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The PokerNews crew is back to talk about all of the happenings at the World Series of Poker, the news of Mark Scheinberg's settlement with the DOJ, the premier of Bet Raise Fold, and Matthew Parvis tells a story of a charity poker tournament he played with Irv Gotti and Ja Rule of Murder Inc.
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Its always great when influential people from the poker community come out and play in WSOP events. We have just spotted WSOP sideline reporter Kara Scott and she was bubbly as always.
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon and his opponent put in 525 each before the flop. The flop came 
. Vaca-Rondon made a bet of 1,025 after his opponent checked. His opponent took quite some time deciding what to do. After some time he moved all in. Vaca-Rondon snapped it off and they flipped up the cards.
Vaca-Rondon: 
Opponent: 
Vaca-Rondon had a lot of outs. The turn 
was one of them. The river 
did not matter and Vaca-Rondon eliminated his opponent. He now has 9,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000 | 4,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante:
Just moments ago, we walked up to a hand with Athanasios Polychronopoulos on the river, where he and two other players had already committed some chips to the pot. The board was 
.
There was an all-in bet and a call before the action was to Polychronopoulos, who folded while revealing an for three-of-a-kind. One opponent showed for a full house and the other mucked, which would have cost Polychronopoulos his tournament life had he not folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200 | -1,300 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
Tai Nguyen had a great finish to the $1,000 event on Tuesday. He finished third for $147,220. He will be looking to get off the ground today to repeat that success.
When we came upon Nguyen, he had reraised to 950 on a flop of 
when his opponent raised his bet. His opponent called, and Nguyen bet out 1,350 on a turn of the . He was called again. The river came the . Both players checked. Nguyen held 
for a pair of nines, but his opponent flipped up 
for trip deuces.
With that, Nguyen's day has started in the wrong direction because he is down to 2,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100 | -2,400 |
After winning his second career bracelet just a few days ago in Event #17 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, Athanasios Polychronopoulos is going for a back-to-back, third career bracelet today.
Polychronopoulos has proven to be a moving force in the $1,500 buy-in events, winning both of his bracelets in these grueling, 2,000-plus entrant fields. First it was in 2011, where he beat a field of 2,713 for first place, and just a few days ago he beat out 2,105 competitors for his second gold bracelet. Polychronopoulos showed up early today and is looking to build a quick stack as action gets underway in the Brasilia room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
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4,500 | 4,500 |
