Blain Maintains
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Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree opened the action for 1,000 and found some customers in the player in the small blind and Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain in the big blind.
The flop 
was checked around and when the 
appeared on the turn the player in the small blind led out for 1,000. Blain made the call and Boeree left them to it. The river card was the 
and when it was checked to him Blain bet 2,400. This prompted his opponent to sit up in his seat, jolted out of the lethargy the heat in the tournament room seemed to have lulled him into. Unable to find a reason to call he mucked his cards and Blain added the chips to his modest stack.
There are rarely fireworks when Blain is in a pot, especially at this stage at the tournament, but he always seems to find a way to keep his head above water and tease out little pots here and there when needed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | -3,000 |
and Ladouceur checked to Ignat Liviu, who was seated to his immediate left, and bet 2,600. A player in position called and Ladouceur did so as well.
and both Ladouceur and Liviu check-folded to a bet of 7,000.
Ladouceur was faced with a bet of 2,550 and he opted to raise it up to 6,200.
and saw he was facing 
. The flop rode to the rescue though with a final board reading 
to double him up to ten big blinds.
board against Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen to see the 
on the river where both players checked. Rajah showed 
and Jorgensen nodded and mucked his hand.
and Kuhn checked to the raiser. Soulier rapped the table in reply and the 
touched the felt on fourth street.
finished off the community cards. Kuhn thought for a moment before reaching for chips. He moved 2,700 past the betting line only to have Soulier fling out a call.
and it was checked to Metaal who put out a bet of 2,250 with just over 10,000 behind. The bet ended any resistance and gave a much needed boost to the Dutch veteran.
