From the cutoff seat, Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 4,500. Sebastian Veghinas reraised all in from the button for 12,200 and play folded back to Gurtovoy. He didn't look like he wanted to, but made the call anyway.
Gurtovoy: 
Veghinas: 
The board ran out 
and Veghinas doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000 | -117,000 |
|
26,000 | -22,600 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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The players have just departed for a 75-minute dinner break.
Erik Seidel just busted two players to move his stack to 250,000 in chips. He had aces while both of his opponents held 
. All of the money went in preflop and Seidel's aces held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 100,000 |
Javier Garcia raised to 3,500, in mid position, and Giuseppe Pantaleo three-bet to 6,100 on the button. Garcia made the call and they were soon sharing a flop of 
. Garcia checked, Pantaleo checked out the Garcia stack before betting 9,200, Garcia moved all-in for 25,000 and Pantaleo called.
| Garcia |   |
| Pantaleo |   |
So Garcia had flopped two pair versus the flush draw of Pantaleo. The turn was the 
and river 
and Garcia's hand held true.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 50,400 |
|
|
63,000 | 15,000 |
Keven Stammen raised to 4,000 in early position and Dmitry Grishin called one seat to his left. Chris Brammer was in the blind, and tanked for quite a while before folding - leaving the pair to share a flop.
Flop: 
Stammen check-called a 5,200 Grishin bet.
Turn:
Checkity-check.
River: 
Stammen check-called a 8,000 Grishin bet.
Grishin turned over 
for the flopped set.
"I am glad you didn't three-bet me," said Stammen.
"Why what did you have?" Asks Grishin.
"Aces," says Stammen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 183,700 |
|
70,000 | 23,200 |
Here in the tournament lobby, players have been tapping away at iPad screens in a special demo area to show off the new PokerStars mobile product. Jeffrey Haas and Danny Kashti talk about the long-awaited release.
Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth is now up to 124,000 after doubling through Alessio Isaia. By the time we had reached the table the action was over. The board was showing 
and Toth was dragging in the pot thanks to his 
and Isaia was licking his wounds with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
154,000 | -56,000 |
|
124,000 | 49,000 |
