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As we progress deep into the final level of the day, players are trying to ensure that they survive the day unscathed. We currently have 49 players left in today's field.
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Team PokerStars Player Emad Tahtouh
Emad Tahtouh and Bruno Portaro saw a flop of and all the money went into the middle:
Tahtouh:
Portaro:
Portaro's pocket aces held the lead but Tahtouh was praying for a repeat jack or a spade to stay alive.
The turn of and river of , meant Bruno Portaro's aces took down the pot to eliminate popular Australian poker professional Emad Tahtouh from the tournament.
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Guy Mosel had two players all in on the flop of . Mosel didn't have any hearts but held to have the lead over his opponent's and . The turn brought a repeat and the river the and Mosel's queens hold up to ship a 110,000 pot his way!
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Mitch Jones must've been delighted to see an opponent open shove from under-the-gun while he was short-stacked and sitting with pocket queens. Jones was the lone caller and at the showdown, his opponent tabled pocket nines.
The board filled out and Jones' queens held up to win the pot and 34,000 in chips.
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Guy Mosel
The flop of lit up the evening for Guy Mosel as he snuck another peek at his hole cards of , giving him the nuts with the broadway straight. When the turn brought a repeat king, Mosel got the action he was looking for as John Kim had made trips with his . The river blanked and Mosel raked in a pot worth 80,000 in chips to storm to the tournament chip lead with in excess of 160,000 chips!
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Holding , Carter Gill makes a standard opening raise to 4,000. His opponent re-raises to 12,000 and Gill pops it up once again, this time to 24,000 chips. When his opponent moves all-in Gill is disgusted as he flings his cards into the muck. However he is distraught when his opponent shows the same hand with !
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Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem is trying to get busy late in the session as players around him start to tighten and think about tomorrow. However it appears that every time he enters a pot he is meeting resistance and is being forced to make plenty of laydowns.
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With the board of , Bruno Portaro is loving the action in front of him from two opponents holding . One opponent finds himself all in with while the other player manages to get away from his . The turn and river are blanks and Bruno Portaro is now up with the leaders at around 170,000 in chips.