All the chips went in preflop between Manig Loeser and Mike Watson with Loeser having a slight chip advantage.
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All the chips went in preflop between Manig Loeser and Mike Watson with Loeser having a slight chip advantage.
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Watson was racing for his tournament life once again and scored a huge double up when the board ran out ![]()
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board with about 400,000 in the pot, Stefan Schillhabel moved all-in sending Dan Smith into the tank. A call would be for Smith's tournament life and the American pro eventually stuck it in.
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, making a straight on the turn and Smith mucked, exiting in fourth place for HK $1,821,000.
Steve O'Dwyer open-jammed preflop and Dan Smith put him at risk.
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Smith found a ten on the flop before O'Dwyer paired his ace on the ![]()
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board, knocking O'Dwyer out in fifth place.
Smith is now back in the lead.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Steve O'Dwyer opened on the button and called a three-bet shove of 390,000 from Mike Watson in the big blind.
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In true Canadian fashion and in the name of the 'Great One' Wayne Gretzky, Canadians cannot lose with 99. Channeling Gretzky's power, Watson faded the ![]()
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and dragged in the double up.
With about 500,000 piled up in the middle and a board reading ![]()
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, Stefan Schillhabel bet 500,000, enough to cover his heads-up opponent, Dan Smith's stack.
Smith went into the take for a couple moments before making the call. Schillhabel tabled ![]()
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With the double up, Smith is the new chipleader. Again.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Another set of levels is in the books and the remaining five players have departed on a 10-minute break.