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Inside the Empire
Maybe because it's simply a Friday, or perhaps due to the array of voluptuous showgirls parading outside, it's so jam-packed out there in Leicester Square that even a baby snake dripping in Vaseline would struggle to slip in.
Inside the Empire Casino, however, is a slightly quieter affair, even though several of the biggest names in poker are still plugging away in this £2,500 Horse event. I'm sure that'll change come weekly booze time, and all the Friday night party-goers will come trundling in and thickening the rail to three or four rows.
For the time being though, the Empire casino seems to be handling the pressures of WSOPE very well indeed. Very few complaints, plenty of happy faces and inexperienced dealers performing magnificently. Kudos to cardroom manager Paul Whiting who has worked tirelessly throughout the duration of this competition.
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John Juanda talks to PokerNews
PokerNews was able to chat with a number of big names today just before they busted out. Hopefully the fact that we talked to Justin Bonomo, David Williams, and Scott Fischman has no correlation to the fact that they all busted shortly after.
One player that we spoke to still doing well was John Juanda. John talked about the WSOP coming to Europe, and about how poker players always think they have an edge, even in field like this.
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Players have re-drawn to three tables. Here's the new lineup, complete with chip counts:
Table 11:
1. Jennifer Harman 53,500
2. Jan Sorensen 74,000
3. Nikolaus Jedlicka 11,500
4. Tom Nightingale 26,500
5. Marc Goodwin 47,000
6. Alex Kravchenko 39,000
7. Jimmy Fricke 35,000
8. Barny Boatman 64,000
Table 12:
1. Brandon Adams 20,000
2. Max Pescatori ELIMINATED IN 24th PLACE
3. Rafi Amit 35,000
4. Gary Jones 90,000
5. John Juanda 58,000
6. Kirk Morrison 46,000
7. Stephen Ladowsky 15,000
8. Chris Ferguson 35,000
Table 13:
1. Yuval Bronshtein 46,000
2. Michael Tsamis 27,000
3. Thomas Bihl 65,000
4. Jeff Madsen 34,000
5. Joe Beevers 48,000
6. David Levi 23,000
7. Mark Vos 68,000
8. Eric Dalby 18,000
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Hankins was down to two big blinds when Alex Kravchenko limped under the gun. Fricke, Boatman, Harman all called and Hankins did the same on the button, as did the blinds.
It when check check check and Hankins bet his last blind, Boatman, Harman and Kravchenko all called.
No idea what the other hands were but Hankins caught a low straight and took down a huge (for him) pot.
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Flush for Tsamis
It's lucky Jeff Madsen isn't donning the Jester outfit he wore at WSOP 2007, as it wouldn't fit the frown that he currently wears across his face here in London.
Tangling with Michael Tsamis from the big blind in a spot of Omaha, Madsen's 1.5k and 3k bets on the flop and river of a board were swiftly called by Tsamis before Madsen admitted defeat by checking the river.
Reluctant to show, the two time bracelet winner revealed against Tsamis' superior
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Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Chris Ferguson, eyes shaded by his characteristic black cowboy hat, just took a tidy pot in Razz from John Juanda, bumping his stack out of the danger zone and up to 42K. Showing while Juanda had the , he called the whole way down as their respective hands came to look like:
Juanda: (X-X)
Ferguson: (X-X)
After the final card shot off the deck at each player (the dealers here deal European-style, smoothly off the top with the deck held on the table rather than pitching) it was Juanda who faced the final 3K bet from Ferguson. Call. Ferguson showed his hole cards to be () for the winning low hand.
Stacks are up and down like the bars on the display of a 1980's hifi -- all I can say is Gary Jones is looking confident behind his 100K +.
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The proverbial cow in a steakhouse
Just as I was retelling Jeff''s tales of woe against Tsamis, just a few hands later he was wishing the table good luck and exiting stage left.
Short-stacked but making an understandable pre-flop raise with , Jeff was called by both the blinds, one of whom was the wonderfully named Yuval Bronshtein.
With both blinds checking on the flop, Madsen made his 1.5k continue bet but was re-raised all-in for his remaining 2.1k by Yuval.
On their backs, and Yuval was behind with , but managed to hit a set on the turn, before surviving the harmless river.
Jeff rises from his seat about as happy as a cow in a steakhouse and heads to the rail.
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During the last hour or so, our remaining 21 players have been enjoying a well-deserved dinner break and will be due back in approximately 10 minutes.
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board were swiftly called by Tsamis before Madsen admitted defeat by checking the 
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, he called the whole way down as their respective hands came to look like:
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turn, before surviving the harmless 
river.