Joe Ebanks and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin's tournament is over, both having busted since returning from the break. The eliminations of these stars leaves the waters in this tournament slightly less shark infested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Ireland's Shaun Prendiville has come back from break on a heater and more than doubled his stack from when we last counted it.
Also adding to their stack is Kara Scott who now has 3,600. Keep an eye out for Scott as she presents the upcoming Big One For One Drop and the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, otherwise known as the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,800
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
5,100 | |
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|
5,100 | |
|
4,500 | |
|
3,600
1,400
|
1,400 |
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|
2,700 | |
|
2,600 | |
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|
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|
2,300
700
|
700 |
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Heinz Kamutzki, who has two final tables at this year's WSOP, has built quite an impressive stack here early on Day 1. He did give up a few recently, however.
After a flop of 
, Kamutzki bet 725 and his opponent called. The turn was the 
and Kamutzki's opponent checked. Kamutzki bet 1,275 and his opponent called. The 
fell on the river, Kamutzki's opponent checked and Kamutzki fired 3,550, putting his opponent nearly all in.
His opponent thought for a moment and eventually called. Kamutzki showed 
for the stone-cold bluff and his opponent tabled 
. "I almost folded," said Kamutzki's opponent. "You should have... that was the plan," joked Kamutzki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
Jason Wheeler and Arnaud Mattern have faced each other several times on the European Poker Tour and are now seated at the same table at the 2014 World Series of Poker.
Both have won pots recently without having to even go to a flop.
Wheeler was facing a 425 raise from middle position and opted to three-bet to 1,125 from the button. His opponent couldn't quite pull the trigger and sent his cards into the muck.
The next hand, Mattern raised to 425 from under the gun and nobody wanted to tangle with the Frenchman and he added the blinds and antes to his stack.
One table over from Mattern is his fellow countryman and former November Nine member Antoine Saout, who has 6,700 chips in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,700 | |
|
4,000 | |
|
2,400 | |
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A player from middle position made it 450 to play and British pro Mathew Frankland called from the next seat along. Both the button and big blind called, making it four-handed to the 
flop.
The players checked to Frankland, Frankland bet 1,000 and the players folded in turn, with the big blind accidentally exposing the 
as he did so.
That pot took Frankland over the 10,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,700
6,100
|
6,100 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Sunny Chattha is getting it quietly over in silver section and is approaching 10,000 chips.
Sean Jazayeri is also doing well for himself and is currently armed with an 8,250 stack, while Spanish sensation Sergio Aido is no longer in the hunt for a bracelet having busted as the fifth level came to a close.
Around 700 players remain in this event, meaning the tournament has lost over 1,000 players during the first five levels!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,500
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
8,250 | |
|
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|
4,500 | |
|
1,900 | |
|
Busted | |
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We didn't catch the hand, but Dennis Phillips was nice enough to fill us in on the details. Facing a preflop raise, Rodrigo Portaleoni called and Ylon Schwartz moved all in for about 8,000. The original raiser got out of the way and Portaleoni insta-called with 
.
Schwartz had the best of it with 
, but a queen came on the turn and Schwartz couldn't improve on the river. Just like that, Schwartz was cracked and busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
Busted | |
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Hawaii's Duy Ho, who finished fifth in a $1,500 buy-in event at the 2012 World Series of Poker, looks to be our chip leader right now having amassed 36,000 chips.
Also nicely stacked are Jared Hamby and Thayer Rasmussen who have 18,500 and 12,000 stacks. Hamby is currently updating his chip stack and beer count via his Twitter account and has so far consumed eight beverages. It seems to be working well for him, let's see if it continues to do so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | |
|
18,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
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|
12,000 | |
|
4,500 | |
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|
Busted | |
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After a flop of 
, Dennis Phillips called an all-in bet from his opponent with 
. His opponent tabled .
Turn: 
River: 
Phillips ended up with a straight and has built a nice stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,800
8,800
|
8,800 |
