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A nice call on the river has netted Eric Assadourian a healthy pot as he's progressing very well through this Day 1a flight.
Dan Schreiber raised it up to 1,600 from early position with Assadourian calling in the big blind.
They saw a flop and both players checked. The turn was the and Assadourian checked again as Schreiber took a stab for 1,800. Assadourian made the call.
The river was the and Assadourian checked again as Schreiber released a hefty bet of 6,300 to send Assadourian into the tank.
He eventually pulled out a call and it was good as Schreiber tapped the table, allowing Assadourian to table his to scoop the pot.
Assadourian is up to 43,000 with Schreiber slipping back to 53,000.
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Johnny Chan
The Table of Death has produced a second death in less than thirty minutes. Johnny Chan couldn't get to hold up against David Steicke, who got in there with . At the river, the board read . Chan was already all in at some previous street and was well-covered by Steicke.
"You see the action I'm getting!" said Chan, pointing to Steicke's hand.
"Sorry," said Steicke, offering a hand to shake as Chan departed. "You've still got the High Rollers."
The next hand Steicke was the small blind. There was a raise in front of him. He squeezed out his cards.
"Tempting but dangerous," he remarked. He folded. After the big blind also folded, he added, "It's getting worse. Queen-deuce. I might have needed to get a queen and a deuce. That's extra work."
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Dave Ewing
David Ewing has two large towers of green 25-denomination chips in front of him which is usually a pretty good indicator of the most aggressive player at the table, as he's picked up plenty of blinds and antes today.
That theory was further proven by a recent hand where we caught him raise to 2,200 from middle position. The play folded to the big blind player who waved his arms and complained about a string bet.
"What? You're all in?" joked Ewing. "I can't hear you..." he commented pointing to his headphones.
The big blind player eventually folded and Ewing paused for a moment and flashed for the steal.
"One time I'll pick up a real hand in this tournament!" laughed Ewing as he added some more green antes to his impressive towers.
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Jonathan Lin
A regular in the PokerStars Macau Poker Room since its inception in 2008, Jonathan Lin has fast made a name for himself in the Asian poker world. The 29-year-old pro resides in Taipei, R.O.C. and travels to tournaments all over the Asia-Pacific region.
Ironically enough, Lin learned to play Texas Hold'em in Texas, while studying abroad in the United States. He began playing micro stakes with friends in various home games and gradually evolved into a serious player.
His best result to date was a 2nd place finish at the 2008 Macau Poker Cup where he netted a USD $12,604 payday. Lin was also featured as both a player and tournament director on the celebrity poker TV show "Let's All In" in Taipei.
While he's not out smashing live cash games in and around Macau, Lin spends his free time reading, playing basketball and traveling the world with his friends.
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JP Kelly
JP Kelly's day comes to an end as the clock ticks down on Level 5. He made the mistake of taking on Dan Schreiber. The two players got the chips in the middle on the turn of a board. Neither had even one diamond in his hand, never mind two. Kelly showed down , top pair top kicker, while Schreiber produced two of the other aces, . That left Kelly looking for another queen on the river. The board did pair, but it paired fives with the .
Kelly is out and Schreiber is up to 60,000 as a result of the hand.
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It appears David Steicke has been busy at the Table of Death. His count is up to a tournament-leading 65,500 after eliminating Rasmus Akerblom. The two got the chips in the middle on a flop of , with Akerblom opening for 3,500 and then moving in for about 16,000 after Steicke raised to 13,500. Steicke made an easy call with the dead man's hand, aces and eights . Akerblom had only a single pair of aces, . The turn and river bricked out babies, and , to give Steicke the pot.
Steicke, who finished first in a High Rollers event last week and fourth in a 326-player event that ended Sunday, seemed to take it all in stride. "It's an easy game, isn't it?"
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Mark Cornwell has had a good day so far, amassing chips with relative ease. Perhaps that's why he saw no need to get involved in a marginal spot. Cornwell was in late position and faced one opponent on a four-diamond board, . That opponent, the small blind, fired out for 3,000 and Cornwell called.
The river was a fifth diamond, the . Again the small blind bet, this time for 6,000. Cornwell leaned back in his chair, grimaced, thought things over and then folded. The small blind mimed severely shaking hands after the fold, perhaps trying to make Cornwell believe he had folded a chopped pot.
Cornwell didn't seem all that interested in his opponent's antics. He still has 44,000 chips.
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Dan Schreiber
After opening three consecutive pots to 1,100 and losing them all, Dan Schreiber tried to make it fourth time lucky as he once again opened the action with a raise to find two callers including JP Kelly.
The flop fell and Schreiber checked to a player in the hijack position who fired 2,500. JP Kelly made the call before Schreiber put in the check-raise to 8,500. Both opponents folded and Schreiber chips up to 44,000.
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Vivek Rajkumar opened to 1,050 before a short-stacked player in the cutoff moved all in for his last 2,650. Will Ma then decided to raise it up again, making it 4,400 from the big blind to force Rajkumar out of the pot.
Ma flipped but found himself dominated by the of his opponent.
It got worse for Ma, when the board was spread to give his opponent a pair of kings and the double up. Ma slips to 27,000.
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flop and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Assadourian checked again as Schreiber took a stab for 1,800. Assadourian made the call.
and Assadourian checked again as Schreiber released a hefty bet of 6,300 to send Assadourian into the tank.
to scoop the pot.
to hold up against David Steicke, who got in there with 
. At the river, the board read 
. Chan was already all in at some previous street and was well-covered by Steicke.
for the steal.
, top pair top kicker, while Schreiber produced two of the other aces, 
. That left Kelly looking for another queen on the river. The board did pair, but it paired fives with the 
.
. Akerblom had only a single pair of aces, 
. That opponent, the small blind, fired out for 3,000 and Cornwell called.
of his opponent.