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Every so often, a player makes it clear that they are very pleased with a hand that they have played. Luc Meritan approached the media tables with a story of a big hand involving him and Randy Lew.
A big stack opened to 2,500. Randy Lew called and Meritan called in the small blind. The flop came 
. Meritan checked and the big stack continued for 5,000. Lew and Meritan both called.
The turn was a 
and this time it checked to Lew who bet 20,000 and Meritan was the only caller.
The river was the 
and Meritan checked. Lew tanked for a little bit before betting 54,000.
"It looked like he was pretending that he was huge when he was not huge" Meritan told us. "I felt like I had the best hand."
Meritan had 70,000 left so he was calling for a large percentage of his remaining chips. In the end he did so with 
and Lew turned over 
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"It's a very gutsy play," said Meritan. "I knew he was good enough to do it. If it was an amateur I don't call. It was definitely 'nanonoko fame'-dependent."
flop before the turn card dropped. 
and was flipping against Basle's 
giving Basle top pair and a flush draw to boot. The turn was the 
and the river the 
as the AU$25,000 Challenge winner from earlier this festival was eliminated from the Main Event.
to see Zhou improve to a full house by the river and move to just over 160,000 in chips. 
, Andrew Chen bet and the cutoff called the 4,500. Martin Ward on the button raised and Chen reluctantly folded, the cutoff then shoved and Ward eventually called for 32,900.
river were both blanks.
flop, Strang checked and called a bet of 6,000 before the 
for a pair of tens as the winning hand.
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and the river the 
meaning Chabra's pocket pair held and moved him up to around 200,000 in chips.
