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The desperately short-stacked Adam Matusiak found himself all in against both Carsten Girst and Chris Ferguson and they made it all the way to the river of the board before Ferguson pushed Girst off the pot with a 1,500 bet.
Proceeding to showdown with the the all-in Matusiak, Ferguson flipped for a rivered straight -- but Matusiak turned over for a higher straight and a triple up to a still frankly desperate 3,600.
"Well, he did have me dominated," noted an amused Ferguson.
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The flop read , but with Swee Chai on the button, JP Kelly in the big blind, and just a few thousand in the pot, it was clear that Kelly had defended an open raise from Chai.
Kelly then proceeded to check-call 1,600, then 2,400 on the turn and finally 5,000 on the river with , which turned out to be good.
"You didn't see that did you?" inquired JP Kelly with a chuckle, "that I defended my big blind with ten-three."
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James Burke has picked up some much-needed chips. Having already apparently doubled up while no bloggers were looking, he pushed for around 10,000 to a 1,600 bet from Ben Vinson on the flop. Vinson gave him an irked look, and passed.
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With the board reading , all the chips flew in with Adam Matusiak in tip top shape with versus the of Mikael Andersson.
But it's the Poker Gods who have the final word, and after a blank turn, fifth street delivered an - and in the words of one Barry Greenstein - "Ace on the River" to leave Matusiak with just a few thousand in shrapnel.
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Further mis-timed moves from Ben Vinson resulted in a further loss of chips, as he raised to 2,000 from the cutoff and was committed to call the push from tiny stack and poker musical composer Tim Molyneux on the button.
Vinson:
Molyneux:
Board: an entirely unequivocal to double up Molyneux to 7,500.
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Scott Shelley was held by the short and curlies on his departure, his push with running head first into the worst possible hand, , and failing to show even a glimmer of improvement on an uneventful board.
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board before Ferguson pushed Girst off the pot with a 1,500 bet.
for a rivered straight -- but Matusiak turned over 
, but with Swee Chai on the button, JP Kelly in the big blind, and just a few thousand in the pot, it was clear that Kelly had defended an open raise from Chai. 
turn and finally 5,000 on the 
river with 
, which turned out to be good.
flop. Vinson gave him an irked look, and passed.
turn, fifth street delivered an - and in the words of one Barry Greenstein - "Ace on the River" to leave Matusiak with just a few thousand in shrapnel.
and coming unstuck against Stephane Hansen's 
board.
on an ensuing 
board. He now has circa 25,000 in chips.
, and failing to show even a glimmer of improvement on an uneventful 
