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The pot sat well over 20,000 between Team PokerStars PRO Luca Pagano and PokerStars online qualifier Alexander Debus and the flop was . The action was on Debus and a bet of 10,000 had been laid out in front of him. Pagano made the call.
The turn brought the and action was on Debus after Pagano checked in the dark. Debus fired 22,000 this time. Pagano took about a half of a minute before annoucing that he was all in. Debus gave a big sigh and made the call.
Debus held for a set of nines, now overtaking Pagano's . The river was the final nine in the deck, the , and Debus doubled up. He was all in for 52,175 total on the turn and Luca passed over the chips.
Debus is now up to 150,000 while Pagano dropped to 45,000.
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Almira Skripchenko - Out
With a raise in front of her, Almira Skripchenko moved the last ~13,000 of her chips into the middle. A few seats behind her, Alessio Isaia made a third raise over the top, folding the original raiser and putting Skripchenko heads up for her tournament life.
Showdown
Skripchenko:
Isaia:
The flop was a promising miss for the at-risk lady as it fell . The turn was not so promising, though, as the left her drawing dead to Isaia's full house.
That's the end of the day for Skripchenko, leaving just EPT Presenter Michelle Orpe and Lisa Taphanel to represent the ladies here on Day 2.
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Jan Bendik raised to 2,300 from the cutoff seat and action folded over to Russian professional Viatly Lunkin in the big blind. Lunkin reraised to 7,200, putting the pressure back on Bendik. Bendik didn't back down and shoved over the top of Lunkin's three-bet, putting him all in. Lunkin made the call.
Lunkin held and was crushing Bendik's .
The board ran out , earning Lunkin the double up. He was all in for 38,700 total and now has approximately 78,000 chips. Bendik slipped to 70,000.
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Shaun Deeb opened with a raise to 2,300 from under the gun and action folded over to Mel Judah. Judah reraised to 7,400.
"How much did you start the hand with?" asked Deeb. "Can I get a count?"
The dealer then reached over to grab Judah's chips and count them when Judah abruptly stopped her with, "Don't touch my chips!" He then counted them out himself, informing Deeb that he began the hand with 36,200. Deeb then announced that he was all in and Judah insta-called.
Deeb held and Judah had . "Dario, just ran ace-king into aces." he said, looking one table over to Dario Minieri. Deeb and Minieri have a last-longer bet with one another, so they are constantly checking on each other's progress.
The board was run out , giving Judah the double up. He's now up to 75,000. Deeb dropped to 26,500.
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Scotty Nguyen raised to 3,100 from under the gun and action folded all the way around to the small blind, Ilan Ydidia Rouah. Rouah moved all in for about 9,000 total and Nguyen made the call right away.
Rouah tabled , behind Scotty's . The board ran out , eliminating Rouah and moving the Prince of Poker up to 35,000.
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Wojciech Polak raised to 2,800 from early position before Dario Minieri reraised to 8,000. Polak made the call.
The flop came down and there was a pause while action sat on Polak. He moved all of his chips forward, approximately 17,000, after about a minute or so and Minieri snapped him off instantly, jumping up from his chair and slamming his fist on the felt as he tabled . Polak held .
The turn was the and the river the , keeping Minieri's pair of jacks good. Polak exited to the rail and Minieri moved up to 80,000 chips.
. The action was on Debus and a bet of 10,000 had been laid out in front of him. Pagano made the call.
and action was on Debus after Pagano checked in the dark. Debus fired 22,000 this time. Pagano took about a half of a minute before annoucing that he was all in. Debus gave a big sigh and made the call.
for a set of nines, now overtaking Pagano's 
. The river was the final nine in the deck, the 
, and Debus doubled up. He was all in for 52,175 total on the turn and Luca passed over the chips.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. The turn was not so promising, though, as the 
left her drawing dead to Isaia's full house.
and was crushing Bendik's 
.
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, sending the German to the rail and moving Kitai up a little bit to 37,000.
and Judah had 
, giving Judah the double up. He's now up to 75,000. Deeb dropped to 26,500.
, eliminating Rouah and moving the Prince of Poker up to 35,000.
. Polak held 
and the river the