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David Singer raised to 1,000 from the cutoff, the small blind reraised to 3,000 and Singer made the call. The flop was . The small blind bet 4,500 and Singer called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . The small blind bet another 6,500 sending Singer into the tank.
"Will you show if I fold?" queried Singer.
"No" was the small blind's quick reply.
Singer ultimately made the call, turning over pocket nines, which were good against the small blind's . He's now up to 55,000.
Ayaz Mahmood, from Event No. 20
As we near the dinner break, several tables are being broken at once and players are being assigned new seats. The table at which Isabelle Mercier and Ayaz Mahmood were sitting across from one another recently broke.
As the players stood waiting to learn where they were headed, Mahmood called out "She is disappointed," pointing at Mercier. The other players asked what Mahmood meant.
Stuart Gunn raised it up to 900 from under the gun and found callers from Ian Cox in the next seat and a player in middle position before the flop came .
Gunn bet 3,000 and only Cox called before the turn came prompting the rest of the chips to go in.
Gunn tabled to Cox's . The river changed nothing and Cox is down to just 3,050 whilst Gunn is up to 36,000.
Tom Peterson bet 1,000 on the flop and Steve Diano called. On the turn, Tom fired 3,000 into the pot and Steve called. On the river, Tom fired another 3,000 into the pot and was raised this time by Diano. Tom called the raise and Steve showed A-10.
Tom turned over pocket sevens for quads and took the pot down. Many were surprised that there wasn't a reraise, but Steve was certainly thankful.
Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison has taken a couple of recent hits to his stack. In the first hand Peter Jepsen took down a pot on the river with an 8,000 chip bet on a board of , forcing Morrison out of the pot.
Then a few moments later Morrison was caught bluffing, after firing 3,000 on the turn and 7,000 on the river on a board of . It looked like his opponent was about to fold but he eventually made the call. Morrison knocked the table and said, "Nice call," as he tossed his cards straight into the muck. His opponent showed to take down the pot.
Sam Khouiss just became the latest victim of the 2008 Main Event. He was short-stacked and pushed all in with after a player had raised under the gun. When Khouiss moved, his opponent called him down, showing .
The board ran out . Khouiss failed to get over the hump, and he is headed out of here shortly before dinner time.
Donnie Peters
Marco Traniello eliminated
Marco Traniello raised from late position to 1,025. Ryan Hughes called from the button and the two saw the flop together. It was .
Traniello bet 2,500 and Hughes called. The turn was the and Traniello led for 6,000. Hughes reraised all in for 33,000 and had Traniello covered. Marco made the call with . Hughes held for a turned two pair.
The river was the and couldn't put Traniello back in the lead and he was eliminated.
. The small blind bet 4,500 and Singer called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
. The small blind bet another 6,500 sending Singer into the tank. 
. He's now up to 55,000.
and Mummey held 
.
to give Cloutier the elimination of Mummey. He's now up to 40,000.
against the 
of Brookes.
and Tsaousis spikes a jack to pair up and stay alive with about 8,000 chips.
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prompting the rest of the chips to go in.
.
, forcing Morrison out of the pot.
to take down the pot.
and Traniello led for 6,000. Hughes reraised all in for 33,000 and had Traniello covered. Marco made the call with 
. Hughes held 
and couldn't put Traniello back in the lead and he was eliminated.
