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All the chips went in pre-flop, with David Gent holding and Even Psarras all in with . The board was safe for Psarras with hitting, but the turn was the and Psarras didn't hit the miracle queen on the river.
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On a flop of , Raymond Rahme bet out for 3,500 and Grant Levy raised it up to 10,000. Rahme thought for a moment before re-raising to 40,000 and Levy instantly announced he was all-in. Rahme thought for several moments and, after declaring that he thought his opponent had a set, made the call for nearly all of his chips. Rahme turned over but he was in desperate trouble as Levy flipped up for the set. The turn was and the river to leave Rahme on the verge of elimination. Grant Levy is now a commanding tournament leader with well over 200,000 in chips.
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The board read and Emilia McLeod pushed all in for her remaining 12,000 with . The call was made and her opponent turned over , but McLeod's joy was soon destroyed when the landed on the river.
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Graeme Putt
Just before the end of level seven, Australian Graeme Putt was sent to the rail by Andrew Scott after losing a race holding against Scott's pocket threes.
The board ran out giving Scott a full house, effectively eliminating Putt from the main event.
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Team PokerStars Player Terrence Chan just took down a very large pot and along with it, the tournament chip lead.
On a flop of , first action was passed to Chan who opened with a 3,200 bet. His opponent then kicked it up to 10,000 and Terrence made the call. The turn brought the prompting both players to knuckle the table and see a free river.
The last card off the deck was the and Chan's opponent fired a 12,000 bullet. Chan then raised, making it 28,000 to go. When his opponent announced his decision to call, Chan said "Good call" and hesitated before turning over the for a pair of tens. Much to the relief of Chan, his opponent mucked.
After the hand, Chan stacked up 118,000 in chips; currently the largest stack in the field.
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Ziv Bachar and his mountain of chips
Ziv Bachar has been aggressively stealing plenty of blinds and antes and has now built himself several mountains of green and black chips. He now has well over 100,000 in chips and established himself as one of the tournament leaders.
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In a classic battle of the blinds and on the flop of , the small blind pushed his short stack all-in and David St. Eloi made the call holding . The on the turn gave St. Eloi the lead and the on the river sent his opponent to the rail. St. Eloi now has over 75,000 in chips.
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On a flop of John Maron led out with a bet of 5,000 into a pot containing 8,000. This bet was raised to 10,000 by Emilia McLeod but Maron was having none of that and raised straight back at McLeod to 20,000. The call was made and the turn was the . Maron went all in and McLeod layed her hand down leaving only 15,000 in chips.
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Jim Roussis pushed all in for 12,000 with the board reading and Raymond Rahme made the call tabling . Roussis was releaved as he turned over . The turn and river were blanks and Roussis had doubled up.