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Steve O'Dwyer lost another pot and helped Ruben Visser to extend his chip lead.
Visser raised his button to 90,000 and O'Dwyer peeled from the big blind to see a 
flop. The action was checked to the 
turn where Visser called a 130,000 bet. Both players went back to checking the 
river.
O'Dwyer opened 
and lost out to Visser's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,800,000 | 255,000 |
|
2,500,000 | -400,000 |
Tamer Kamel and Chris Moorman both doubled up at the same time from their respective tables.
Kamel was all in with 
and in bad shape versus Christopher Frank's 
. The 
board came to his rescue though.
Moorman raised to 85,000 from the cut-off and Steve O'Dwyer defended his big blind to see a 
flop. O'Dwyer check-shoved over Moorman's 70,000 c-bet and he called off for 615,000.
Moorman opened 
, ahead of O'Dwyer's 
. The board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000 | -225,000 |
|
2,900,000 | -600,000 |
|
1,440,000 | 430,000 |
|
1,015,000 | 500,000 |
A short while ago he was one flip away from an exit, now Christopher Frank has won a pot to join the boys at the top of the counts.
He opened to 80,000 from the button and called when Theo Jorgensen three-bet to 210,000 from the small blind.
The Team PokerStars Pro continued for 175,000 on the 
flop and Frank called. On the turn Jorgensen went for pot control and check-called a 260,000 bet. Both players checked the 
river and Frank opened 
and took the pot as the Dane mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000 | 525,000 |
|
1,350,000 | -655,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,545,000 | 145,000 |
|
3,235,000 | 335,000 |
|
|
3,125,000 | 271,000 |
|
|
2,975,000 | 115,000 |
|
|
2,005,000 | -216,000 |
|
1,260,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
1,010,000 | 117,000 |
|
1,010,000 | 38,000 |
|
830,000 | -170,000 |
|
|
515,000 | 131,000 |
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Ruben Visser was on a tear lately but he just lost some dropping him down to 3.4 million. Visser raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Olof Haglund called from the big blind.
The flop brought out 
and both players checked. On the turn the 
hit and Haglund check-called 77,000. The river brought the and now Visser bet 185,000 after Haglund had checked. Visser showed 
and lost to Haglund's .
Moments later Haglund raised and Visser called from the big blind. The flop brought and Visser check-called 90,000. The turn, the 
, was checked by both players and the river was the 
. Visser checked again and folded when Haglund bet 240,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000 | -550,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,860,000 | |
|
|
2,221,000 | 571,000 |
|
|
1,181,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
972,000 | -385,000 |
|
|
384,000 | -436,000 |
