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Patrik Antonius - 41st Place
We've lost the player who was arguably the biggest name left in the field. Patrik Antonius had a tough day today, never really amassing any chips. His demise came in a three-way pot that was raised preflop by Elliot Smith and called by Richard Ashby.
Antonius was first to act after the flop came down . He checked, as did Smith and Ashby. On the turn , Antonius bet 22,000. Each of his opponents called to the river, which fell . Antonius led out again for 70,000. That was enough to chase off Smith, but Ashby responded by moving all in for more than 400,000. He had Antonius well covered.
Antonius tanked for as long as we've seen anyone tank in this tournament, probably a solid five minutes. He finally called time on himself. As a floor supervisor counted down the final five seconds of Antonius' allotted one minute, Antonius called and tabled for trip jacks. Ashby showed for a full house that hit on the river. That was the end of Patrik Antonius.
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Michael "Timex" McDonald is now flirting with elimination after losing a hand to Rajkumar Ramakrishnan.
On the flop Ramakrishnan check called a 26,000 chip bet from McDonald. The turn saw more of the same with Ramakrishnan check calling a 55,000 chip bet. The river saw Ramakrishnan fire out 91,000 enough to put Timex all in and after going into the tank for a while McDonald eventually made the fold.
Ramakrishnan moves up to 820,000, McDonald is down to just 91,000.
Paul O'Brien got his 111,000 chips in good with pocket jacks against Sorel Mizzi's pocket nines. Jacks held up on a board of all small cards to give O'Brien the double up to 228,000.
Mizzi is one of 41 players left in the field. PokerNews presenter Gloria Balding caught up with him earlier in the day. They chatted about Mizzi's "people" skills. Have a look!
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Noah Schwartz - 42nd Place
And it all comes crashing down for Noah Schwartz. He worked his short stack quite well after being crippled earlier, getting all the way back to 200,000 in chips. When he flopped two pair with on a board of , he probably thought he was in great shape. His opponent, Grant Levy, bet 21,500 after Schwartz checked. Schwartz then moved all in for 200,000. When Levy called, he must have figured he was in trouble.
Indeed he was. Levy showed down for a set of eights. That left Schwartz drawing incredibly thin. He never got there. When the stacks were counted down, it turned out that Levy just barely had Schwartz covered. Levy had 450,000 chips total after the hand; Schwartz had a payout slip to take to the cage.
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John Paul Kelly - 43rd place
Elliott Smith has eliminated John Paul Kelly. In a battle of short stacks Smith moved all in with for around 75,000, and Kelly made the all in call for slightly less.
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Kelly looked prime for a double up as the flop came and the turn only built up his hopes. The river took all of that away, ending Kelly's tournament and boosting Smith to about 130,000 chips.
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Left for dead not that long ago after running into a set over set situation, Noah Schwartz has managed to chip his way back and build his stack from just 24,000 to now 220,000.
In the latest hand Nhan Le opened from late position, with Schwartz shoving all in from the small blind. Le almost beat him into the pot snap calling and slamming down on the table, to be well ahead of Schwartz's .
The flop came no help for Schwartz, but the river would leave Le drawing to just two kings left in the deck. The river was not one of them and Schwartz moves up to 220,000.
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Paul O'Brien opened the pot with a raise to 16,000. That folded everyone up to big blind Dean McIver, who looked down at and moved in for 72,500. O'Brien made the call and tabled . The race was on!
The board came . That was no help for O'Brien. McIver's nines held to give him a double-up to 151,000. Incidentally, that's how many chips O'Brien has now too.
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I would like to take this opportunity to make a referee ruling on the first Shout Box trivia question.
I was the person who created the question, and I was the one that came up with the answer, but when I thought about it, technically, there are two bubbles, so there were two correct answers. Technically speaking, you could argue that the bubble was split between two players. But the true definition of the bubble as I understand it is the player that is eliminated before the money is reached. This makes PN user "lebsta" with the answer of Troy Tsagaris correct.
I have sent emails to the following users, please respond to me with your PokerStars usernames and I will ship you the $35 for the satellite tomorrow morning.
lebsta
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Well done guys, and look out for more contests over the next few days.
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. He checked, as did Smith and Ashby. On the turn 
, Antonius bet 22,000. Each of his opponents called to the river, which fell 
. Antonius led out again for 70,000. That was enough to chase off Smith, but Ashby responded by moving all in for more than 400,000. He had Antonius well covered.
for trip jacks. Ashby showed 
for a full house that hit on the river. That was the end of Patrik Antonius. 
flop Ramakrishnan check called a 26,000 chip bet from McDonald. The turn 
saw Ramakrishnan fire out 91,000 enough to put Timex all in and after going into the tank for a while McDonald eventually made the fold.
on a board of 
, he probably thought he was in great shape. His opponent, Grant Levy, bet 21,500 after Schwartz checked. Schwartz then moved all in for 200,000. When Levy called, he must have figured he was in trouble. 
turn only built up his hopes. The river 
on the table, to be well ahead of Schwartz's 
.
would leave Le drawing to just two kings left in the deck. The river 
and moved in for 72,500. O'Brien made the call and tabled 
