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10-20-2008 20:47 UTC+11

The Price of Poker Goes Up

With the blinds now at 40,000/80,000 with a 5,000 chip ante there will be increased pressure on the short stacks to get busy.

Our short stack at the table is David Lee who holds around 14 big blinds, but with every orbit costing 140,000 chips, there is no time to sit back and wait for premium hands. Expect some more fireworks very shortly.

Nali Kaselias - $3,260,000
Ray Sukkar - $2,065,000
Kenneth Damm - $1,775,000
David Lee - $1,115,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 5,000

10-20-2008 20:46 UTC+11

Hand #142 - Ray Sukkar

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Donnie Peters

Kenneth Damm has the button in Seat 7.

Action folds over to Ray Sukkar and he completes out of the small blind. David Lee peeks down at his starting hand and then raises to 150,000. Sukkar calls.

The first three community cards are {9-Diamonds}

and Sukkar checks over to Lee. Lee reaches for chips and bets 165,000. Sukkar announces a raise and sticks a heap of brown chips in the middle -- 450,000 total. With action now back on Lee he takes his time and counts his chips with his cap pulled down tightly over his eyes. After a minute in the tank, Lee flicks his cards into the muck, giving the pot to Sukkar.

Sukkar moves up to 2,065,000 chips.

10-20-2008 20:41 UTC+11

Hand #141 - Kenneth Damm

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Nali Kaselias has the button in Seat 5.

The first two men to act fold to the blinds, and Kenneth Damm completes. Ray Sukkar taps the table, and it's heads up to a cheap flop.

It brings {10-Clubs}

. Damm bets 60,000, enough to earn him the pot.

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10-20-2008 20:40 UTC+11

Hand #140 - Nali Kaselias

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Donnie Peters

David Lee has the button in Seat 4.

Ray Sukkar and Lee fold. Nali Kaselias raises out of the small blind to 230,000 and takes down the pot.

10-20-2008 20:39 UTC+11

Hand #139 - David Lee

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Ray Sukkar has the button in Seat 9.

David Lee raises to 180,000 from the small blind, and Nali Kaselias stares him down for a minute. He elects to show the {K-Diamonds}

as he folds, and Lee pulls in the small pot.

10-20-2008 20:37 UTC+11

Hand #138 - David Lee

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Donnie Peters

Kenneth Damm has the button in Seat 7.

Action folds over to Ray Sukkar in the small blind. He reaches for a handful of chips and raises to 200,000. David Lee squeezes his cards in the big blind and then moves all in for 1,150,000 chips. Sukkar checks his hole cards one more time and lets them go. Lee takes the pot and is up to 1,370,000 chips.

10-20-2008 20:35 UTC+11

Hand #137 - Kenneth Damm

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Nali Kaselias has the button in Seat 5.

Kenneth Damm is first in from the small blind, and he raises to 200,000. As Ray Sukkar folds from the big, Damm flashes the {A-Spades}

and pulls in the small pot.

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10-20-2008 20:34 UTC+11

Hand #136 - Kenneth Damm

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Donnie Peters

David Lee has the button in Seat 4.

Lee raises to 180,000 and Kenneth Damm announces all in from the big blind for 1,475,000. Lee folds and Damm takes the pot.

10-20-2008 20:32 UTC+11

Hand #135 - David Lee

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Ray Sukkar has the button in Seat 9.

Kenneth Damm and he fold, and David Lee cuts out raising chips. He makes it a total of 200,000 to play, and Kaselias asks, "One-forty to call?" The dealer affirms, and he opts to lay it down.

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