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We don't know much about Dhru Patel, our Day 1 end chip leader, and what we do know is shrouded in mystery. But remember, you don't know anything either, so let's not believe the hearsay until we know for sure, huh. That's the message from PokerStars Blog, at least.
Luis Rodriguez opened to 1,600 preflop and Jamil Ogunmakinwa flat-called before Philipp Gruissem squeezed to 7,000 from late position. Rodriguez shoved all in, Ogunmakinwa folded and Gruissem quickly called off his chips.
Rodriguez: 
Gruissem: 
There was no help on the board for either player when it came 
, hence the German was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000 | 29,200 |
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Busted |
On Vicky Coren's table we just spotted another double up as Jamie Roberts was on the good side of a coin flip. Roberts moved all in for 18,900 and was called by Vojtech Ruzicka.
Roberts: 
Ruzicka: 
The board ran out 
and Roberts doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000 | 13,100 |
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20,000 | -4,000 |
The buy-in remained the same in Season 5, but attendance increased by more than 200 players as 596 players entered the event and created a prize pool of £3,349,200. The tournament attracted some big names and several of them made deep runs including Peter Eastgate (18th - £16,313), David Benyamine (12th - £35,891) and Philippe D’Auteuil (5th - £195,766).
Michael Tureniec began the final table as the chip leader that year, but by the time he made it to heads-up play the USA’s Michael Martin had taken the lead. The two battled for approximately 90 minutes before Martin moved all in from the small blind with the 
and Tureniec called off with the 
. It was a flip, but the board ran out 
and Martin emerged victorious to claim the £1,000,000 top prize.
It was Martin’s only career victory, but he actually had some big scores prior to that year’s EPT London. In November 2007, Martin finished runner-up in the Master Classic of Poker €5,000 No Limit Hold’em for €368,080, which he followed up with a fifth-place finish in the 2008 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for €421,000.
Since his win, things have slowed down considerably for the man from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. He had two cashes in 2009 for $44,621, and another pair of cashes in 2010 for $22,878. Since then, Martin has disappeared from the tournament circuit.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Well that was shit.Had to make a big fold with Jacks to lose a chunk.Then doubled a shorty AQs into AK.Then lost A9 to A3 all in pre to bustFollow @Liv_Boeree
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We missed the hand but we can confirm that Tobias Reinkemeier, who finished runner-up in the EPT10 London £50,000 Super High Roller a couple of days ago, has been eliminated from the tournament by John Juanda.
Reinkemeier and Juanda then exchanged numbers, perhaps to arrange a big cash game down the road, and then the German turned to find Philipp Gruissem waiting for him. "Philbort" informed Reinkemeier that he had also been eliminated. "Good timing," Reinkemeier said before the two exited the tournament area.
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Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren just raised after which a player three-bet to 4,000. The player in the small blind got involved as well and called after which Coren moved all in.
Coren's shove was for 27,000 total and the three-bettor folded his cards quickly. The small blind tanked for quite some time and eventually he did make the call.
Coren:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Coren received a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000 | 34,700 |
It's the end of the road for Thomas Wahlroos, he ran 
into Marius Torbergson's 
with the board coming 
. Wahlroos then shook hands with his assassin and told him he'd see him later for a spot of Chinese Poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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85,000 | 29,500 |
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Just busted main, 3b AA from sb with 40 bigs 2 flats flop 852rturnK get it in vs 88Follow @constantcolorup
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