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After a flop of Tom "durrrr" Dwan checks from middle position and David "The Dragon" Pham bets 8,200. Durrrr makes the call. The turn is the and durrrr checks again. Pham continues to push the action by betting 28,000. Durrrr moves all in for 54,000 total and Pham makes the call.
Pham shows an over pair with . Durrrr shows and is drawing to only six outs.
The river is the , which gives Pham a set and the pot. Durrrr is eliminated from the tournament while Pham shoots up to 185,000
Shamus
We have reached the first scheduled break, which will last 30 minutes. According to the big board, we have reached the 200-player mark for entrants. We should have an official total soon, thereby settling all of those over-under bets.
Shamus
Players are still trickling back in as the announcement has been made for play to resume. At present just five of the 201 entrants (still an unofficial total; stay tuned) have been eliminated.
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A short stacked Per Ummer pushes all in from under the gun and is called by Hasan Habib on the button. Ummer shows . Habib shows pocket fives.
The board comes and Habib eliminates Ummer with a full house.
[user25067]
On a flop of , Ivan Demidov led out for 10,500 from the big blind and Johnny Chan flat-called. The on the turn brought checks from both players, as did the on the river. Demidov turned up and Chan mucked.
Demidov is currently just below his starting stack with 110,000 while Chan has slipped to 76,000.
[user25067]
Vivek Rajkumar and Dwyte Pilgrim just tangled in a hand that left Pilgrim nearly down to the felt.
On a flop of , Pilgrim checked, Rajkumar bet 4,500 and Pilgrim called. The turn came the and this time Pilgrim led out for 4,500. Rajkumar came over the top for 17,000 and Pilgrim made the call. The river was the and Pilgrim checked, opening the door for Rajkumar to bet 45,000. After a lengthy stint in the tank, Pilgrim called.
Rajkumar showed for two pair with an ace kicker. Pilgrim flashed the as he tossed his cards into the muck, his stack down to only 8,000.
After the hand, Rajkumar was riding high with 255,000.
Shamus
Joe Hachem
Isaac Haxton, Joe Hachem, and Ted Lawson all saw a flop of . It checked to Lawson who bet 8,000 from the button. Haxton folded, then Hachem raised to 25,100. Lawson reraised to 60,000, Hachem repopped to 110,000 total, and Lawson called with the rest of his stack.
Hachem
Lawson
Lawson was in rough shape. The on the turn and spelled the end of Lawson's day. Hachem now has 183,000.
[user111541]
Jonathan Little opens the pot from early position and Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis reraises from behind to 4,000. Gavin Smith then smooth calls the three bet from late position. Action gets back around to Little who makes another raise to 15,000. Veldhuis makes a fifth raise for 25,200 more. Smith folds and Little moves all in. Veldhuis insta-calls and shows pocket aces. Little shows kings.
The board comes and Veldhuis doubles up to 190,000.
Just a few hands later Little gets it all in with queens against the pocket kings of Veldhuis preflop. The kings hold up and Little is eliminated.
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis - 243,000
Jonathan Little - Eliminated
Shamus
Just before Ted Lawson's elimination, Dario Minieri was also busted. Then came the following hand involving Christian Harder and Jay Rosenkrantz.
The table folded to Harder who raised to 2,200 from the cutoff. Then Rosenkrantz reraised to 12,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Harder shoved all in for 60,000. Rosenkrantz made the call.
Harder showed , while Rosenkrantz tabled . The board ran out , and Harder was eliminated. Rosenkrantz now has 218,000.
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan checks from middle position and David "The Dragon" Pham bets 8,200. Durrrr makes the call. The turn is the 
and durrrr checks again. Pham continues to push the action by betting 28,000. Durrrr moves all in for 54,000 total and Pham makes the call.
. Durrrr shows 
and is drawing to only six outs.
. Habib shows pocket fives.
, Ivan Demidov led out for 10,500 from the big blind and Johnny Chan flat-called. The 
on the turn brought checks from both players, as did the 
on the river. Demidov turned up 
and Chan mucked. 
and this time Pilgrim led out for 4,500. Rajkumar came over the top for 17,000 and Pilgrim made the call. The river was the 
for two pair with an ace kicker. Pilgrim flashed the 
as he tossed his cards into the muck, his stack down to only 8,000. 
