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Harry Demetriou
Harry Demetriou is one of the international visitors to Macau though he has been battling with a short stack for most of the day. However, he was recently able to find a double up holding against an opponent's .
The flop was the nuts for Demetriou when it landed , leaving his opponent drawing dead. The turn was the and river the and Demetriou found some breathing room and is now sitting with 4,000 chips.
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The tournament has gone smoothly so far, but there have been a few hiccups along the way. The chairs at the poker tables do not roll; they are four-legged black wooden chairs upholstered in a black fabric with thin gold stripes. They are also somewhat fragile. We have already witnessed two players in the field break chairs by leaning backwards on them. There was even an issue in media row -- ESPN's Gary Wise broke his chair just by sitting down.
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In a battle of the blinds, Andrew Schweinsberg opened with a raise to 400 from the small blind, before Veerachai Vongxaiburana made it 2,400 from the big blind. Schweinsberg deliberated before moving all in for an additional 6,675 and Vongxaiburana made the call.
Vongxaiburana:
Schweinsberg:
The board fell , giving Vongxaiburana a set and the pot to jump to a tournament-leading 54,000 chips and also sent Schweinsberg to the rail.
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Two unknown players took a flop of . The player in the small blind shoved all in and his opponent called with for top pair, top kicker. Pretty standard so far. However the player with his tournament life on the line revealed -- no pair, no draw.
Then things got interesting -- the turn was the and river the giving the player a running straight to stay alive in the tournament.
His opponent stood and yelled in jest, "Oh my god! This is PokerStars! It's rigged!"
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Wooka Kim just found another double-up. She made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and was called in two spots. When the flop came down , she fired out a continuation bet of 3,200. Both players called. The turn was a seeming blank, the . Kim moved all in for about 5,000, getting one fold and one call.
Kim:
Opponent:
The river was a blank, allowing Kim to double up. She now has about 22,000.
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Sam Faqiryar
At a press conference this morning, Joe Hachem remarked that, as a general rule, when Asian poker players sense weakness from an opponent, they have no fear about putting that opponent to the test. On a flop of , Sam Faqiryar recently put Yadong Liu to the test by check-raising Liu's 4,000-chip flop bet to 14,000, enough to put Liu all in. It was the wrong time to do so; Liu snap-called and tabled , a hand that was a commanding favorite over Faqiryar's . The board ran out to allow Liu to double up to 37,000 at Faqiryar's expense.
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Michael "Timex" McDonald recently doubled up to 46,000, but then gave some back almost immediately thereafter. He raised preflop to 1,100 and was called by Steven Djingga and Guray Turkay. The flop came down and brought a bet of 3,000 from McDonald. Both of his opponents called.
All three players checked the that hit the turn. McDonald led out for 9,000 on a river . He got Djingga to fold, but Turkay made the call and tabled for trip tens. That was a winning hand; it cracked McDonald's pocket aces.
McDonald slipped back to 32,000, while Turkay jumped to 43,000.
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Tyronne Kerrigan
Tyronne Kerrigan doubled up, thankful that Sam Faqiryar's wild ways saw him move all in preflop holding as Kerrigan was looking down at .
Kerrigan snap-called and the board of gave Kerrigan 35,000, leaving Faqiryar with only 6,500.
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against an opponent's 
.
, leaving his opponent drawing dead. The turn was the 
and river the 
and Demetriou found some breathing room and is now sitting with 4,000 chips.
, giving Vongxaiburana a set and the pot to jump to a tournament-leading 54,000 chips and also sent Schweinsberg to the rail.
for top pair, top kicker. Pretty standard so far. However the player with his tournament life on the line revealed 
-- no pair, no draw.
and river the 
giving the player a running straight to stay alive in the tournament.
, she fired out a continuation bet of 3,200. Both players called. The turn was a seeming blank, the 
. Kim moved all in for about 5,000, getting one fold and one call.
, Sam Faqiryar recently put Yadong Liu to the test by check-raising Liu's 4,000-chip flop bet to 14,000, enough to put Liu all in. It was the wrong time to do so; Liu snap-called and tabled 
to allow Liu to double up to 37,000 at Faqiryar's expense.
and brought a bet of 3,000 from McDonald. Both of his opponents called.
. He got Djingga to fold, but Turkay made the call and tabled 
for trip tens. That was a winning hand; it cracked McDonald's pocket aces.
as Kerrigan was looking down at 
