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With Martin Prusa raising to 1,800 preflop, a short-stacked Nikolaj Tsanev pushed all in from mid position. With his arms folded, he stood behind his chair and waited patiently as the action grounded to a halt on seat one. Clearly with a tricky decision to make, seat one rubbed his chin, scratched his head and shook his head slightly. Forget a knife, you could cut the tension with a toothpick; you could just sense a big pot was near. A minute or two later, one player asked, "You do realise it's your go, don't you?" to which seat one responded with an immediate fold.
With the rest of the players giggling, play found it's way back to Prusa, who made the call and showed . Tsanev tabled . With no diamonds in the hole, it was Prusa who took the pot, and the scalp of his Bulgarian foe, on a board.
Prusa now on 40,000, but Steven Zadelhoff, who claimed to be very happy with his table, is doing slightly better with 63,000.
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Marc Naalden pushed all in from the button with for around 20,000 and Morten Lassen called in the big blind with . Although Lassen claimed "I'm ahead" as the flop hit the felt, no backdoor antics occurred as the turn and river drew a blank. Chop it up.
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All the chips found their way into the middle of a board, German [Removed:197] making the final call with against Andrea Benelli's . No miracle heart on the river, or any splitting card for that matter, and the Italian was gone.
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Dario Minieri has taken a hit after losing a flip for 40,000 with against Igor Rejdovjan's , which found the board ultimately more helpful when it came .
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Orjan Holt reraised all-in for his short stack and was quickly called by Seth Eisner who didn't have much more to call. Holt showed to Eisner's which survived after not a single heart or card above a ten appeared.
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Martin Jacobson has eliminated the Austrian Christophe Haller after catching a timely river with versus after the board ran out as yet another player fell.
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Steve van Zadelhoff may be a champion in kick-boxing, but he's just taken one in the jaw courtesy of neighbour Juan Maceiras of Spain. It was a nasty one in the end, Zadelhoff getting it in ahead with , but unable to fend off which improved to see the Spaniard double through to 41,000. The Hoff, meanwhile, drops to 54,000.
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Christer Johansson has had a torrid day so far, he's dropped around 70,000 of his 108,000 starting stack. In the second hand of the day he had vs to give an opponent an early Christmas present, but since then he's lost several pots and is back to the middle of the pack.
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Rob Sherwood is grinding like no man has ever er... grund (?) before. He currently has a rather paltry 13,000 and added, "How to play a short-stack for 10 hours."
"So, what the strategy then?" I inquired.
"Wait for those aces."
Blimey, why didn't I think of that before. Seems so obvious now he's said it.
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Constandinos Alexiou - chip leader
As Christer Johansson's stack continues to dwindle, Greece's Constandinos Alexiou's begins to explode. He now has 180,000 and is your current chip leader.
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. Tsanev tabled 
. With no diamonds in the hole, it was Prusa who took the pot, and the scalp of his Bulgarian foe, on a 
board.
for around 20,000 and Morten Lassen called in the big blind with 
. Although Lassen claimed "I'm ahead" as the 
flop hit the felt, no backdoor antics occurred as the 
turn and 
river drew a blank. Chop it up.
board, German [Removed:197] making the final call with 
against Andrea Benelli's 
. No miracle heart on the river, or any splitting card for that matter, and the Italian was gone.
versus 
after the board ran out 
