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Aaron Gustavson raised in the cutoff and then called the reraise from Juan Manuel Pastor in the small blind to see an flop, which they both checked. Pastor check-called 8,000 on the turn and checked again on the river before pushing all in to a 15,000 bet from Gustavson. Gustavson thought about it for a while, and eventually folded, showing the . The triumphant Pastor showed him and moved up to 170,000.
"What a sicko!" said very amused tablemate Melanie Weisner.
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Well, early days but he's piling up the chips at least.
Chris Moneymaker was rather reduced from his earlier high of almost 500,000, but managed to bump his stack back up a bit when a short stack moved in with and Moneymaker gave him a spin with .
The board came down an uneventful and the shortie was reduced to nothing. Moneymaker moved up to 360,000.
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Paul Berende made it 6,500 to go before Nathan Tuthill, on the button, bumped it up to around 16,500. Ludovic Lacay in the small blind moved all in for around 65,100. The big blind folded, Berende folded, and Tuthill made the call.
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Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro has been a quiet present lurking in the shadows for much of this tournament. He's been grinding away most of the time but there are occasional flashes of the Finn.
Just now, he opened the small blind to 7,500 only to find the big blind reraising to 18,000. With a furrowed brow, Kelopuro thought for two minutes before raising once again, this time to 43,800, a quick fold from the big blind and the Finn continues his ascent.
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Flying Dutchman near-grounded
A gentleman wearing the stripy hoodie uniform of the online qualifier raised and Marcel Luske on the button was the only caller.
They saw a flop and the young qualifier bet out; again Luske called. The dealer dropped an turn on the felt and again Young Qualifier bet out 10,000. Luske raised to around 22,000, but when the qualifier announced all in to cover him, Luske folded, leaving himself less than 17,000.
The next hand the same qualifier opened for 7,500 and Luske flat-called, with just 8,500 back. Sander Lylloff called too, and they saw a flop. It checked around to Luske who pushed his remaining chips into the middle - and both players folded, bumping Luske back up to 34,000.
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Nabil Matta and Vicky Coren tangled up in a preflop raising war that left Matta all in for about 55,000 total. And he was in trouble. His would need to a lot of help to overcome Coren's .
The board ran out , and that was no help at all for Matta. The Lebanese Poker Champion is outta here, and Coren moves her way up to about 135,000.
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Ross Boatman is up to 190,000 after getting his whole stack in with pocket jacks and finding himself up against . The jacks held up, and Boatman's mood lifted considerably too.
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flop, which they both checked. Pastor check-called 8,000 on the 
turn and checked again on the 
river before pushing all in to a 15,000 bet from Gustavson. Gustavson thought about it for a while, and eventually folded, showing the 
. The triumphant Pastor showed him 
and moved up to 170,000.
and Moneymaker gave him a spin with 
.
and Lacay was sent to the rail.
. Lacay was crippled as a result dropping to about 50,000 while Cao is back over the 100,000 mark.
hit the turn and Santos made the call. 
turn on the felt and again Young Qualifier bet out 10,000. Luske raised to around 22,000, but when the qualifier announced all in to cover him, Luske folded, leaving himself less than 17,000.
. The jacks held up, and Boatman's mood lifted considerably too.
