With a raise to 5,000 in front of him, Shaun Deeb made the call, and Jeff Sarwer came along as well from the big blind. Three-handed to the flop, the dealer rolled out . Deeb got the rest of his ~50,000 chips in with for top-top, but he would be in a bad way. Sarwer had flopped a straight with , and Deeb was unable to go runner-runner to survive.
Sarwer is now quite healthy with just about 300,000.
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More Visser-on-Black action, Visser in the big blind and Black on the button. This time they saw a flop and Blackbet 4,000. Visser check-called.
They both checked the turn and the river, at which point Visser turned over for the straight. Everyone laughed, for some reason, and Black looked resigned, if a little depressed.
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Another laundry list of recent eliminations:
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano
Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor
Team PokerStars Pro Rino Mathis
Marc Naalden
Alexia Portal
Marco Mattes
Dominik Neitsche
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Jesus Sanchez in the cutoff and Jude Ainsworth in the small blind got as far the turn of a board and Ainsworth seemed to have checked. Either way, Sanchez bet 27,500, but then folded when Ainsworth moved in for another 40,000 or so.
A triumphant Ainsworth showed him .
Ainsworth - up to 165,000
Sanchez - down to 175,000
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Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho was just eliminated in unusual fashion. In the small blind, Pinho was dealt a king first, and his second card flipped over and was exposed by the dealer; it was another king. The card he received to replace it was an ace, and Pinho ended up all in preflop with Big Slick. He ran into an Italian opponent with pocket aces, though, crushing news for Pinho.
The board came down king-high, and Pinho would have doubled up but for the exposed king that cost him trips. Instead, he is out.
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The board read , rainbow, and Sergey Lebedev checked. Andy Black bet 20,000, and Lebedev folded face up. Black showed him a paper thin pair of deuces.
"I figured you for ace-king," he told the Russian afterwards, "But I know you can't say that in a hand."
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On a turned board showing , Ross Boatman checked, and Tobias Reinkemeier put out a bet of about 12,000. After a moment, Boatman check-raised to 30,000 straight. Reinkemeier debated it for several minutes before kicking it in, and the pot was pushed to Boatman. He flipped over the from his hand, and he looked a bit surprised as he furrowed his brow. "I thought it was the ace of hearts," he said, pulling in the pot.
Angle or innocent mistake, that pot pushes Boatman up close to 100,000.
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Wow, massive chip leader to completely bust in just one level!
Yes indeed, just as we approached the break, Matthew Nieberg, already considerably down from his earlier uber-stack, ran a full house into Martin Wendt's bigger, indeed second-nut, full house and soon after hit the rail. Unbelievable. We understand Nieberg accused Wendt of slow-rolling, although it could just have been an emotional moment for the young Englishman.
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How's this for some sick preflop action:
Mercier opened the pot to 4,800, and Antony Lellouche three-bet to 12,100. When it came back to Mercier, he made it 27,400 to play, and Lellouche came right back over the top to 67,400. Not to be outdone, Mercier moved all in for 177,400 total, and it brought Lellouche to a pause. After about 30 seconds, Lellouche called with the covering stack to put Mercier at risk.
The Frenchman tabled , and Mercier sheepishly turned over . The flop held contained a queen, but the board of Q-2-2-4-A failed to get Mercier over the hump.
You've got to admire his bravery, but it hasn't worked out for Jason this time; he's out. Andy Black saw Mercier wandering around the room, and he asked where Jason was sitting. "I'm not," said Mercier.
"What? You taking a break?" asked Black rather indignantly.
"No. I decided to punt my stack." Black didn't hear him, so Mercier repeated a bit louder, this time adding a kicking gesture as he spoke: "I decided to punt my stack. (*shrug*) I'm the worst ever."
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. Deeb got the rest of his ~50,000 chips in with 
, and Deeb was unable to go runner-runner to survive.
flop and Blackbet 4,000. Visser check-called.
turn and the 
river, at which point Visser turned over 
for the straight. Everyone laughed, for some reason, and Black looked resigned, if a little depressed.
board and Ainsworth seemed to have checked. Either way, Sanchez bet 27,500, but then folded when Ainsworth moved in for another 40,000 or so.
face up. Black showed him a paper thin pair of deuces.
, Ross Boatman checked, and Tobias Reinkemeier put out a bet of about 12,000. After a moment, Boatman check-raised to 30,000 straight. Reinkemeier debated it for several minutes before kicking it in, and the pot was pushed to Boatman. He flipped over the 
from his hand, and he looked a bit surprised as he furrowed his brow. "I thought it was the ace of hearts," he said, pulling in the pot.
