Andre Klebanov saw the action fold to him in the cutoff and he opened the betting by raising to 1,500. The button folded but Scott Baumstein defended his small blinf by three-betting to 2,800. Next to act was the Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst in the big blind and she stuck in a four-bet to 6,100.
Whatever Klebanov opened with was not worth messing with Selbst as he folded and Baumstein's cards also found there way to the muck.
The eighth level has come to an end and the players sent on their last break of the day. When they return they will play two more levels before ending for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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116,025
5,900
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5,900 |
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50,450
14,900
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14,900 |
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29,675
3,900
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3,900 |
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14,200
7,650
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7,650 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
If it was these players nearly made day 2. It's not a normal EPT though and there two more levels to last.
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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167,000
60,800
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60,800 |
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158,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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145,000 | |
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130,000
50,600
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50,600 |
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128,000
26,500
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26,500 |
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125,000 | |
On a flop reading 
Dmitry Grinenko checked from the big blind position over to Anton Wigg in the cutoff and the Swede fired a bet of 2,100. Grinenko called and the duo shared a 
on the turn. Grinenko checked to Wigg again but Wigg saw no reason to slow down and he fired a second barrel worth 4,800 and Grinenko folded; albeit after 30-45 seconds of deliberating.
Andrew Chen and Alex Bilokur are sat nearly with their backs to each other. It's not that they don't like one another, they're on adjacent tables is all. Both of them made it to the river in hand and both lost their respective pots to drop back a little.
Chen was in the big blind in a four-way pot. The flop was 
and the Canadian led for 2,500. Hidir Özcan
was the only caller to the 
turn where he raised Chen's 4,800 bet up to 10,000. Chen called but check-tank-folded to a 19,000 all-in bet from his German opponent.
Bilokur meanwhile raised from early position to 1,800 and [Removed:207] was the only caller from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Bilokur continued for 2,200. The German check-called before he check-raised up to 9,600 when he faced a 3,600 bet on the 
turn. Bilokur showed little emotion as he called.
The river fell 
and Fritzler led for 15,500. Bilokur took his time and made the call before mucking upon seeing his opponent's 
for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
38,900
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38,900 |
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64,000
16,000
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16,000 |
Ignat Liviu is considered by Scott Seiver to be one of the greatest NL Hold'em players in the world. Those who follow or play against 0Human0 on PokerStars will be unlikely to disagree. This being the case, the remaining field can breath a little easier as the Romanian busted not long ago.
We stopped him in the corridor and he said he shoved his last 12 big blinds in with pocket tens. An opponent called with ace-seven and found an ace on the the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
There have only been two female players in the starting field today, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst being one of them, Susanne Kaufer the other. Whilst the former has been receiving plenty of attention today the latter has not but we just caught her in a hand involving Igor Kurganov.
On a flop reading 
Kurganov checked and Kaufer instantly checked behind. The turn gave the 
a chance to shine and it was met with a bet of 2,300 from Kurganov and a snap-call from his female opponent. The river was the 
and Kurganov made it 6,000 to play and again Kaufer instantly called.
Kurganov revealed and that was enough to beat Kaufer who folded as soon as she saw her opponent had made top pair.
