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Chong Wing Cheong
We wonder if Van Marcus likes 80s music. He recently eliminated Chong Wing Cheong, all in preflop. Cheong had the better hand with , but Marcus had two overcards with . It was ace on the flop, ace on the river, and no queen in-between for Marcus. He has eliminated Cheong and chipped up to 55,000 simultaneously.
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Win some, lose some. Lose some, win some. David Steicke has had a wild first half-hour of play. Eric Assadourian, having already bluffed Steicke out of one pot, opened for 2,400 and was called by Matt Kay (in position) and Steicke (in the big blind). On a flop of , Steicke made a one-third pot bet of 2,400. Only Kay called.
The turn was another small card, the . Steicke made the price of the river card 5,000 chips and again Kay paid it. On the river Steicke bet 7,500. Kay called but couldn't beat Steicke's for two pair, kings and fours.
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David Steicke opened with a raise to 2,400 before Quinn Do raised it up to 7,800 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Steicke made the call.
The flop landed and Steicke fired out 20,000, enough to put Do to a decision for all of his chips. He made the call and tabled for an overpair as Steicke showed complete air with his .
The turn and river were both aces and Do doubles to 57,000, and Steicke comes back to the pack.
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Terrence Chan started the day as one of the shortest stacks. He remains short, but got a little bit of breathing room when he open-shoved for 7,200 and was called by Xuan Nguyen. Nguyen had an ace with , but Chan had two aces, . The board was all babies, , allowing Chan to double up to 15,000.
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Steve Sung
Andrew Pantling opened with a raise to 2,200 before a short-stacked Steve Sung moved all in from the small blind. Pantling made the call.
Pantling:
Sung:
The board fell giving Pantling a flush to eliminate Sung from the tournament.
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The beauty of watching and playing no-limit hold'em is witnessing the little psychological mind games that players engage in. Some of those Jedi mind tricks are already in play at Eric Assadourian's table. He reraised to 6,000 after David Steicke had opened the pot for 2,400. Steicke called.
When the flop came out , Steicke led into Assadourian for 2,400. Assadourian immediately announced a raise to 15,000.
"Fifty?" asked a surprised Steicke.
"No, fifteen," replied Assadourian. "I don't want to scare you with fifty."
"Fifteen scares me," said Steicke as he mucked his cards.
Assadourian turned over for a stone bluff. "We've started the game already."
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Matt Kay reraised all in for 13,300 after Nam Le had opened for 2,500. David Steicke called on the button and Le called as well. On a flop of , Le open-shoved but couldn't shake Steicke, who called.
Kay:
Le:
Steicke:
Le and Steicke, holding each other's outs were both drawing dead for the main pot and could only chop the side pot. Once the board ran out , the dealer shipped the 40,000-chip main pot to Kay as Le and Steicke took back their flop bets.
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Today we'll be playing right through until we reach a final table of nine players, at which point we'll be in the money and each player will see some TV time.
However with 28 deep-stacked, world-class players left in the field it could be awhile before we reach that point.
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, but Marcus had two overcards with 
. It was ace on the flop, ace on the river, and no queen in-between for Marcus. He has eliminated Cheong and chipped up to 55,000 simultaneously.
, Steicke made a one-third pot bet of 2,400. Only Kay called.
. Steicke made the price of the river card 5,000 chips and again Kay paid it. On the river 
Steicke bet 7,500. Kay called but couldn't beat Steicke's 
for two pair, kings and fours.
and Steicke fired out 20,000, enough to put Do to a decision for all of his chips. He made the call and tabled 
for an overpair as Steicke showed complete air with his 
.
, but Chan had two aces, 
. The board was all babies, 
, allowing Chan to double up to 15,000.
giving Pantling a flush to eliminate Sung from the tournament.
, but unfortunately for him it was set over set as Ma tabled 
, Le open-shoved but couldn't shake Steicke, who called.
, the dealer shipped the 40,000-chip main pot to Kay as Le and Steicke took back their flop bets.
