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With the button raising it up preflop, Chris Moorman looked down at in the big blind and decided to flat-call, his reasoning being that he had a little too much to push all in preflop.
On the flop, Moorman check-called a standard continuation bet with the aim of check-raising the turn. His opponent, however, checked behind and the two remaining players reached a river.
Moorman led out, but was raised all in, and although he suspected the worst, he made the crying call. His opponent flipped .
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More drama than a Lost finale now as the action thickens on Table Gus Hansen. In fact, it was the Great Dane himself who set the first firework, his opening raise of 3,200 from early position being reraised to 6,000 by Alain Roy on the button. But whilst the aforementioned were holding sparklers, small blind Ian Frazer came armed with a Catherine wheel and swiftly pushed his entire stack of circa 40,000 across the line.
With all media drawing closer to the table, the decision was on Hansen whose mulling made Droopy like Speedy Gonzales. But after emerging from the think tank, Hansen declared "this is probably stupid" and made the fold.
And although Roy deliberated in near similar fashion, he found a call and flipped . A semi-relieved Frazer tabled .
A board of favoured a jubilant Frazer, whilst a battered and bruised Roy could but shake his head dismissively and brace himself for a day of nurturing a depleted stack of 20,000.
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Vanessa Rousso doubled up. She was all in with A-K versus pocket Kings. She flopped an Ace and avoided elimination. Shortly afterwards, she busted a short stack and increased her stack to 65,000.
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She may be small, but Beth Shak packs a hell of a punch. With the board reading , Shak made a cracking call on the river with to Graham Pound's all in. Pound could only muster and was thus sent packing.
Mess with the Shak at your peril seems to be the message.
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For someone who uses a Rubik's Cube for a card protector, you'd expect 'One Hand' Rumit Somaiya to be oblivious to frustration, but even the upcoming hand would have made Cool Hand Luke stomp up and down like a gorilla without a banana.
With Ran Agur and Javier Dominguez both limping in early position, Somaiya woke up with pocket nines in the big blind and pushed all in. Agur side-stepped out of the way, but Dominguez was less accommodating and opted to call with pocket eights.
With the board coming three hearts, the on the turn was bittersweet for Somaiya as the dealer popped out a cheeky on the river for a split pot. If he had any hair, then I'm sure he would have pulled it out, but either way, he stays on 25,000.
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On a flop, Julian Thew check-called a bet of 5,000 before leading out for 14,500 on the turn. Joe Grech didn't seem happy, but asked for the 18,000 pot to be fanned nonetheless. Grech then counted his own stack of 21,700, deliberated for a moment or two before finally opting for the fold.
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Tickled pink
Nicky Romanello is short-stacked with around 15,000, but not letting himself get blinded away. He just pushed all in preflop to pick up the blinds and antes uncontested.
Also hanging on is Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari. Sadly for him, he's hanging onto his pint at the bar after being eliminated just a few moments ago.
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in the big blind and decided to flat-call, his reasoning being that he had a little too much to push all in preflop.
flop, Moorman check-called a standard continuation bet with the aim of check-raising the 
turn. His opponent, however, checked behind and the two remaining players reached a 
river. 
.
. A semi-relieved Frazer tabled 
.
favoured a jubilant Frazer, whilst a battered and bruised Roy could but shake his head dismissively and brace himself for a day of nurturing a depleted stack of 20,000.
, Shak made a cracking call on the river with 
to Graham Pound's all in. Pound could only muster 
on the turn was bittersweet for Somaiya as the dealer popped out a cheeky 
on the river for a split pot. If he had any hair, then I'm sure he would have pulled it out, but either way, he stays on 25,000.
versus 
, taking no prisoners on a 
flop, Julian Thew check-called a bet of 5,000 before leading out for 14,500 on the 
turn. Joe Grech didn't seem happy, but asked for the 18,000 pot to be fanned nonetheless. Grech then counted his own stack of 21,700, deliberated for a moment or two before finally opting for the fold.
