Registration is closed for the 12 p.m. flight and 221 entries were made. A total of 43 reentries were done and the total number of entries for the first seven starting flights stands at 731.
| Day | Players | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | 60 | 12 |
| Day 1b | 89 | 17 |
| Day 1c | 69 | 13 |
| Day 1d | 80 | 14 |
| Day 1e | 114 | 24 |
| Day 1f | 98 | 21 |
| Day 1g | 221 | ? |
| Total | 731 | 101 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The players are on their next 25-minute break. Late registration will be closed when level nine starts.
Lex Live isn’t your typical poker festival. There’s poker to be played, sure, but it’s what happens away from the felt which really matters to this community.
Take last night, for example.
Lex Veldhuis and PokerStars hired The Bat and Ball in Westfield Stratford City, directly opposite the Aspers Casino, and invited everyone from Lex Live 2 to get together, hang out, drink, play ping pong, eat, drink, shoot some pool, drink, battle at beer pong, and drink.
And did we mention the open bar?
Check the full gallery and article by Jack Stanton for PokerStars Blog.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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52,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
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33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
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27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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15,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
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11,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
Chris Moneymaker raised under the gun to 2,100 and he was called by Arlie Shaban from middle position. Both of the blinds called as well and the four saw the 
flop being dealt after Shaban asked for a four on the board.
All four checked to see the 
on the turn and it checked to Shaban who bet 5,000. The blinds got out of the way and PokerStars Ambassador Moneymaker raised to 10,000. Fellow Ambassador Shaban stuck around after Moneymaker said ''just fold'' to his teammate.
The 
was dealt on the river and Moneymaker bet 6,500 which was everything he had behind and Shaban quickly called. Moneymaker showed 
but he was beat by Shaban who showed 
and he didn't need a four on the flop after all.
Moneymaker still has the opportunity to buy back in the tournament with late registration open for another level and also a turbo flight kicking off at 6 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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Busted | |
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Registration will be closed at the start of the next level after the break. A total of 177 unique entries were made in the tournament and another 33 reentries to already have a total of 210 entries in Day 1g.
There will be another flight later today at 6 p.m. local time where the players will have 20-minute levels instead of 30-minute levels.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Terry Jordan got his money in the middle with 
against and 
. Jordan and another player were at risk of elimination with Jordan having the middle stack of the three.
His hand held on the 
runout and he scooped the big pot, eliminating one player while leaving David Butaev behind short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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180,000 | |
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5,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Kevin van Veen is known within Lex Veldhuis's community as 'Care_Teddy' and he just eliminated a player. He saw the player in early position raise to 2,000 and Van Veen three-bet to 5,400 from middle position. It folded around to the initial raiser and he called.
The flop was dealt 
and it checked to Van Veen who continued with a bet of 8,000. His opponent pushed all in for 31,000 and a quick call was made by Van Veen.
Van Veen showed and his opponent had . The 
turn and river didn't change anything for Van Veen and he scooped the pot, eliminating his opponent in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 |
