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Alexander Morozov - 15th Place
The next hand after the elimination of Sergio Castelluccio, Eric Qu opened the pot for 125,000. Alexander Morozov actually had something to think about this time before he moved all in for 150,000. Annette Obrestad called from the big blind. Qu, after some confusion about the size of the pot, called as well.
The flop was . Obrestad checked and quickly folded to a sizable bet from Qu. He opened , top pair of queens and a horrible holding for Morozov, who showed down . The on the turn ended Morozov's run in 15th place.
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Sergio Castelluccio - 16th Place
On the first hand back from break, Pieter De Korver opened the action with a preflop raise to 125,000. The miniscule-stacked Alexander Morozov called all in. Action passed to Sergio Castelluccio, who moved in for 650,000. De Korver asked for a count, then slammed a call into the middle of the table for a three-way showdown.
De Korver:
Morozov:
Castelluccio:
Morozov was playing for a 150,000-chip main pot, while De Korver and Castelluccio were racing for the larger side pot. Morozov was the only one to connect, making a full house, . He took the main pot, while De Korver's pocket tens held up against Castelluccio for the side pot, sending Castelluccio out of the tournament.
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Alem Shah has been located; EPT hostess Kara Scott has finished her video clips; and cards are back in the air. 1:07:00 remains in the level.
Seat 1: Peter Traply
Seat 2: Steven Silverman
Seat 3: Alem Shah
Seat 4: Daniel Zink
Seat 5: Matthew Woodward (2,800,000)
Seat 6: Johannes Strassman
Seat 7: Grayson Physioc (1,040,000)
Seat 8: Dag Mikkelsen (2,210,000)
(We're having a bit of trouble getting counts off of the feature table.)
Secondary Table
Seat 1: Eric Qu (1,200,000)
Seat 2: Pieter De Korver (1,650,000)
Seat 3: Alexander Morozov (35,000)
Seat 4: Marc Naalden (3,050,000)
Seat 5: Christopher Rossiter (1,895,000)
Seat 6: Mikhail Tulchinskiy (4,000,000)
Seat 7: Sergio Castelluccio (625,000)
Seat 8: Annette Obrestad (1,800,000)
The tournament is still on pause as the staff search for Alem Shah.
[user46392]
Mr de Korver - hope his good run doesn't just Pieter out
A few words about the new Dutch Team PokerStars member, Pieter de Korver.
Haven't heard of him? There's no reason why you should have if you live outside the Netherlands. It turns out that the reason he is now sponsored is that he won a TV show in Holland, some kind of Dutch poker championships. 100 tournaments were run in bars across the Netherlands, with 15,000 amateur players involved. The final five played it out on Dutch TV, and de Korver was the eventual winner. He is apparently also an amateur, and by all accounts not a particularly wealthy man, so this represents a really, really big deal for him. Looks like we'll be hearing a lot more from Mr de Korver in the future, though.
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The tournament staff are breaking another table; we're on another unscheduled break as a result. We'll have the new draw and fresh counts once everyone's back.
[user46392]
Annette Obrestad minimum-raised under the gun, and around to big blind Alexander Morozov who pushed. A call, and they were on their backs.
Obrestad:
Morozov:
Board:
Annette doubled to 1,800,000.
Morozov got up to leave, but sat back down again when the dealer told him he had change. He found himself possessor of the princely sum of, we believe, 42,000 -- less than a big blind. In a particularly bad beat, that moment was chosen to redraw for the final two tables and race off the 1,000 chips, so he's now down to 40,000.
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Roger Hairabedian - 17th Place
Well, it didn't last long for Roger Hairabedian in the end. Just as we were running back to the table after reporting his last double-up we saw him out of his chair and receiving a round of applause from the gallery. The hands and the board were killed by the time we were able to crane in to get a glimpse, but it appeared that Alem Shah was stacking Hairabedian's chips.
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Pieter De Korver is suddenly having a very good day. He just now got it in with against Alem Shah's , and spiked a king on the river of the board.
Once again, he jumped up, this time shouting, "YES! Woo-hoo!" and then something which PokerNews.nl's own Remko informed me translates directly as, "Delicious delicious delicious."
He has perhaps 1,700,000 now, while Shah is down to 420,000.
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. Obrestad checked and quickly folded to a sizable bet from Qu. He opened 
, top pair of queens and a horrible holding for Morozov, who showed down 
. The 
on the turn ended Morozov's run in 15th place.
. He took the main pot, while De Korver's pocket tens held up against Castelluccio for the side pot, sending Castelluccio out of the tournament.
