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Chad Brown hits the rail
Chad Brown was another high profile player who was recently eliminated. Brown held two pair with on a board, but his check-raise on the turn was met with a call as his opponent, Phil Willcocks, held .
The day started well for Brown but things turned sour as it progressed, and when the river bricked he was sent crashing to the rail.
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With 5,000 chips in the pot preflop, Kristine Milinkovic and Martin Rowe took a flop of . Rowe led out for 4,000. Milinkovic reraised all in for her last 10,400 and of course Rowe, getting better than three-to-one on his money, made the call. His was drawing slim against Milinkovic's and never improved on the turn and river .
Milinkovic doubled to 26,000. Rowe still has plenty of chips despite this hit, sitting behind 60,000.
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Greg Cook
Greg Cook is now up to 98,000 after eliminating a short-stacked opponent. Cook tabled and his hand held up against his opponent's when the board ran out .
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Things keep going bad for Martin Rowe and going good for David Lee. A series of preflop raises led to Lee finding himself all in with pocket jacks against Rowe's pocket kings. It took a runner-runner straight for Lee to find a winner, making a jack-high straight on the board. His stack now adds up to 44,000, while Rowe has slipped again, this time down to 39,000.
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After recently claiming the scalp of David Saab, Brett Burgess has crashed out of the tournament after running into the pocket aces of the UK's Daniel Kowalski.
The board was when Burgess was put to a decision for his tournament life.
"I hope he doesn't have ace-queen" sighed Burgess as he committed his chips, but it was worse than that as the rockets were revealed. Burgess mucked and exited the tournament floor as Kowalski climbed to 97,000 chips.
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Ray Lapitan's recent hand against Kent Hunter and made Hunter the hunted. Hunter raised to 1,500 and was called by Lapitan out of the big blind. Lapitan wasted no time in betting the flop, making it 2,000 to go. Hunter called, then called again on the turn when Lapitan bet 3,000.
The river came down and Laiptan finally slowed down, checking the action over to Hunter. Hunter obliged with a bet of 4,500 that Lapitan check-raised to 15,000. That was too much for Hunter. He folded.
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Raymond Hoang
Raymond Hoang and Shane Dye were just involved in a huge clash. It was the classic pair versus overcards as Hoang's held a slight lead over Dye's .
The board fell and Dye couldn't improve to leave him with 55,000 chips as Hoang jumped to 45,000.
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The day started off so brightly for Warwick Mirzikinian, but things have not gone so well since coming back from dinner. He was recently dealt and must have thought the coast looked clear on a board of . It wasn't; Derrick Wall had been dealt and managed to convince Mirzikinian to call his all-in bet.
Mirzikinian was so dismayed to see that he was behind that he killed his own hand without mucking it, not realizing that the river was yet to be dealt. Wall wanted the dealer to declare Mirzikinian's hand dead, claiming that Mirzikinian had mucked it, but the dealer did not agree. The river was burned and turned the , allowing Wall to collect the pot anyway. He doubled up to about 32,000; Mirzikinian is down to 39,000.
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Finally, a hand that went Martin Rowe's way. With 8,500 chips in the pot, Rowe was one of three players to take a flop of . Rowe opened for 6,000 before the player behind him raised all in for 16,400. That folded the third player, bringing the action back to Rowe who took about a minute before calling with . It was a good call; his opponent showed . The turn and river ran out to ensure that the pot would head to Rowe and his opponent would head to the rail.
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The bags are ready...
Tournament Director Danny McDonagh has paused the clock with 14:25 remaining in Level 7 and instructed his dealers to deal five more hands at each table. This is an anti-stalling tactic; at the conclusion of those hands, play will be done for the day.
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on a 
. Rowe led out for 4,000. Milinkovic reraised all in for her last 10,400 and of course Rowe, getting better than three-to-one on his money, made the call. His 
was drawing slim against Milinkovic's 
and never improved on the turn 
and river 
.
and his hand held up against his opponent's 
when the board ran out 
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flop, making it 2,000 to go. Hunter called, then called again on the 
turn when Lapitan bet 3,000.
and Laiptan finally slowed down, checking the action over to Hunter. Hunter obliged with a bet of 4,500 that Lapitan check-raised to 15,000. That was too much for Hunter. He folded.
and must have thought the coast looked clear on a board of 
. It wasn't; Derrick Wall had been dealt 
. The turn and river ran out 
