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Harris Pavlou
Just before the break, Hoi Cheung was all in preflop with against the of Harris Pavlou. The board fell and Cheung found a fortunate ace to double through.
Both players were very close in chips and after they were cut down, it was determined that Pavlou was left with only 300 in chips.
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Sorel Mizzi has moved over 400,000 in chips after two recent pots. In the first one, Mizzi holding busted Michelangelo Calandrella holding . All the chips went in preflop and the board gave Mizzi a set and sent Calandrella to the rail.
In the other clash, Mizzi went head-to-head with Shout Box favorite David Docherty. Docherty opened to 6,200 preflop and was raised by Mizzi in the cutoff to 18,200. Docherty made the call and the players took a flop. On the flop Docherty check-called a 21,700 chip bet from Mizzi. The turn brought the , which saw Mizzi fire out 44,800. After pondering the decision for a while Docherty folded.
Docherty is down to 230,000. Mizzi is on the up at 400,000.
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At this stage of the tournament, anything less than 100,000 chips is starting to verge into the territory of the short stacks. Most players are choosing to reraise all in preflop in those situations.
That's exactly what Brett Daphne did to Stuart [Removed:293]'s opening raise just as we were coming into the break. [Removed:293] called with . Daphne had two live, suited, semi-connected cards, . The flop gave [Removed:293] a pair of aces and left Daphne trying to draw at a three-card gutshot straight, or running cards. The turn was a blank, the , but the river fell an improbable to make a straight for Daphne and preserve his tournament. [Removed:293] let out a pretty emphatic four-letter expletive after the hand.
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There will be no Main Event cash for Steve Sung this year. After calling Andrew Chen's all-in preflop push, Chen's was dominated by Sung's . That was until the board ran out , giving Chen a straight and leaving Sung with just 23,000 in chips.
A short-stacked Sung would be eliminated a little later by Dixon Ruecker.
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Michael Tureniec
Swedish player Michael Tureniec is holding his own at the feature table. He recently reraised to 21,500 in position after Sam Capra opened for 7,500. Capra made the call.
Both players carefully checked a flop that came down . Capra bet 20,000 when the turn fell . Tureniec called to the river and called another 30,000-chip bet there. Capra turned over , but Tureniec bested him with to drag the pot and increase his count to 545,000.
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Richard Ashby
An annoyed Richard Ashby has just arrived at his seat after oversleeping. Ashby was visibly annoyed with tournament staff and was heard asking why efforts weren't made to track him down at his room to alert him he was late. Ashby has lost 70,000 chips this afternoon, and is down to 115,000.
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Joe Hachem out
In a battle of the blinds, Leonid Cai raised to 5,700 before Joe Hachem popped it up to 35,000 from the big blind. Cai moved all in and covered Hachem, who made a quick call.
Cai:
Hachem:
The flop was devastating for the 2005 World Champion as it fell to pair Cai's ace. The turn was to give Hachem additional flush outs, but the river missed him when the peeled off.
Hachem stood and departed the Crown Poker Room to a generous round of applause from the fans on the rail.
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Sam Khouiss
Sam Khouiss raised to 7,000 and Sam Capra made the call on the button. In a battle of the "Sams" the flop came and Khouiss checked. Capra fired 12,000 and Khouiss grumbled, "Lovely flop!" and flashed before folding. "I thought so!" laughed Capra.
Next hand, Khouiss was able to recover some chips after three-betting the opening bet from Michael Tureniec.
"I dare you to call!" exclaimed Khouiss, "I'm on tilt!"
Tureniec gave it up and Khouiss is back to 79,000.
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Media row is excited about the possibility (however remote) of Antonio Casale and Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouris battling heads up for the Aussie Millions Main Event title. Those hopes became a bit slimmer after Casale ran pocket eights into Jonathan Plens' pocket jacks. Plens opened from the button for 11,000, then shoved for a total of 99,000 after Casale raised the small blind to 70,000. Casale was priced into a call. Plens caught a jack on a flop of to take a stranglehold on the hand. Casale was drawing dead after the turn fell .
Casale has 90,000 chips after this loss. Plens is up to 205,000.
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against the 
of Harris Pavlou. The board fell 
and Cheung found a fortunate ace to double through.
busted Michelangelo Calandrella holding 
. All the chips went in preflop and the 
board gave Mizzi a set and sent Calandrella to the rail.
, which saw Mizzi fire out 44,800. After pondering the decision for a while Docherty folded.
gave [Removed:293] a pair of aces and left Daphne trying to draw at a three-card gutshot straight, or running cards. The turn was a blank, the 
, but the river fell an improbable 
was dominated by Sung's 
. Capra bet 20,000 when the turn fell 
and called another 30,000-chip bet there. Capra turned over 
to drag the pot and increase his count to 545,000.
to pair Cai's ace. The turn was 
to give Hachem additional flush outs, but the river missed him when the 
peeled off.
and Le spiked a queen on the flop, which was enough to end the run of Vakili.
