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Patrik Antonius
Maybe arriving on time was not a bad thing for Patrik Antonius. When he won this event a couple of years ago, he hadn't even taken his seat at this stage. This time around he has amassed one of the largest stacks, and is among the 196 players who remain. He currently has 31,000 in chips.
Dario Minieri is not known for sitting on a stack and true to form he has dropped from 30,000 down to 6,000 and does not look too happy.
The biggest stack I have counted thus far belongs to Thomas Wahlroos, who has about 35,000 in chips.
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At Mark Vos' table, a hand broke out with six limpers to the pot, including the vocal Aussie, and all six of them folded to the big blind's 2,500 raise.
Elsewhere, the following players who once held seats in the tournament have been spotted in a nearby cash game:
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The numbers have been crunched and here's what they look like:
Entrants: 282
*According to Madeleine Harper of PokerStars, the discrepancy on player numbers was due to the late arrival of one Johan Storakers, which brought the total from 281 to 282.
Prizepool: €2,143,200
Places Paid: 24
First Place Money: €670,800
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John Kabbaj
...Not many people would when the following occurs in back-to-back hands:
Hand #1: Facing an early position pre-flop raise to 800, Kabbaj re-raises to 2,800 from the big blind. His opponent calls after a mini-dwell and the flop comes:
John checks and then moves in over the top of his opponent's 3,000 bet, but gets called instantly. The players show:
Kabbaj:
Opponent:
The turn and river bring no help and John is left with just 1,900 in chips.
Hand #2: The UTG player opens for a raise, which is called by a player in late position before the action gets around to John, who moves all in from the small blind; UTG calls and the late position player gets out of the way.
John shows a solid , but once again finds himself up against ... (Yes, exactly the same suits as the previous hand).
The hit on the flop, ending John's tournament a bit earlier than he would've liked.
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Dario Minieri
Young Italian online whizkid Dario Minieri has already got his stack up to 30,000 and is one of the tournament chip leaders.
The news is not so good for another online hotshot, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi. He is out after pushing all in on an all-spade flop, only to be shown the nuts. He must have had no pair as he mucked before the turn or river was dealt.
Andy Black has climbed back up to 4,700 and is now tucking into a steak meal at his table.
There are currently 235 players remaining in the field.
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Julian Thew "skillfully avoided a two-outer" when his Q-Q beat his opponent's K-K all in pre-flop; a Queen came on the flop to send the man they call "Yo-Yo" back up to his 10,000 starting stack.
Nikolaus Jedlicka is back down to 7,000 after calling a 2,000 river bet on a board reading . Jedlicka's opponent showed for a ten-high straight and Jedlicka mucked.
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Hevad "RainKhan" Khan
Chips seem to flowing in the direction of Hevad "RaiNKHan" Khan. His stack had already increased since the last count, when he raised it up pre-flop and got a caller to his left.
The flop came down and he bet out 500 into a 600 pot and was called.
The turn was the and this time he bet 2,400, which was also called.
The river was and they checked it down, Hevad showing the for a full house which beat the of his opponent.
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, but once again finds himself up against 
hit on the flop, ending John's tournament a bit earlier than he would've liked.
. Jedlicka's opponent showed 
for a ten-high straight and Jedlicka mucked.
and this time he bet 2,400, which was also called.
and they checked it down, Hevad showing the 
for a full house which beat the 
of his opponent.
