The tournament staff has just announced that eight levels will be played without a dinner break on both Day 1s. That should keep things nice and early today and tomorrow, allowing the players an evening to eat, relax and enjoy with friends and family.
From under the gun, a player limped in before Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis raised to 650. Guillaume Darcourt made the call from the hijack seat and the limper also called.
The flop came down 
and action checked to Veldhuis. He bet 1,400 and Darcourt made the call. The first player check-raised to 2,800 and Veldhius called. Darcourt also called.
The 
paired the board on the turn and the first player fired 3,750. Veldhius and Darcourt both gave it up and let the preflop limper take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,500
500
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500 |
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8,700
21,300
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21,300 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Sarah Grant has all the details on who is playing and what they are saying.
Photos courtesy of PokerStars photographer Neil Stoddart.
A fine Iberico cured ham can taste great young, but still taste great, or even better, after years of maturing. The same can be said for Ram Vaswani.
There was no player more feared than the Brit in Seasons 1 and 2, where he went so close to claiming back-to-back EPT titles. He had a game back then that is seen as the “proper” way to play these days, but he doesn’t make use of his skills as regularly as he used to.
That said, he is here today (currently on 27,000) and if he was the cured ham in the middle of sandwich then he has two tasty slices of bread either side. To his left is one of the chip leaders in Dermot Blain (67,000) and to his right is former EPT high-roller champion Tobias Reinkemeier (24,000).
Good luck to any tablemates that try to take a bite out of that sandwich.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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67,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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64,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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54,500
25,000
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25,000 |
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42,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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41,000
1,400
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1,400 |
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39,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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36,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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35,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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32,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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30,000 | |
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28,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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27,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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25,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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25,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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25,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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24,000 | |
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23,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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19,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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16,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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14,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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9,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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Busted | |
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After four levels, the players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Recent WSOP bracelet winner Nick Binger and local lad Charles Clark did battle over the course of two hands and the score ended one-all.
The first hand started with a raise to 750 from Sebastian Ruthenberg and a reraise to 2,025 from Binger in the hijack seat. Clark was on the button and casually four-bet to 4,675. The German Team PokerStars Pro folded in a flash, but Binger gave the stare-down for a minute before releasing his hand.
Two hands later Binger opened to 700 from middle position and Clark elected to flat call this time from the hijack. The two checked it down to the river where the board read 
. Binger fired out 1,500 and Clark threw in the calling chips, but nodded and mucked when he was shown 
by Binger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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53,000
1,500
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1,500 |
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45,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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