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Mike Caro
Well, it took a while, but we finally got some semblance of a hand on Mike Caro. Action folded around to Peter Feldman in the small blind, who limped into the pot in front of Caro's big blind.
"I can't ever let anyone do that," said Caro. He raised to 10,000. Feldman called and checked the flop. Caro took down the pot with a single bet. At Feldman's request, Caro flashed his cards: .
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We're not going to lie. The action since we came back from dinner hasn't been what soccer enthusiasts would call "end to end". Even though the tournament clock says the average stack has thirty big blinds (which should mean lots of stacks well below that average), the chips seems evenly spread. Most players seem comfortably deep, but not so deep that they're willing to splash around and see lots of flops. Right now it's difficult to find interesting hands to write about.
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We have a feeling that Shane Schleger may have decided he was in a good spot to gamble. After James Taylor opened to 8,000 from early position, Schleger reraised to 25,000. That second raise folded all other players back to Taylor, who moved all in for about 104,000.
The raise of 79,000 represented about two-thirds of Schleger's remaining stack. He put it up for grabs and opened . Taylor showed , a hand which held up on a jack-high board. Schleger slipped down to 49,000 while Taylor is robusto with 210,000.
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Kathy Liebert is out. As a short stack, she lost a battle of the blinds when her could not out-run her opponent's on a board.
Praz Bansi is also out. He was on the other side of a king-queen battle, holding against Milan Andrejkovics' . Neither player connected on a board of .
donpeters
After Jonathan Tare raised to 11,000, Johnny Lodden moved all in from the big blind. Tare wasted little time in calling and tabled . Lodden was dominated with .
The board ran out and Lodden was gone from the tournament.
donpeters
Shane Schleger moved all in before action got to Nicholas Sliwinski. Sliwinski took some time and then mucked his hand. He looked at the dealer and said, "You know, you're not making this easy for me." The dealer smiled as Sliwinski continued. "I'm not kidding, you keep putting me in these dangerous spots with these hands. I'd be opening with these hands, but every time I get them, someone raises into me, can you stop?"
The dealer chuckled as did some of the other players at the table, before Sliwinski went on to say, "I don't take a while, but these hands are just crazy. Every time I look I have to make a decision. I'm not normally one to take forever, but I can't help it."
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The action has picked up again. Patrick Bruel got his stack in the middle preflop with and was called by Michiel Brummelhuis, who showed . As has repeatedly been the case today, an ace hit the flop and then held through the turn and river. Brummelhuis dragged the pot and is up to 240,000; Bruel is out.
donpeters
The next list of payouts includes everyone earning $6,929.
64. Ivo Donev
65. Hamad Cholagh
66. Jeffry Alan
67. Guenael Legoupil
68. David Bornstein
69. Nenad Medic
70. Brett Newton
71. Tony Dunst
72. Roy Winston
donpeters
Damian Salas moved all in for about 44,000 in preflop action and was called by Max Greenwood. Greenwood was behind with a smaller pair of sevens to Salas' pocket tens. The board ran out and Salas earned the double to over 90,000.
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flop. Caro took down the pot with a single bet. At Feldman's request, Caro flashed his cards: 
.
. Taylor showed 
, a hand which held up on a jack-high board. Schleger slipped down to 49,000 while Taylor is robusto with 210,000.
could not out-run her opponent's 
on a 
. Neither player connected on a board of 
.
and Lodden was gone from the tournament.
and was called by Michiel Brummelhuis, who showed 
and Salas earned the double to over 90,000.
