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Ayaz Mahmood
With the board reading , Ayaz Mahmood had check-raised Chris Bell's leading bet of 30,000 to 90,000 and the action was back on Bell.
Although the crowd were shadowing the table, Bell took his time with his decision and began riffling through his chips. Meanwhile, Mahmood fidgeted in his seat like a three-legged ferret, his posture changing on multiple occasions.
At one point, Bell requested a count, but Mahmood refused to respond, leading to Bell asking the dealer for assistance. However, before the dealer had even reached out for chips, a couple of players estimated various figures, and even a random member of the rail shouted out a number.
With the eyes of the action-hungry audience fixated on the table, Bell flipped over a jack to gauge a last minute reaction. Whether he received a tell or not is unknown, but in the end, Bell made the fold and Mahmood took the pot.
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Benjamin Zamani is down to 120,000. He raised preflop from the button, and big blind Lee Watkinson called him. They both checked the flop, and Watkinson bet out 30,000 on the the turn; Zamani called. The river came the and Watkinson checked. Zamani checked behind him, and just mucked when Watkinson turned over for the straight.
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Benjamin Zamani, sitting on a fairly comfortable 185,000, is so weary of this that he appears to be actually taking a nap at the table, his hood up and his forehead on the felt. He gets a walk.
Meanwhile Jan Von Halle is still getting a massage -- his official massage clock is running at five hours and 49 minutes currently. At this rate he's going to have to win the tournament just to pay off his masseuse.
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After eating up the big bind, Keith Greer pushed on the next hand for 30,000, but big blind Lee Watkinson decided against giving him a spin for the extra 20,000 and folded 7-6 face up.
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With one player so short on chips and about to hit the big blind, it would appear as though that final table spot is a valuable commodity to most players.
As such, whenever anybody receives a strong hand, you can see the pained expression on their face as they try to calculate what to do. In the last hand I witnessed, Ayaz Mahmood had made a standard preflop raise only for Chris Bell to tank for a good few minutes in late position.
He counted out his chips numerous times, grimaced slightly and even glanced over at short stack Keith Greer who was seated under-the-gun. Eventually, he did make the reraise, and to Bell's probable relief, Mahmood quickly mucked.
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There are a few war-weary faces out there at the moment, and most of them are waiting for the fall of Keith Greer who has dwindled down to just 45,000 in chips. However, with no running ante forcing him to make a move, Greer appears to be in no rush to get those chips in, so we may have to wait a round or two before coming across an eventual all in.
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Robert Cheung raised to 38,000, and Lee Watkinson made it 119,000. Cheung raised the pot, and Watkinson called all in for 141,000 total. A crowd of railers and reporters suddenly closed in around the table.
Cheung:
Watkinson:
Board:
Both players remained silent and composed, although a pro-Watkinson railer went crazy shouting "YES!!!" repeatedly, as Watkinson doubled up to 297,000.
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, Ayaz Mahmood had check-raised Chris Bell's leading bet of 30,000 to 90,000 and the action was back on Bell.
flop, and Watkinson bet out 30,000 on the the 
turn; Zamani called. The river came the 
and Watkinson checked. Zamani checked behind him, and just mucked when Watkinson turned over 
for the straight.
flop, and when Mahmood bet the pot on the 
for second pair
for a sneaky set
