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Wooka Kim
Wooka Kim was probably unhappy to see David Gorr call her 2,800-chip flop bet on a board of . As a result, she checked the turn. Gorr checked behind, then bet 7,000 on the river when Kim checked again. Kim held and decided to take a flyer with her weak flush. It was a good call; Gorr had only unimproved Big Slick, . The pot was shipped to Kim, increasing her stack to 25,500. Gorr slipped to 27,000.
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Emad Tahtouh and his sponsored wrist brace
A short-stacked Emad Tahtouh was just eliminated from the tournament after pushing his into an opponent's .
The board ran out leaving Tahtouh heading for the exit.
In the words of Tournament Director Danny McDonagh, "Tough break for Emad Tahtouh there...his second tough break of the week!"
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The Jay Huxley steamroll express has claimed another victim. This time it was APPT Seoul champion Yoshihiro Tasaka. On the river of a board, Huxley put Tasaka all in. Tasaka tanked for three minutes, letting the tournament clock run all the way down to the dinner break, before calling his last 8,500 with . Huxley turned over , having made trip fives. He dragged the pot to increase his tournament-leading chip stack to 120,000.
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Just before the dinner break, Eddy Sabat raised to 1,000 before Carter Gill moved all in over the top from the cutoff for 10,700 in total. Sabat made the call.
Gill:
Sabat:
The board bricked out and Gill's pair held up to double through his good buddy in Sabat. They are sure to exchange some friendly banter now at dinner as they both sit with about 22,000 chips.
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Just before the dinner break, Brendan Edmonds put the power play on an opponent. It was a raised pot between Edmonds and the small blind. Both players checked the flop. When the turn came , Edmonds opened for 3,500. The small blind reraised to 13,500, then tanked when Edmonds reraised all in to 37,500. After a few minutes, the small blind let out a little cry and then folded.
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Chris Moneymaker is the last of the WSOP Main Event champions remaining in the field, and he's making a spirited climb up the chip counts as we approach the dinner break. He reraised to 3,000 after one opponent had opened the pot for 1,100 and Masaaki Kagawa called. Both players called Moneymaker's raise to create a pot of 9,800 heading into the flop.
The flop was small and uncoordinated, . The under-the-gun player bet 4,000, folding Kagawa. Moneymaker called in position to a turn card of . His opponent fired again on the turn for 6,000, a bet that Moneymaker raised to 12,500. Despite getting roughly 6-to-1 on his money, Moneymaker's opponent folded after tanking for about two minutes.
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Hovsepian exits the tournament.
Narbeh Hovsepian nursed a short stack almost the whole day. He finally was dealt and saw a player in front of him try to raise to 1,100 but accidentally raise to 2,100 instead. The raise stood, so when Hovsepian moved in for 5,000, his opponent felt priced in to a call with . Hovsepian's opponent flopped an up-and-down straight draw, , and turned a pair of queens with the . Hovsepian needed an ace or a jack on the river, but instead got the . He's out.
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Van Marcus ran exceptionally well en route to winning APPT Manila, coming from way behind on at least six or seven different all-in situations over the course of the tournament. That hasn't carried over to this tournament. He raised to 15,000 after David St. Eloi opened for 1,500 from the cutoff. That was enough to put St. Eloi all in if he called, which he did. Marcus was ahead with against St. Eloi's , but the tables were turned on a flop of . Marcus wasn't able to come from behind this time (maybe because he wasn't the all-in player), as the board ran out . St. Eloi doubled to about 30,000 while Marcus dropped to 11,600.
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. As a result, she checked the 
turn. Gorr checked behind, then bet 7,000 on the 
river when Kim checked again. Kim held 
and decided to take a flyer with her weak flush. It was a good call; Gorr had only unimproved Big Slick, 
. The pot was shipped to Kim, increasing her stack to 25,500. Gorr slipped to 27,000.
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leaving Tahtouh heading for the exit.
board, Huxley put Tasaka all in. Tasaka tanked for three minutes, letting the tournament clock run all the way down to the dinner break, before calling his last 8,500 with 
. Huxley turned over 
, having made trip fives. He dragged the pot to increase his tournament-leading chip stack to 120,000.
and Gill's pair held up to double through his good buddy in Sabat. They are sure to exchange some friendly banter now at dinner as they both sit with about 22,000 chips.
flop. When the turn came 
, Edmonds opened for 3,500. The small blind reraised to 13,500, then tanked when Edmonds reraised all in to 37,500. After a few minutes, the small blind let out a little cry and then folded.
. The under-the-gun player bet 4,000, folding Kagawa. Moneymaker called in position to a turn card of 
. His opponent fired again on the turn for 6,000, a bet that Moneymaker raised to 12,500. Despite getting roughly 6-to-1 on his money, Moneymaker's opponent folded after tanking for about two minutes.
. Hovsepian's opponent flopped an up-and-down straight draw, 
. Hovsepian needed an ace or a jack on the river, but instead got the 
