Ka Kwan Lau won this event at PokerStars Championship Macau, but he's going to need a reentry to repeat the feat after a brutal bustout. He got it in there with 
but found he was up against 
of David Dayan. The Brazilian made a diamond flush to bust Lau.
At another table, Imad Derwiche took a seat.
Just before the previous level ended, Joao Simao got his stack of nearly 60,000 in on an 
flop holding 
. His top set was good against Federico Quevedo, who had 
for second set and a flush draw. The turn was a 
and the river a 
, so Quevedo sent over most of his stack after missing his heart draw.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Six players put in 1,800 preflop, and everyone checked to Mike Watson, who bet 10,800 last to act on a 
flop. Only Alexander Uskov, on Watson's right, wanted to keep playing. Uskov checked the 
turn and Watson jammed for what looked like about 26,000. Uskov folded fairly quickly.
At another table, Konstantinos Bouloutsos sat in.
Sampo Ryynanen and Anthony Zinno have entered for the first time, and George Wolff has opted to reenter.
Felipe Ramos limped in at the previous level and Hok Lee made it 2,200 from the cutoff. Luc Greenwood called in the big blind, and Ramos sprang to life with a reraise to 9,000. Lee called after some thought, and Greenwood came along too. The flop came 
, and Ramos put in his last 9,400 after Greenwood checked. Lee folded, and Greenwood seemed pained but eventually folded after exchanging some banter with Ramos.
"Just don't show me," Greenwood said with a smile.
Ramos obliged and kept his cards face-down.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
We didn't see Ka Kwan Lau's cards, as they were already in the muck, but he paid 42,400 to Vladimir Troyanovskiy on a board of 
. Troyanovskiy had 
for kings up.
Two more players also took seats: Jussi Nevanlinna and Fabian Ribau-Schmithels.
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Jean-Noel Thorel just got all of his chips in way ahead with 
on a flop of 
, which gave him the nut straight. [Removed:119] had 
for an inferior straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, but a turn and 
river gave him a full house to eliminate the disgusted Thorel.
Joao Simao and Vladimir Troyanovskiy have entered.
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