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Takes a lickin'... oh, you know the rest
Mike "Timex" McDonald has had an up and down day, losing a chunk of his stack in the early going, then building it back up to over 25,000, only to take another downward turn. As I passed his table, he only had a bit over 4,000 when this hand came up.
Timex limped in from middle position for 300. The cutoff raised to 1,000, the small blind flat-called and Timex called as well. The flop was . The small blind checked, Timex checked, and the cutoff checked. The turn was the . The small blind checked again, Timex bet 1,600, the cutoff called and the small blind folded. The river was the . Timex immediately moved all in for his remaining 2,000 or so and after a bit of a think, his opponent gave it up.
Timex is now back up to 10,000 as the remaining moments of Level 6 tick away.
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David Steicke
With the board reading David Steicke was faced with a bet from his opponent of 9,100 chips into an already very healthy pot. Steicke thought for a moment before making the call hoping his hand was a winner. However his opponent flipped for a flopped flush which was too good.
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The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their last break of the day. When they return, the remaining 243 day 1b entrants will play half of Round 7 (45 minutes) and then call it a day.
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Raul Paez Surging
Raul Paez has surged up the leaderboard to become one of the chip leaders late in the evening, as he now looks over a chip stack of around 82,000 in chips.
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The dapper Joe Hachem
Thank you Joe Hachem. Thank you for dressing like a gentleman playing a high-stakes poker tournament in Monte Carlo. You, sir win my best-dressed award today for donning that black ribbed sweater with the collar of a perfectly starched shirt peeking our from underneath. The dark-wash jeans were spot-on as well. Bravo.
I can't say as much for Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza. His loud silk striped shirt was positively vertigo-inducing. I don't think I've ever seen him in anything other than something loud, patterned, and silk come to think of it.
And then there's the young man whose name I'll withhold. I really hope he has a good excuse, like losing his luggage, because he showed up to play in workout pants and a pair of those white, semi-disposable hotel slippers. Either he's completely without other clothes or the laziest human being on the planet.
[user67765]
As we enter the final minutes of the day, local French player Cyril Bensoussan has emerged as the clear chip leader with in excess of 130,000 in chips. At this late stage, it looks likely that he'll be our tournament chip leader entering into Day 2.
[user25067]
We just got the official word from PokerStars that the prizepool and payout information will not be released until tomorrow. Though, with 842 players, some arithmetic tells us that the total prizepool is well over $13.3 million USD.
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. The small blind checked, Timex checked, and the cutoff checked. The turn was the 
. The small blind checked again, Timex bet 1,600, the cutoff called and the small blind folded. The river was the 
. Timex immediately moved all in for his remaining 2,000 or so and after a bit of a think, his opponent gave it up. 
David Steicke was faced with a bet from his opponent of 9,100 chips into an already very healthy pot. Steicke thought for a moment before making the call hoping his hand was a winner. However his opponent flipped 
for a flopped flush which was too good.
