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Dragan Galic is having a really great tournament so far. He just stood out of his chaired, clapped his hands and yelled, "Yes!" Why so jubilant? Galic's had held up against an opponent's on a board of . Given the size of the pot that Galic dragged, we presume most of the chips went in some time after the flop. It took Galic about three minutes to finish stacking all of his chips. We eyeballed them at 390,000, more than double any other stack we've seen in the field.
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"Wow," said Tyler Cornell. He had bet 18,000 on the river of a board. Cornell's opponent tank-called, then turned over for a very small flush that was better than Cornell's pair, .
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Cort Kibler-Melby and Maxi Mueller's seats have recently been vacated. Since their tables are still intact, we can only presume they've been eliminated.
On the other side of the coin, Alexia Portal was seen shaking hands with an opponent who walked off into the sunset. Portal is sitting behind 57,000 chips, some of which we assume came from the recently departed.
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Flood - damp squib
There is another gentleman where Liam Flood should be. This is apparently due to Arnaud Mattern, who came out on top in a blind-on-blind confrontation.
The two saw a king-high flop with two spades on it, and the chips went in. Flood was holding and Mattern held . No flush appeared, and Flood is busto. Mattern is up to around 100,000.
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Dragan Galic continues his rampage in the back of the room -- his physical proximity to the final table, which is currently being set up right next to his table, seems to be encouraging him.
He just now knocked out yet another player when his made a flush; the eliminatee could only boast , and although he made a set on the river, it wasn't enough to save him.
Board:
"You were never folding that, were you," sighed the newly-busted gent. Galic seems to be having the time of his life.
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Chen up, things aren't so bad
Bill Chen, yesterday's Grinder Of The Day after spending at least three levels on around five big blinds, is now up to 55,000 after knocking out another player with vs. , absolutely nothing useful to anyone on the board.
His table is enough to strike fear into the heart of anyone, though, as it currently features James Akenhead, Michael Tureniec and Sami Kelopuro as well as the Chenmeister himself.
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Mr. Eric Haik, of France, has enjoyed some fine fortune in knocking out another player and afterwards giving an, "ah, what can you do?" gesture.
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Earlier in the day we were told there would be six levels played today. That number has now changed to seven levels. The field will be sent to dinner in two waves, with players at Tables 1-11 going to dinner after the completion of Level 12. The remainder of the players will go to dinner after playing Level 13. The field will then all be back in play for Level 14, and the last two levels of the day.
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Jonas Klausen's table has been broken and he's been moved to Table 9. That's the table that already featured Marcel Luske, Maxi Mueller, Nikolay Losev, Alexia Portal and David Eldar. It's become a real focal point in the middle of the room. Klausen will have to pick his spots carefully -- he has just 42,000 chips with blinds up to 800 / 1,600 / 200.
There's a new player at Dragan Galic's table that is challenging his chip superiority somewhat. Galic is still sitting pretty at about 230,000, but the interloper has 130,000 -- enough to play some pots with the table bully and put a hurting on him.
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Andrew Feldman: 33,500
David Saab: 40,000
Tom McEvoy: 51,000
Juan Maceiras: 97,000
Fabio Mazzarello: 158,000
Alex Kravchenko: 28,000
Asa SMith: down to just 11,700
Nikolay Losev: down to 67,000
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had held up against an opponent's 
on a board of 
. Given the size of the pot that Galic dragged, we presume most of the chips went in some time after the flop. It took Galic about three minutes to finish stacking all of his chips. We eyeballed them at 390,000, more than double any other stack we've seen in the field.
board. Cornell's opponent tank-called, then turned over 
for a very small flush that was better than Cornell's pair, 
.
and Mattern held 
. No flush appeared, and Flood is busto. Mattern is up to around 100,000.
, and although he made a set on the river, it wasn't enough to save him.
