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John Kabbaj has seen his stack dissected in half. He raised it up to 8,500 from the button, only for neighbour Amir Englund to push all in from the small blind with . Kabbaj made a quick call with .
The flop was a teaser, the in the window followed by an and then a... , the latter of which leading Kabbaj to wave his hand before him in frustration having spotted the bullet first. A turn and were of no use, meaning Kabbaj drops to 35,000.
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A poised panther
One man who has kept his head above water is wily veteran John Kabbaj, his stack currently hovering around the 68,000 mark. But although he's yet to encounter the monster pot that would launch him into contention, his stack has experienced a few ups and downs before eventually settling on the current figure.
A seasoned pro and a legend of the British game, John is likely biding his time at the moment, and waiting for his opportunity to pounce. When he does strike though, he could begin amassing mountains of chips and start to pose a real threat on this opening WSOPE event. Like a poised panther watching his prey, Kabbaj is braced and ready to pounce. Grr.
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As pandemonium gently breaks out over the New Table Draw currently underway, the final hand sees a big pot develop after Jesper Hougaard raised to 8,000 on the button, small blind Joseph El-Shater called and then Andy Bloch reraised to 20,000 even. Hougaard was clearly not interested, but El-Shater debated internally for a while, one finger restlessly tapping some kind of card Morse until deciding to make the call.
The flop: El-Shater moved all in, called immediately by Bloch with his . El-Shater's was drawing dead after the turn and he drops to under 30,000 while Andy Bloch continues his late-stage chip rise.
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John Buttifant is off to collect his money after he pushed all in with over the top of Willie Tann's raise. Tann called with and nineless board of left us with just three tables.
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Andy Bloch started off an all-in-fest with his preflop raise to 8,000. Linda Lee pushed over the top, and was called by Soheil Zamanian in the big blind. Bloch got out of the way and they both showed offsuit. No miracles, and they chop the pot.
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Xavier Laszcz has been knocked out, though the lingering question of whether or not he is a true 'Scrabbleman' name or only good in the special 'Super Edition' version will rage on for many more hours.
He moved in with and found Daniel Negreanu giving him protection with . The board came , the faint flush draw hopes dashed on the river. Negreanu, meanwhile, is now on around 150,000.
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Terry Cook made it 10,500 to go preflop, and found small blind Neil Channing moving in over the top, narrowly covering him with his 37,000 raise. Cook thought for a while before deciding to roll with his - Channing held . The board came ... ("Chop?" asked Cook looking for a reprieve)... . No help, and he's out.
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. Kabbaj made a quick call with 
.
in the window followed by an 
and then a... 
, the latter of which leading Kabbaj to wave his hand before him in frustration having spotted the bullet first. A 
turn and 
were of no use, meaning Kabbaj drops to 35,000.
. El-Shater's 
was drawing dead after the 
turn and he drops to under 30,000 while Andy Bloch continues his late-stage chip rise.
over the top of Willie Tann's raise. Tann called with 
and nineless board of 
left us with just three tables.
offsuit. No miracles, and they chop the pot.
, the faint flush draw hopes dashed on the river. Negreanu, meanwhile, is now on around 150,000.
- Channing held 
. The board came 
... ("Chop?" asked Cook looking for a reprieve)... 
. No help, and he's out.
