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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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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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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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Emad Tahtouh
Aussie pro Emad Tahtouh was recently eliminated from the tournament -- the result of a three-way confrontation involving J.P. Kelly and Wally Sombero.
Tahtouh moved all in before the flop from the hijack position holding and was called by both Kelly (button) and Sombero (small blind).
The flop came and Sombero led out with a bet on the side that was raised by Kelly. Sombero then moved all in forcing Kelly out of the pot.
The cards were then tabled and Emad found his straight draw up against Sombero's top two pair.
The turn and river bricked out, sending Tahtouh home midway through the first day of action here in Macau.
Sombero, meanwhile, stacked up a healthy 45,000 in chips after the hand.
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We're starting to see more movement in bust-outs now that the players have been at it for four hours. Will Ma just sent a player to the rail. He raised to 800 from middle position and was called by one player before the big blind shipped for an additional 2,275.
Ma eyed the raise carefully, then announced a re-raise of his own. He made it just more than a minimum raise, 2,375. It was enough to fold the third player in the hand and get Ma heads-up with the big blind.
Ma:
Big Blind:
The big blind flopped a straight draw to go along with his ace, . The turn gave him a few more outs, but he could only muster a pair of eights on the river.
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Wally Sombero is continuing to apply the pressure on the short stacks in the field. After recently chipping up over 40,000, Sombero has taken down another nice pot without seeing a flop.
It was raise, re-raise before it got to Sombero who decided to increase the bet by another 10,000 from the cutoff position. The table folded around and Sombero collected another nice pot.
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Martins Adeniya
There's something to be said for making a hasty exit at times. Martins Adeniya's exit perhaps need to be quite as hasty as he made it, but in the end it was required. Adeniya opened all in for 4,850 from early position. Action passed to the button, who re-raised all in. That spelled trouble for Adeniya.
Adeniya:
Button:
When Adeniya saw the button's pocket kings, he immediately got up and started walking away from the table. He wasn't fast enough to avoid seeing the flop, but he wasn't anywhere near the table for the turn or the river.
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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.
for just a straight draw as Levy was in front with his 
for a creative two pair.
and Levy eliminates his good buddy on his way to 34,000 chips.
and the action was checked around. The turn brought the 
and was called by both Kelly (button) and Sombero (small blind). 
and Sombero led out with a bet on the side that was raised by Kelly. Sombero then moved all in forcing Kelly out of the pot. 
. The turn 
gave him a few more outs, but he could only muster a pair of eights on the 
flop, but he wasn't anywhere near the table for the 
turn or the 
river.