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Here's a suggestion by the PokerStars Blog team. And it's only a suggestion.
Denny Müller raised to 1,700 and a player to his left called. From the small blind, long-time player Peter "Bifta" Smyth shoved all in for 7,250. Müller reshoved all-in to get the third player out of the hand.
Peter Smyth: 
Denny Müller: 
"I misread my hand! I swear I thought I had sixes", Smyth exclaimed after tabling his hole cards.
The Brit found himself in an even deeper hole after the 
flop and was looking for a runner-runner miracle to survive. The 
on the turn was the best card he could find, opening up a straight draw. The 
on the river improved Smyth to two pair, but Müller's set was still best.
"Nice hand! I think I'm getting old", laughed Smyth as he exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
There are seven finalists remaining in the €5,300 King's High Roller with Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the lead. The players are being moved to the feature table. It's bubble time, only six players will be going home with money.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
The players are on their second fifteen-minute break of the day. There is no dinner break scheduled. After the break, four more levels of 45 minutes will be played until Day 1a has concluded.
With late registration coming to a close soon, the clock currently has 183 players signed up for Day 1a. 136 of them are still in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 10,000 |
|
110,000 | 57,000 |
|
|
98,000 | -2,000 |
|
98,000 | 98,000 |
|
95,000 | 8,000 |
|
90,000 | 35,000 |
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
77,000 | 35,000 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
66,000 | 22,500 |
|
29,000 | -3,000 |
|
24,000 | 9,000 |
|
22,000 | -13,000 |
WSOP bracelet winner Jörg Peisert was involved in three-way action on an 
board. Peisert bet 3,800 after two checks and got two calls.
The river was the 
and Alexander Romme led out 7,500. The other player folded and Peisert snap-called. Romme showed 
for a straight and Peisert silently mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
18,000 | 2,000 |
Peter Kamaras started off bad, but is quickly climbing back up the leaderboard.
In a blind battle with Piotr Sadowski, it was the Pole who bet 1,400 on a 
board. Kamaras raised to 3,100 and Sadowski called. On the 
river, Sadowski check-called a 5850 bet from the Hungarian.
Kamaras showed 
for a full house and Sadowski mucked his hand.
"I knew you were bluffing on the turn", grumbled Sadowski. "I had pocket threes", he added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 67,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
