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Catching the action with five players all in, we found Steve Billirakis all in.
Billirakis: 
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The board ran out 
to see Billirakis scoop the pot with a flopped full house as he moves to 4,850 while retaining no add-on chips.
"Hey mate, how you going?" stated Joe Hachem.
"Not bad, how's life treating you?" I responded.
"Same old, same old" Hachem responded.
As you can see from the conversation above with this PokerNews blogger, Joe Hachem has arrived in today's tournament.
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Carlos Mortensen raised to 250 from under the gun and was called by the player next to act. The flop came 
and Mortensen bet 400. The other player raised to 1,850 and Mortensen called. The turn brought the and Mortensen check-called his opponent's all-in bet of 800.
Mortensen: 
Opponent: 
Mortensen's pair of tens and gutshot straight draw was trailing to the other player's aces. Unfortunately for the other player the river brought the giving Mortensen two pair and the win.
Mortensen now has 6,000 in addition to his two add-on chips.
The board was showing the and a player check-called a bet of 1,000 from Terrence Chan. Chan revealed his 
which was good enough to win the pot. He now has 5,000 and one add-on chip.
We found three players committing 300 preflop - two of which were JP Kelly and Stephen Chidwick - to see a flop fall.
Kelly tossed in a bet of 900 to force one opponent out before Chidwick check-jammed from the small blind. Kelly called off his last few thousand as the cards were tabled.
Kelly:
Chidwick: 
With Kelly holding a semi-wrap against Chidwick's semi-wrap too, the on the turn gave Chidwick the lead with the nuts, but left Kelly drawing dead to just a full house.
Unfortunately for Kelly, the river landed the to send him to the rail as Chidwick climbs to over the 13,000-chip mark.
With a raise to 275 from the cutoff, Phil Laak made the call from the button, as did the small blind.
The flop of 
saw Laak fire out a pot bet of 925 which was called by just the small blind as both players checked the on the turn.
The river of the also saw both players check as the small blind tabled his winning 
for trips. Laak mucked, while also slipping to 4,125 having already used his add-on chips.
After a flop of 
Matt Affleck checked to his opponent who bet 550. Affleck then raised the pot and the other player went all in. Affleck called and their hands were revealed.
Opponent: 
Affleck:
Affleck's set of jacks was trailing the other player's set of aces. The on the turn gave Affleck some flush outs, but the on the river was of no help and his stack dipped to 2,900 with one add-on chip behind.
Catching the action on the flop of 
, we found Bertrand Grospellier giving an all in player action with his .
Leading against his opponent's 
, the turn and river landed the and 
to send his opponent to the rail as Grospellier climbs to 18,000 in chips.
With three players still in the hand and the board reading 
Eli Elezra tossed out a bet of 1,625. One of the players called while the other folded.
Elezra showed 
for a pair of jacks and although not the strongest hand, it was better than what the other player held and Elezra won the pot.
The player that folded admitted that he had folded the best hand. Elezra's stack was at 12,350 after the hand.
Players are continuing too arrive in today's tournament, and here are some of the players that we've spotted.
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