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The flop came down . Eric Assadourian called the all in bet of a short-stacked player at his table. Assadourian, with , was ahead of his opponent's . The turn and river bricked out to allow Assadourian to increase his chip stack to about 52,000.
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Julien Langvan is still alive in today's tournament thanks to an excellent fold. With the board showing , Langvan bet 2,000. His opponent moved all in for 21,000, prompting a quick face-up fold of pocket tens from Langvan. It was a good fold -- his opponent showed for two pair.
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Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem has just eliminated a player after they got it all in on a board of . Hachem held for the lead over his short-stacked opponent's .
The river was the to give both players a straight, but Hachem's six-high straight was best to jump up to 29,000 chips.
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Lieu Concedes One To Steicke
On a flop of David Steicke checked to Liz Lieu who made a bet of 1,650. Steicke made the call. The turn was the and again Steicke check-called the bet of Lieu, this time for 3,600.
The river landed the and this time Steicke led out with a healthy 5,000 chip bet. Lieu gave it up to fall to 14,000 with Steicke amongst the leaders with 48,000.
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Every pot is important, even the small ones. The small ones give a player ammunition to get involved in bigger pots. Ivan Tan called a small bet from Steven Sung with the board showing . On the river , Tan led into Sung for 700, folding him. Tan showed as he collected the pot and increased his stack to 50,000.
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Isabelle Mercier
All the chips went into the middle on a flop of . Chong Wing Cheong thought he had the goods with his pocket aces but Isabelle Mercier had flopped top set with her .
The turn and river bricked , and Mercier doubles up to 31,000 with Cheong still in good shape with 41,500.
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Eric Assadourian and Emad Tahtouh apparently have swapped a percentage of each other. Assadourian recently walked by Tahtouh's table to check on Tahtouh's progress.
"How's my horse going?" he asked Tahtouh.
"How's my horse going?" Tahtouh responded.
The two discussed the merits of calling another player a "horse" if the swap is only 1%. Finally Assadourian asked Tahtouh if Tahtouh thinks Assadourian is a lucky player.
"Yeah, I'd say so," said Tahtouh.
"Well then I've given you 1% of my luck," replied Assadourian. Tahtouh seemed to like that, suggesting that Assadourian is 70% luckier than average. Both are doing well so far today. Tahtouh has 38,200 and Assadourian has 49,000.
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Dan Schreiber
Ivan Tan and Dan Schreiber got their chips into the middle preflop in a classic cooler situation with Schreiber's fearing only one hand and that was Tan's .
However things got a little warmer for Schreiber when the board fell to give him the two-outer and the double up to 21,500. Tan falls to 32,000.
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. Eric Assadourian called the all in bet of a short-stacked player at his table. Assadourian, with 
, was ahead of his opponent's 
. The turn and river bricked out 
to allow Assadourian to increase his chip stack to about 52,000.
, Langvan bet 2,000. His opponent moved all in for 21,000, prompting a quick face-up fold of pocket tens from Langvan. It was a good fold -- his opponent showed 
for two pair.
for the lead over his short-stacked opponent's 
to give both players a straight, but Hachem's six-high straight was best to jump up to 29,000 chips.
David Steicke checked to Liz Lieu who made a bet of 1,650. Steicke made the call. The turn was the 
and again Steicke check-called the bet of Lieu, this time for 3,600.
, Tan led into Sung for 700, folding him. Tan showed 
as he collected the pot and increased his stack to 50,000.
and Mercier doubles up to 31,000 with Cheong still in good shape with 41,500.
fearing only one hand and that was Tan's 
to give him the two-outer and the double up to 21,500. Tan falls to 32,000.
