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Wow, a massive hand has left former big stack Martin Hansen in a spot of bother, meanwhile providing Tommy Vedes with a near double up.
We caught up with the action on the turn, the board reading . Vedes checked from the cutoff, and then called the chunky bet from Hansen on the button -- the pot was already heaving with chips by this point.
They saw a river and now Vedes bet out 20,700. Hansen raised another 30,000 or so -- but Vedes moved in for perhaps 35,000 more, and Hansen insta-folded, leaving himself on 40,000. He started the day near the top of the leader board with 150,000. He does not look very happy.
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Michael Chapman is busto after getting his last in with , the board reading . Jonathan Reynolds had him thoroughly beaten with though, and the on the river was the final nail in Chapman's tournament coffin.
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Julian Thew, who's experiencing more grinding in the last two days than Tony Hawks has in a lifetime, has finally got his mitts on some juicy red 500 chips. With a lowly stack of 11,000, Thew pushed all in from the button with , only to run headfirst into the American Airlines. But two pairs later and Thew was back up to the nosebleed-inducing heights of 25,000.
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James Akenhead
With James Akenhead joining the table, Amnon Filippi finds himself stuck between a hard place and hard place with fellow Hendon Mobber and early pace setter Praz Bansi completing the poker sandwich. There's no friends at the poker table, so expect fireworks.
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...And further fine fortune for Julian Thew, after he got his chips in with pocket kings on a king-high flop against Christian Harder's pocket queens. All three flop cards were hearts and Harder was holding the -- but a blank turn and river later, and Thew was up to 50,000. He's looking much more cheerful now.
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Ian Munns raised to 2,600 in mid position and Richard Grace called in the small blind, holding pocket fives. The big blind came along for the ride as well, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Nice for some.
Grace bet out 7,000 and the big blind folded. Munns made it 19,000, Grace made it 64,000, Munns pushed and Grace called all in.
Munns: that classic raising hand for the straight.
The turn and river were absolute blanks, and Grace hit the rail (actually the bar, but fair enough), while Munns became our new chip leader on over 250,000.
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John Kabbaj raised it up preflop and received two callers, one of whom was Erik Friberg. Kabbaj continuation bet 4,500 on the flop, and both players folded. Kabbaj is slowly, but surely building his stack. He now has 110,000.
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Christer Johansson just doubled through with versus the of Sandor Demjan, the Hungarian throwing his hands in the air as a deuce hit the turn of a board.
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Praz Bansi
Praz Bansi will be getting massaged 24/7 now, because as soon as he commenced his physical rubdown, his stack rose to a monstrous 324,000 to make him your new chip leader by a considerable distance.
Unsurprisingly, Bansi was more than happy to regale me with the tale, explaining how he raised it up prelfop and received two callers, one of whom was a short-stacked Marco Traniello.
On the flop, all the chips flew in with Bansi's set of sevens ahead, but vulnerable against Traniello's flush draw with suited, and an which had come over the top after Bansi has quickly, and deceptively flat called Traniello's initial push on the flop.
But despite the sweat, both turn and river came blanks to give Bansi three things: (1) a double scalp, (2) the chip lead, and (3) a lucky masseuse.
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. Vedes checked from the cutoff, and then called the chunky bet from Hansen on the button -- the pot was already heaving with chips by this point.
river and now Vedes bet out 20,700. Hansen raised another 30,000 or so -- but Vedes moved in for perhaps 35,000 more, and Hansen insta-folded, leaving himself on 40,000. He started the day near the top of the leader board with 150,000. He does not look very happy.
, the board reading 
. Jonathan Reynolds had him thoroughly beaten with 
though, and the 
on the river was the final nail in Chapman's tournament coffin.
, only to run headfirst into the American Airlines. But two pairs later and Thew was back up to the nosebleed-inducing heights of 25,000.
-- but a blank turn and river later, and Thew was up to 50,000. He's looking much more cheerful now.
for the straight.
flop, and both players folded. Kabbaj is slowly, but surely building his stack. He now has 110,000.
, presented to the table with a flourish
board.
suited, and an