Germany's Elena Litvinyuk was one of the women in attendance during the last PokerNews Cup in February. In a recent hand, Litvinyuk was thinking about whether to call an all-in bet from her opponent on a 
board. The showdown proved to be anti-climatic as both players held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
We are now on our first break, which is 25 minutes long. The majority of the 68 remaining players have headed to the buffet. We currently have 86 registered and it is expected before the night is over that we will see over 100 entrants with more than 2 hours still open for players to get in on the action or re-enter if they bust.
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Italy's "Janja" is in the house and was the most successful woman during the PokerNews Cup Main Event. We expect a lot of excitement with her in the tournament as we are told she could be heard across the room any time she loses a big hand.
So far "Janja" sits slightly below the starting chip stack with approximately 25,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 |
The charismatic Lewis Murray just busted from the tournament when he shoved his remaining 5,000 with 
to get called by the big blind with 
. To make matters worse for Murray, a appeared on the board.
We asked Murray if he was going to reenter tomorrow when he was wishing us good-night. He said, "It's going to be Friday night, and Prague is calling." So while it doesn't look like we will see more of Murray in the PokerNews Cup, he did say to look him up if we ever hit the land down-under.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Australia's Lewis Murray shared with us yesterday that he is spending a couple of months traveling throughout Europe with the aim of Poker break-even. Obtaining his goal through the PokerNews Cup Main Event seems to be questionable at the moment since he just lost a huge pot with pocket-kings against a the full house of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,000 | -23,000 |
There are a handful of women in attendance including Germany's Elena Litvinyuk and Kerstin Collins, Thailand's Wansa Trensch, and Italy's "Janja", Russia's Anna Yamshchikova.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
