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Fabien Dunlop raised in early position and then proceeded to call when Andy Kyprianou pushed from the small blind.
Things were looking pretty coinflippy when Kyprianou discovered that his was up against the very tiny pocket pair that was Dunlop's . Nevertheless, a pocket pair is a pocket pair, and once Kyprianou had failed to hit anything on the board, the pot was Dunlop's.
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Declan Lenane was put to a real decision when he raised to 2,800 under the gun, only to be met with a reraise from David Rowan in the hijack. The reraise would have cost Lenane another 4,500, and, with only 10,500 behind his original raise, he opted to fold.
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After a frantic last level, the action has finally slowed down, with little in the way of action. In fact, the biggest entertainment is not the cards, but Ganesh Bathmanathan who, in the absence of Phil Hellmuth, is talking more than a F1 commentator on Red Bull.
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It seems that Ganesh Bathmanathan has been a bit of a naughty boy -- after picking up a warning for excessive celebration yesterday, he just now managed to act out of turn in a hand and has thus been given a penalty. He only has to sit out one hand, though, and doesn't look terribly upset about it.
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Richard Kellett and Chris Ferguson somehow got themselves involved in one of those great blind-on-blind confrontations that turns massive -- there was already 6,000 in the pot by the time they saw a flop.
Kellett in the small blind bet out 4,000 and forced Ferguson into the tank. When he came out, though, he raised to 12,000, and now it was Kellett's turn to make a tough decision. Eventually he folded, and Ferguson boosted his stack to 41,000. Kellett is in no trouble at all, though -- he remains on a very comfortable 85,000 with the average stack at 35,800.
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Tim Molyneux may have been outdrawn to exit today's tournament, but he's taken defeat in good spirit, and even returned the table to request an autograph from his aforementioned assassin. Who needs books when you can sign their pay-out slip? Even the usually stoic John Juanda couldn't resist a wry smile.
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With some big stacks present, it was like being fed to the wolves when Tim Molyneux made his way to Table Juanda, and it was indeed last year's Main Event Champ who eliminated the short stack.
All in with , Molyneux need to dodge six outs against Juanda's one of which arrived on the turn of a board.
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JP Kelly is still your chip leader, now with a stack of 135,000. In hot pursuit are the likes of Fabien Dunlop, David Stucke and Ganesh Bathmanathan who all have around the 100,000 mark.
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Near-bubbler Duncan Mackie failed to enjoy any miraculous doublings-up and the like, and must now be content with just a min-cash as he is officially busto.
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Some misfortune for Anthony Roux, who called the short-stacked all in from Declan Lenane. Going by the hands, we're assuming that the chips went in on the flop rather than pre, and a lucky five on the turn, followed by a distinct lack of clubs, saved Lenane from certain destruction. Roux is down to 17,000, while Lenane moves on up to 14,000.
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was up against the very tiny pocket pair that was Dunlop's 
. Nevertheless, a pocket pair is a pocket pair, and once Kyprianou had failed to hit anything on the 
board, the pot was Dunlop's.
flop.
one of which arrived on the turn of a 
board.
