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On a flop of Emmanuel Seal moved all in for under 1,000 chips, next to act Shane Warne re-pushed for around 4,000 and he was quickly called by the third player in the hand.
Warne:
Seal:
Opponent:
"Look at this," said Seal, "Flush draws, straight draws, I'm not going to win this".
He was right. Warne promptly hit his open ended straight draw on the turn . The river was a blank, moving Warne up to about 9,000 in chips.
donpeters
The level is winding down and the tournament staff has announced that there will be two more hands played at each table until the rebuy period is over.
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Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson
Lee Nelson raised UTG to 150, and got called by four opponents. The flop came down and everyone checked to the player in the cut off who bet 525.
Nelson made the call, and the players saw a on the turn. Nelson, once again checked and the cut off bet 800. Nelson moved all-in and the player in the cut off snap-called with the . Nelson's was drawing dead, so the on the river was inconsequential.
Nelson tossed a few chips over to get himself a rebuy.
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"You're so lucky," said Bruno Portaro to Shane Warne after the former Cricketer showed a after leading out on a {X}{X} flop.
On the final hand before the break Portaro decided to test his luck against Warne. Portaro and Warne, went three ways with Gary Benson to a flop, which they all checked.
The fell on the turn and Warne bet 650, Portaro called and Benson got out the way. The hit the river with Warne checking. Portaro took his time before firing out 1,500 in chips. Warne made the call and Portaro showed for a rivered straight.
"What, you call me lucky Bruno, don't talk to me about luck," said Warne light-heartedly, as he flashed the .
Warne finished the rebuy period with 13,000 in chips.
donpeters
The players are now on a break. Before the players leave for a break, they have the option to add on. Each player can add on up to 4,500 chips. Each add on is worth 1,500 and there's a maximum of three allowed.
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Matt Custer or Jonno Pittock?
We had to do a double take when we walked down to the tournament floor and saw Crown tournament director Jonno Pittock getting ready to play!
The player in question is actually Matt Custer from Costa Rica, who just so happens to bare a striking resemblance to Pittock.
Custer insists that he is no relation to the tournament director, but we're still not convinced.
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Joe Hachem eliminated
Joe Hachem will be left to curse his luck and lament how bad he runs, after he picked up only to face up to John Myung's .
Hachem failed to ship the suckout and was left short-stacked.
A few hands later Hachem pushed with for his final 200 chips and was called by Warwick Mirzikinian with . The board blanked out leaving Hachem to head to the exit.
When investigating the hand, Mirzikinian said to make sure we reported that it was him and not Myung who knocked Hachem out.
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Emmanuel Seal moved all in for under 1,000 chips, next to act Shane Warne re-pushed for around 4,000 and he was quickly called by the third player in the hand.
. The river 
was a blank, moving Warne up to about 9,000 in chips.
against Jason Gray's 
. The board ran out 
and everyone checked to the player in the cut off who bet 525. 
on the turn. Nelson, once again checked and the cut off bet 800. Nelson moved all-in and the player in the cut off snap-called with the 
. Nelson's 
on the river was inconsequential.
after leading out on a 
flop, which they all checked.
fell on the turn and Warne bet 650, Portaro called and Benson got out the way. The 
for a rivered straight.
.
only to face up to John Myung's 
