Freddy Deeb has a big stack, but he's sandwiched between the two biggest stacks in the room in Martin Kabrhel (200k) and John Eames (180k).
Kabrhel asked if he was the biggest stack in the room and I confirmed that I thought he was. JC Alvarado piped in to say, "You should ask him about the hand that got him there!"
Kabrhel refused to give me the details but did say. "I just play funny, you know my style."
Dan Shak has just doubled up JC Alvarado. We believe the money went in on either the flop or turn on a board of . Shak was holding and Alvarado was holding . The river was the and Alvarado now has 60,000 with Shak on 18,000.
Xuan Liu and Jonathan Karamalikis just had an all-in, pre flop, raising game. Karamalikis was seated on the button with Liu in the small blind. When the cards were turned over it was a flip with Liu at risk of elimination.
Karamalikis
Liu
Board:
Karamalikis wins the flip and the booby prize for Liu is a Day 1 exit.
Melanie Weisner and Victoria Coren are level in the €5,000 heads up, the last two standing from a field of 27, which they're celebrating by cracking open a bottle of red wine. Read more by clicking the link through to the PokerStars Blog.
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. Shak was holding 
and Alvarado now has 60,000 with Shak on 18,000.
