Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero raised to 800 preflop before [Removed:167] made it 2,100 behind him. Barbero then four-bet to 4,500 only for Ehrhardt to respond with his own reraise, making it 9,000.
Barbero instantly threw out 25,000 in grey 5k chips and Ehrhardt mucked equally quickly. The Argentinian showed the 
and moved up to 38,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Jason Tompkins is down to 15,500 chips after he paid off his neighbour's river bet.
Tompkins was in the cut-off and checked to face a turn bet of 5,525 from Fayad Ghassan that he called. The river dropped to leave a final board that read 
.
The Irishman, who finished 5th at this season's San Remo stop, checked to face an 11,000 bet that he took is time to call. Ghasson opened 
for a flush that was good as Tompkins mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,500
17,900
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17,900 |
This photo of Kevin MacPhee sums up how we feel about the fact the dinner break is in just 45 minutes.
James Akenhead has been having to contend with Team PokerStars Pro Macho Barbero to his immediate left all day long, but he just came out on top of their latest clash.
Akenhed opened to 700 from the cutoff and then called when Barbero three-bet to 2,000 on the button. A flop reading 
was initially checked by Akenhead, bet to the tune of 2,200 by Barbero and called by Akenhead.
The 
on the turn saw both players check, but Akenhead came out firing a 7,200 bet when the 
paired the board. Barbero studied the community cards, glanced at Akenhead then folded.
Enver Abduraimov, Tobias Peters and Giuseppe Pantaleo were three of five players that took to a 
flop. The action here took a long while to play out and at the end of the hand Peters had won the pot and busted both opponents. Abduraimov took his defeat well but Pantaleo didn’t.
The action was checked to Pantaleo in mid position and he bet 2,650. This bet was called in two spots including Peters. While all this was taking place Abduraimov was complaining about a moist patch in front of him. It’s not what you’re thinking! Someone must’ve spilt a drink over the table at some point and the Ukrainian was asking for more towels for soakage. Then he said as he moved all in for 12,175, “It’s too wet, maybe I just go all in and then if I but I don’t have to deal with water!”
The fifth party in the hand folded before Pantaleo moved all in as well for 21,275. There was one more fold before the final decision was on Peters. He took a long time to think, asked for the bets to be pulled in, did some calculations in his head and then said, “Let’s gamble!” as he called.
Abduraimov: 
for bottom set.
Pantaleo: 
for top pair, top kicker.
Peters: 
for a flush draw.
The board ran out 
to make the Dutchman a flush. “Oy yeah!” he shouted.
Pantaleo banged his fist on the table, got up out of his chair and kicked it before he stormed off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Fresh from the disappointment of losing a huge pot of Lex Veldhuis, Glen Cymbaluk has just tripled up.
Cymbaluk open-shoved for 6,475 from middle position and received a call from Xavier Detournel a couple of seats to his left. The action then passed to Jack Ellwood in the blinds and he moved all-in for 19,400 in total. Detournel announced called and alll three sets of hole cards were revealed.
Cymbaluk: 
Ellwood: 
Detournel: 
Cymbaluk was in good shape to double up, (56% according to the PokerNews Poker Odds Calculator) and when the board ran out 
Cymbaluk tripled up to around 20,000.
Ellwood won the side pot and is now on 24,000 chips.
A sudden, abrupt and brutal ending for Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo, who flopped a set only to bust when her opponent turned a bigger set.
Meanwhile, Philippe Boucher has experienced a recent boost to improve his stack up to 160,000, thereby taking over the top spot in the Day 1b counts from [Removed:4].
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
89,000
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89,000 |
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152,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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78,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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75,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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74,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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68,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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62,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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60,000 | |
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53,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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44,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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36,000
15,500
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15,500 |
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36,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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28,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
|
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27,100
1,225
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1,225 |
|
27,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
27,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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26,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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17,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
11,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Struck down with a bout of food poisoning, Liv Boeree was forced to withdraw from the main event earlier today. But as the registration door was about to close, she clawed her way back to take her seat.
That said, it looks like she has a long day ahead, as you can read about on the PokerStars blog.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Bruno Fitoussi is holding steady as we approach the end of Level 5, even if we just now watched a few hands in which the Frenchman was unable to his improve his status, chip-wise.
In the first Fitoussi raised to 750 from the button and got one caller in the small blind. Both checked the 
flop and 
turn, then when his opponent led at the river Fitoussi stepped aside.
The next hand saw Fitoussi raising again to 750 from the cutoff seat, then watching his neighbor on the button shove a short stack all in, forcing him to let his hand go.
Then on the next hand in the hijack seat, the cards weren't agreeable and Fitoussi folded without pushing things any further. He's still smiling, though, with continued hopes of improving on a 14th-place finish in the Main Event here in 2010.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
4,000
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4,000 |
