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Sean Keeton Eliminated
Sean Keeton raised from early position to 850, with Brandon Demes calling on the button and the big blind player coming along for ride.
They saw a flop of and the action was checked around. The turn brought the and the BB-player checked over to Keeton who made it 1,500. Demes then popped it up, what appeared to be 3,500 to force a fold from the BB-player before Keeton moved all in. Demes made the call.
Keeton:
Demes:
Keeton had the dominant preflop hand but Demes caught good on the flop to leave Keeton in trouble. The river was the and Keeton departs as Demes joins the chip leaders with around 50,000 chips.
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Vivek Rajkumar
Vivek Rajkumar has quietly accumulated a stack today but just suffered a big setback. Things started with a raise to 800 by James Akenhead. Two players in middle position, including Will Ma, called the raise.
Action passed to Rajkumar in the small blind. He tossed 4,200 chips into the middle of the table. After the big blind folded, Akenhead warily eyed Rajkumar and his stack before putting a matching call in front of his cards. He must have been surprised to then see the first middle position player move all in for 11,950.
Will Ma got the message and dumped his hand. Rajkumar, however, responded by moving all in himself for 35,250 total. Akenhead seemed to consider a call but thought better and folded, finally taking us to a showdown.
Rajkumar:
Opponent:
Board:
There was no bad beat to be found for Rajkumar; his stack fell to about 23,000 with the loss.
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Joel "Strong Play" Dodds sent to the rail
With a raise to 800 from early position, Grant Levy made the call before play was with Joel Dodds in the small blind who raised to 2,025 leaving himself around 1,500 behind.
The original raisor folded and Levy considered his options.
"You can't just call!" exclaimed Dodds, but Levy replied with, "I know I'm going to put a beat on you though," before flat-calling.
The flop fell and Levy tossed out the minimum bet of 300 out of turn. The floor was called and it was ruled that if Dodds checked, then Levy would be forced to check behind. That's exactly what happened as the free card was the on the turn.
Dodds then led out for 825 and Levy laughed, "I hope you have aces," before raising to 2,000 to put Dodds all in.
Dodds made a pot-committed call and flipped for just a straight draw as Levy was in front with his for a creative two pair.
The river bricked the and Levy eliminates his good buddy on his way to 34,000 chips.
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As this is the first major international poker tournament to be held in the new PokerStars poker room here in the Grand Lisboa, a few words on our surroundings are in order.
To start, the room is circular, unlike any poker room we can recall having visited. Flat panel screens are built into the wall every twelve feet or so, afforading players an excellent opportunity to see the tournament clock.
Strands of glass webbing hang from the ceiling in four circles around the room, the largest circle of strands about ten feet from the outer walls of the room. Beneath those strands, players sit in high-backed leather chairs and are attended to by dealers wearing uniforms that evoke the military.
The whole area is supported by several massive pillars scattered through the room and is well-segregated from the main casino floor. In short it is a very comfortable place to sit down for a few hours to play some poker.
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Ikeuchi Kazuki
Moments ago, Ikeuchi Kazuki took a monster pot away from Martins Adeniya to move to the top of the leaderboard.
In a raised pot, Kazuki and Adeniya saw a flop that was checked by Kazuki. Adeniya then fired a 2,300 bet and Kazuki made the call.
The then fell on the turn and Kazuki took control of the hand, firing a 5,200 bet. Adeniya quickly called and saw the fall on 5th Street.
Kazuki sat motionless for a moment before waving two hands forward in front of him, signaling "All in."
The move sent Adeniya into a tizzy, as he immediately took off his sunglasses and removed his headphones. He then asked the dealer for a count and the bet appeared to be just over 14,000. A short dwell later and Adeniya made the call, only to see Kazuki turn over a pocket pair of kings for top set.
Adeniya sat motionless in disbelief for a moment before eventually returning his cards, undisclosed, to the dealer.
After the hand, Kazuki piled up just over 50,000 in chips while Adeniya fell to 6,000.
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Dave Ewing
Arriving at the table with the board reading and with a bet of 1,000 out in front of the gentleman is seat 2, Dave Ewing was in the tank with an apparent decision.
He came to the conclusion that a raise was in order, as he flung an additional 3,600 into the middle.
Now it was his opponent's turn to tank as he sat for well on three or four good minutes before making a reluctant call.
Ewing flipped for rivered trips to collect the pot as his opponent mucked. Ewing jumps to 21,000.
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David Steicke and Rasmus Akerblom were at it again. They both checked a flop of . Steicke had first action after the turn fell and bet 575. Akerblom quickly called.
The river was an interesting , filling all kinds of possible draws. Both players checked. Steicke tabled , having backed into two pair. It was good enough to drag the pot.
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We're still in Level 3 so it was very surprising to see Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade out of his chair and heading for the tournament rail. We were able to piece together that Kinkade's opponent, Bernard Vu of France, had been dealt that held up on a board of . We're not sure what Kinkade was dealt but it doesn't matter. His chips are now in Vu's stack and he is out.
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and the action was checked around. The turn brought the 
and the BB-player checked over to Keeton who made it 1,500. Demes then popped it up, what appeared to be 3,500 to force a fold from the BB-player before Keeton moved all in. Demes made the call.
and Keeton departs as Demes joins the chip leaders with around 50,000 chips.
and Levy tossed out the minimum bet of 300 out of turn. The floor was called and it was ruled that if Dodds checked, then Levy would be forced to check behind. That's exactly what happened as the free card was the 
for just a straight draw as Levy was in front with his 
for a creative two pair.
flop that was checked by Kazuki. Adeniya then fired a 2,300 bet and Kazuki made the call.
then fell on the turn and Kazuki took control of the hand, firing a 5,200 bet. Adeniya quickly called and saw the 
fall on 5th Street.
against Jukka Kokkonen.
turn changed nothing but the 
and with a bet of 1,000 out in front of the gentleman is seat 2, Dave Ewing was in the tank with an apparent decision.
. Steicke had first action after the turn fell 
, filling all kinds of possible draws. Both players checked. Steicke tabled 
