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Catching the action on a flop of Rainer Quel led out for 900 from the blinds and found two callers. The turn landed the and Quel led again for 900, but this time his bet was followed by a reraise to 4,000 and Quel made the call.
The river landed the and Quel check-called a 5,000-chip bet to see his opponent table for a set. Quel mucked his hand showing a as he slipped to 11,000 in chips.
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Sometimes poker is so easy. Michael "Timex" McDonald flopped top pair and the nut flush draw with on a board of . When his opponent moved all in for roughly 10,000 chips, McDonald decided to make the call. It turned out that his opponent was on complete air with and was drawing dead after the hit the turn.
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Max Veenhuyzen may be trying to get under the skin of the opponents at his very tough table. He bet 3,800 on a board of . Grant Levy mucked and seemed surprised to see Veenhuyzen reveal a total airball, .
Veenhuyzen moved up to 22,000 as a result of the hand.
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The Crown Poker Room staff have a zero-tolerance policy for violation of the tournament rules, particularly regarding use of mobile phones at the table. The rules are applied evenly across the board, regardless of the players involved. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson just learned that the hard way. He was given a five-minute penalty for not stepping away from his table to use his mobile.
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Crying all the way home
Michael Chrisanthopoulos opened to 600 from early position and found two callers. Looking down at a 600 bet on a flop of Chrisanthopoulos made it 2,000 more.
With the action back on the aggressor, he moved all in for over 8,800 and Chrisanthopoulos made the call for his tournament life, tabling to be in the lead of his opponent's .
However the turn of the would shatter Chrisanthopoulos' chances of repeating his final table appearance, and with the landing on the river, we lost last year's third-place finisher.
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Despite being slightly under the weather Demidov is relentlessly aggressive
Ivan Demidov and David Bach took a flop, which saw the Russian bet out to 4,750. Bach flat-called.
The turn came the and Demidov checked to Bach. Bach took the lead and fired out 4,650. He probably didn't expect what happened next. Demidov thought a moment before moving his entire stack into the middle, sending Bach into the tank.
After quite a while he decided to fold and Demidov revealed an airball, .
"I had the same hand," Bach said.
Bach drops down to 12,000. Demidov is just a scratch under 50,000.
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Berec finds double
Minh Nguyen opened to 600 and Jozef Berec made the call. On the flop of Nguyen led for 1,100 and Berec followed it with a reraise to 4,000. Nguyen then put Berec all in, with Berec making the call for the last of his 14,000-chip stack.
Nguyen:
Berec:
The turn and river fell the and to see Berec double to over 30,000 as Nguyen slipped to 55,000 in chips.
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Team PokerNews player Nicky Roeg summed up his elimination from the tournament thusly: "Bad turn. Bad river." He took a three-way flop in an unraised pot of . He and Jeff Madsen both checked to the button player, who bet 550. Madsen check-raised that bet to 1,600. Only Roeg called.
The turn fell . Madsen made it 3,500 to go and again Roeg called. On the river , Madsen moved all in. Roeg tanked for over a minute before calling and tabling . He flopped the nut flush draw and then made a running top two pair. The problem was that Madsen turned over the nuts, to bounce Roeg from the tournament.
"Never go broke in an unraised pot?" Roeg queried us as he left the tournament area.
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Michael Marcos limped into the pot from the cutoff position, and then called a raise to 650 from Zhi Hong Ma. On a flop of , Marcos led out with an overbet of 2,100. Ma made the call.
The turn was the and brought a bet of 6,000 chips from Marcos. Ma called again to the river, where the came down. Both players checked, with Ma tabling for two pair. That was no good; Marcos showed for the flush and the winner.
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Matt Vengrin moving on up
Shortly before the break Matt Vengrin moved up to 51,000 after a stroke of luck at the river.
Vengrin bet out 2,500 at a flop and his opponent played back for 7,200. Vengrin made the call.
At the turn Vengrin's opponent jammed for 17,200 and he made the call, tabling middle set , but his opponent had turned a straight with .
"Repeat the board" shouted Vengrin as the dealer burned and turned. He duly complied by dropping the to give Vengrin rivered quads to send his opponent to the rail.
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Rainer Quel led out for 900 from the blinds and found two callers. The turn landed the 
and Quel led again for 900, but this time his bet was followed by a reraise to 4,000 and Quel made the call.
and Quel check-called a 5,000-chip bet to see his opponent table 
for a set. Quel mucked his hand showing a 
as he slipped to 11,000 in chips.
on a board of 
. When his opponent moved all in for roughly 10,000 chips, McDonald decided to make the call. It turned out that his opponent was on complete air with 
and was drawing dead after the 
hit the turn.
. Grant Levy mucked 
and seemed surprised to see Veenhuyzen reveal a total airball, 
.
Chrisanthopoulos made it 2,000 more. 
to be in the lead of his opponent's 
flop, which saw the Russian bet out to 4,750. Bach flat-called.
and Demidov checked to Bach. Bach took the lead and fired out 4,650. He probably didn't expect what happened next. Demidov thought a moment before moving his entire stack into the middle, sending Bach into the tank.
Nguyen led for 1,100 and Berec followed it with a reraise to 4,000. Nguyen then put Berec all in, with Berec making the call for the last of his 14,000-chip stack.
. Madsen made it 3,500 to go and again Roeg called. On the river 
to bounce Roeg from the tournament.
, Marcos led out with an overbet of 2,100. Ma made the call.
came down. Both players checked, with Ma tabling 
for two pair. That was no good; Marcos showed 
