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Emad Tahtouh
On a flop of , Emad Tahtouh checked to Alexander Jung who fired out 3,600. Tahtouh then check-raised to 10,000 before Jung moved all in. Tahtouh made the call.
Jung held for the overpair but Tahtouh showed for trip sixes. The turn was the and river the to send Jung to the exit as PokerStars-sponsored Tahtouh jumps up to 70,000 chips!
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Andre Wagner on Day 1
Andre Wagner has continued where he left off on Day One and has extended his tournament chip lead.
We saw Wagner shaking hands with another player as he sent him to the rail on a board of . Wagner flipped over for quad aces to move up to around 150,000!
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Negative implied odds, as we understand them, represent the amount a player stands to lose if he hits his hand but that card has hit someone else in a bigger way. That's what happened to one of Lee Nelson's opponents. The fell on the river to make the board . All the money went in, with Nelson's opponent tabling for a rivered two pair. However the river also hit Nelson's to make him a jack-high straight and the winning hand.
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Phil Lau has just recalled an interesting hand to us that saw him recently double up.
After the button raised to 2,100, Lau called out of the big blind with a rather marginal .
The flop came down nine-high with two clubs and both players checked. The turn was the and Lau led out for 4,000. The button raised to 12,500 and Lau decided to move all in. The button made a crying call with for the club flush draw with overcards, as Lau's pair of sevens held the lead.
The river bricked out and Lau found a creative double-up to now sit with 60,000.
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Joe Hachem has doubled up for the second time in the first half hour of play. After an early position player limped in, Barry O'Callaghan made it 3,000 to go. Hachem, sitting in the big blind, reraised O'Callaghan to 7,500, folding the early limper. O'Callaghan, who had Hachem covered, pushed all in but Hachem snap-called with . O'Callaghan had and was the loser on a board of .
WIth that double up, Hachem moved up to 23,000 in chips. At this rate, he should have all the chips in play by the end of Level 4.
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Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman is opportunistically chipping up to start the day. When short-stacked Sarah Wing Yi Lee moved all in for 7,500 from middle position, Waterman made the call from the button. His was the favorite over Lee's and won the hand when neither player could connect with a board that came . Waterman is now up to about 81,000 in chips.
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Harry Demetriou was crippled in a huge clash with Mansour Matloubi. On a flop of Demetriou decided to take his to war but Matloubi was committed with his .
Demetriou had plenty of outs but the on the turn and on the river were not the cards he was looking for to leave him with only small change.
Soon after, he stood and exited the Grand Waldo to hail a cab as his tournament day was done.
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It's deja vu all over again for Thomas Bihl and Euell Smith. This time it was Bihl's turn to hold pocket kings, and Smith's turn to hold ace-queen. All the chips went in preflop, with the board coming ten-high. Bihl now has about 10,000, while Smith has slipped to 13,000.
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It appears that the chips are flying around this morning as we've already witnessed some "interesting" moves by some of the short stacks who are looking to either double up or catch the early flight home.
One example was over on Table 16, where Anson Wong decided that he would get his 11,500 chip stack into the middle with and Romain Rambaldi made the call with .
When the cards were tabled you had the feeling that a bad beat would ensue and the delivered as Wong made a miraculous straight to double up to close to 25,000.
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, Emad Tahtouh checked to Alexander Jung who fired out 3,600. Tahtouh then check-raised to 10,000 before Jung moved all in. Tahtouh made the call.
for the overpair but Tahtouh showed 
for trip sixes. The turn was the 
and river the 
to send Jung to the exit as PokerStars-sponsored Tahtouh jumps up to 70,000 chips!
for quad aces to move up to around 150,000!
fell on the river to make the board 
for a rivered two pair. However the river also hit Nelson's 
to make him a jack-high straight and the winning hand.
.
for the club flush draw with overcards, as Lau's pair of sevens held the lead.
and was the loser on a board of 
.
on the turn and 
on the river were not the cards he was looking for to leave him with only small change.
delivered as Wong made a miraculous straight to double up to close to 25,000.
