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Teutonic contender Jan Von Halle is no more -- it seems he mistimed a move against David Singer, and ended up all in on the turn of a board holding . David Singer was holding the unbeatable set of eights, and not even the on the river could save the by-now-drawing-dead Von Halle. Singer is now on 47,000, and the German has already reserved a lounger by the pool... :)
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With the board reading , Joe Tehan bets 1,850 before being called by the cutoff. A river and Tehan bets out again, this time a tall column of black chips worth around 2,000. Again, he is called, but takes down the pot with . His defeated opponent mucks.
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Former chip leader JC Tran has somehow dropped down to just 9,500. All we know, I'm afraid, is that he showed a pair of sixes. Hopefully more details to come.
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Strolling the floor I ran into Irish Open champ Neil Channing, who told me that the gentleman who had previously been seated next to him, serial WPT casher and WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Reategui, had busted out in a 30k pot, holding 5-6 on a Q-5-6 flop but finding himself up against a set of Queens. Apparently he'd been all over the place, chip-wise - apparently up to 250,000 (most likely a lie from Mr Channing, but in any case he'd been a real contender at one point) and back down to 9,000, and then OUT. It's a cruel game.
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Nicholas Cannon is your current chip leader with a mammoth, huge, ginormous, gargantuan, whopping (I do love my thesaurus) 56,000 in chips. Ay caramba!
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In this case, the birds aren't Peter and Paul, but Steve Paul-Ambrose and Tom Schneider, the latter of whom was all in for 650 preflop. Paul-Ambrose called, but the button made it 1,200, only for the two players to form a sidepot and see a flop. Paul-Ambrose check-raised all in with , but was swiftly called by his opponent's . No help on the turn and river and Paul-Ambrose was bowled out, as was Tom Scheider whose also failed to improve.
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With 252 players remaining, the action has slowed down somewhat from the frantic beginning we endured, and the pace is more likened to a snail race in treacle as opposed to the mad sprint from earlier. However, poker is an unpredictable game, and at any given moment bedlam can occur, mammoth pots created, and big names hit the deck, so be sure to stay tuned as we get closer to the money.
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Dutch Boyd and Kristen Jonkman have just now tangled, and Boyd has come out rather the worse - he called all in on the river of a board, and mucked as Kristen turned over for the nuts.
As if busting him weren't enough, Dutch left Kristen his bandana as a sort of bonus prize for taking him out. Lucky Kristen.
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board holding 
. David Singer was holding the unbeatable set of eights, and not even the 
on the river could save the by-now-drawing-dead Von Halle. Singer is now on 47,000, and the German has already reserved a lounger by the pool... :)
, Joe Tehan bets 1,850 before being called by the cutoff. A 
flop. Paul-Ambrose check-raised all in with 
, but was swiftly called by his opponent's 
. No help on the 
turn and 
river and Paul-Ambrose was bowled out, as was Tom Scheider whose 
also failed to improve.
board, and mucked as Kristen turned over 
for the nuts. 
