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flop, Gerasimova bet 3,500, only for Vivek Rajkumar to raise all in. With only the briefest of pauses but an intense look of sadness, Gerasimova folded. As the cards are reshuffled, Steve Zolotow turns to me. "Did you see their hands?" I confess that I didn't, what with the awkwardness of players having heads and some of those heads obscuring my view. He informs me that Gerasimova was holding 
and Rajkumar the mighty 
.The very next hand, Gerasimova raised from the button, only for a short-stacked Patrik Antonius to move all in from the small blind for 2,400. She called, and promptly doubled him up on a coinflip.
Gerasimova:
Antonius:
Board:
Gerasimova is now back down to around her starting stack.
, Nenad Medic bet a chunky 4,700, to the obvious consternation of Chris Moneymaker. Eventually Moneymaker folded, leaving himself just 6,800 to play with, and invested some time after in slowly shaking his head.
flop and Phillips checked -- but when Ruthenberg bet 5,600, Phillips announced all in and Ruthenberg folded instantly, leaving himself with 12,000.
board and Kongsgaard just mucked. A few minutes later and he'd doubled up to 14,000 with 
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