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Bodo Sbrezesny has moved up to 56,000 after winning an interesting pot with a set.
Our field reporter caught the action on the turn, with Sbrezesny holding and the board reading . Sbrezesny called a 4,000 chip bet from his opponent and they went to the river where once again the opponent led out, betting 5,500.
Sbrezesny went into the tank for a solid three minutes, until other players at the table became restless, and so Sbrezesny made the call. His opponent sheepishly tabled for an airball busted flush draw.
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Chris Parker, a little unhappy to lose a race
Chris Parker's chip stack has just taken a blow after a preflop confrontation. His short-stacked opponent held and made the call when Parker pushed all in from the big blind with .
The board ran out , missing Parker to give his opponent the double up. Parker slips down to 25,000 chips.
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Clonie Gowen and Michael Binger are both on the feature table and have drawn a significant number of railbirds. Gowen was overheard telling a story to her table (and the rail) about waiting quite a while for a seat in a recent high-stakes PLO games in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Gowen mentioned that by the time she got her seat in the game, there had been quite a bit of turnover of players. "There were only two soft spots at the table," said Gowen.
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On a flop of , Tim Balaban led out for 2,000 from under the gun and Yevgeniy Timoshenko made the call. They saw the hit the turn and Balaban fired again for 5,000. Timoshenko then applied maximum pressure with an all in bet, with Balaban making the call for his last 11,800.
Timoshenko showed for an over pair, but couldn't better the held by Balaban.
The river was the and Balaban doubled through to leave the APT Macau champion Timoshenko down to 13,000.
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A player has just doubled courtesy of Michael Binger. All the money went in preflop with the player shoving for around 10,000 chips and Binger making the call.
Binger:
Opponent:
The board ran out and the player double through, dropping Binger to 33,000.
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Nicole Pickering grinds on
Nicole Pickering is trying to grind her way through this deep Day 1c field. She recently picked up roughly 5,000 chips when she induced a call of her 1,600-chip bet with the board showing and another call of her 2,500-chip bet after the hit the river. Pickering showed down for the turned flush; her opponent flashed the before mucking.
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Topakas doubles through much to the delight of his fans
Steve Topakas has doubled through to 35,000.
Topakas took a three-handed flop of holding and checked to his opponents. The first opponent bet out 2,400 and the second raised to 5,000. Topakas flat called, and the original bettor folded.
The turn saw Topakas check-call in for just under 10,000 chips. His opponent tabled and barring a river catastrophe, Topakas would comfortably double through. That disaster was averted with the river.
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Professional boxer Jeff Fenech knows how to take a punch. He may have been trying to teach Tim Balaban that lesson in a recent hand. Balaban got things started preflop by raising to 1,900. Fenech, who had position, reraised to 3,500. Everyone else quickly folded their hands, allowing the two combatants to go mano-a-mano. Balaban re-reraised to 8,900 and was called by Fenech.
The flop came down . Balaban bet roughly one-third of the pot, leading out for 5,000. Fenech instantly raised him to 20,000. Balaban, who had roughly 15,000 left in his stack, tanked for well over a minute before open-mucking pocket aces.
"Good fold," said Fenech as he tabled ! Balaban was predictably and understandably steamed. He went for a walk after the hand.
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Timoshenko Out
With one limper in front, Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened from the cutoff to 1,200 and got a smooth call from the small blind, before the big blind pumped the action up to 3,600.
Tim Balaban, the middle position limper, then decided to make the call before Timoshenko moved his final 7,225 chips all in.
The small blind folded out of the way, and the big blind once again raised the stakes by pushing out a bet of 15,000 over the top of the all in. This forced Balaban into the tank and eventually he laid his hand down.
Timoshenko's was in very poor shape against the of his opponent and things wouldn't improve for him with the board running out to send him to the rail.
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Tom Rafferty sends Jennifer Tilly to the rail
Tails, Tom Dwan and Jennifer Tilly lose. Each player lost a recent coin-flip situation. Dwan called the all-in reraise of a middle position player and tabled against that player's pocket sixes. The board did not connect with Dwan's hand, running out to drop his chip count back to 16,000.
Tilly suffered a similar fate with , although in her case her whole stack of 35,000 chips was in the middle. She had to out-run Tom Rafferty's . Each player caught a piece of the flop, but the set of eights made by Rafferty was best. It stayed that way on the turn and river to send Tilly to the rail.
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and the board reading 
. Sbrezesny called a 4,000 chip bet from his opponent and they went to the river 
where once again the opponent led out, betting 5,500.
for an airball busted flush draw.
and made the call when Parker pushed all in from the big blind with 
.
, missing Parker to give his opponent the double up. Parker slips down to 25,000 chips.
, Tim Balaban led out for 2,000 from under the gun and Yevgeniy Timoshenko made the call. They saw the 
for an over pair, but couldn't better the 
held by Balaban.
hit the river. Pickering showed down 
saw Topakas check-call in for just under 10,000 chips. His opponent tabled 
and barring a river catastrophe, Topakas would comfortably double through. That disaster was averted with the 
river.
. Balaban bet roughly one-third of the pot, leading out for 5,000. Fenech instantly raised him to 20,000. Balaban, who had roughly 15,000 left in his stack, tanked for well over a minute before open-mucking pocket aces.
! Balaban was predictably and understandably steamed. He went for a walk after the hand.
was in very poor shape against the 
to send him to the rail.
flop, but the set of eights made by Rafferty was best. It stayed that way on the 
