who shoved. Over to Fabien Dunlop in the small blind -- who reshoved. A swift pass from big blind Richard Allen and they were on their backs.
Suarez:
Dunlop:
"Awww," chorused the small group of pro-Suarez railers who included Andrew Feldman, among others.
Board:
With a gentlemanly handshake and, "Well done," to Dunlop, Suarez is busto.
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Well, to be frank, not that many people at all. There are bigger names over in the other tournament, and to be perfectly honest, Steve From Birmingham is no Jack Effel on the mic.
Nevertheless, the railers who are here are of an extremely high quality. Over on one side of the rail there is a distinctly Gallic flavour, with Nicolas Levi and bracelet winner Davidi Kitai watching over their buddy Anthony Roux. On the other side, the UK is Representing with two of our finest, Welsh poker-playing brothers Roberto and Anthony Romanello, checking out the action.
Fabien Dunlop -- 985,000 and Glorious Chip Leader by a mile
Richard Allen -- 140,000
Anthony Roux -- 135,000
Adnan Alshamah -- 230,000
JP Kelly -- 320,000
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Anthony Roux put his whole stack in the middle in reaction to a raise from JP Kelly, and was most unfortunate to get a call from Kelly who was holding a seriously premium hand.
Roux:
Kelly:
"Dix!" shouted the Frenchies at the rail, and then (imagine thick French accents for the full effect), "One time!" The pro-Kelly supporters kept a respectful silence.
Board:
Thus we lose Mr. Roux, and we are four-way already. Dunlop still dominates with more than half the chips in play, but JP Kelly, who's already picked up one bracelet this year, seems to be doing his best to catch up...
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board when we caught up with the action.
river, and now Suarez impassively bet out 33,000. After a moment's careful deliberation, Dunlop tentatively made the call -- and Suarez folded his hand before Dunlop had turned over 
flop and Allen now put in a 35,000 continuation bet. Alshamah enquired as to how many chips Allen had behind -- the reply was 150,000. "150,000?" echoed Alshamah, "I'm all in."
