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Phonetically enigmatic player Aliaksandr Dzianisau just played out an odd sort of pot against Freddy Deeb. He raised to 425 preflop (just over a minraise), and was called by Deeb in position, and big blind Layne Flack.
Flop: . Check to Dzianisau, who bet 425 again. Deeb now raised him to 1,500, got rid of Flack, and then waited while Dzianisau suddenly minimum-reraised. 2,575 the total bet that was eventually called by Deeb.
Turn: Dzianisau bet out 1,100. Deeb called.
River: 2,125 was the bet for Deeb here, and this time he declined to make the call. Dzianisau showed him the for the straight anyway.
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Double up for Portuguese player Diogo Veiga, he raised from UTG, with Chad Brown calling on the button. Scott Montgomery reraised from the small blind to around 2,200 and Veiga moved in. Brown got out of the way and Montgomery called creating the classic 57-43 coinflip as Veiga showed to Montgomery's . A board later and Veiga was up to 9,000 while Montgomery was on 15,000.
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Ivey: Stack Nibbled by Nathwani
Having climbed a little ways in chips, Phil Ivey returned to just under 20,000 after tangling with the fearless Ketul Nathwani. The latter was the bettor, in position, on a board reading and after a think, Ivey called his 3,000. The river brought the , a check from Ivey, a quick bet of 6,100 from Nathwani, and a fold with accompanying head-shake from Ivey. It looks like the early chip leader is still keeping his chips moving around.
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Layne Flack has been making his presence known on his table, which with its complement of recognizable faces (and the glint of a bracelet or two) has drawn a host of cameras and gents with headsets. One of them hovers nearby with that peeking-at-your-cards machine, although I don't think any of them have had to use it yet...It is now positively crawling with people and hard to watch, but you can hear Mr. Flack in sort of conversation bursts.
Just now he turned his attention to Erica Schoenberg, saying to a WSOP-decorated opponent, "Buddy, you got a bracelet. I wouldn't pick on you. Girls though..." She looked entirely unmoved.
Moving on to a four-way limped pot, checked on the flop, Flack called a 600 bet from Andy Bloch on the turn, but after they checked the river he mucked when shown Bloch's . A couple of hands later, and he regained that bet having seen an flop and failed to elicit any action for his ....Currently more than stable, though, on 24,000.
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It wasn't a terrible start either though for Henning Granstad, but having been unlucky in a couple of early pots, Granstad picked up a timely double up to boost his slightly depleted stack back over 20,000. Jarred Solomon limped, Granstad raised to 800 with and then Andreas Berggren reraised to 2,900, before Solomon re-reraised to 8,900. Granstad had the mundane task of putting his remaining chips in the middle and Berggren folded what he later said was , while Solomon called with .
The aces held, now if only every hand was this simple, then poker would be so easy.
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From my makeshift desk in one corner of the Face 2 Face room, I could hear Phil Hellmuth announce, "I'm all in," from another. I hustled over to the table just in time to see the dealer burn and turn the last community card.
Phil's had been cracked by Philippe Dauteuil's , courtesy of a flop, on which all of the money went in. Unable to get a reprieve from either the turn, or the river, Phil was left with less than 4,000 in chips.
"That's some fine dealing, baby," Phil said after the hand. "You've beat kings and queens in back-to-back hands," he complained.
"It wasn't a good sign when he insta-called," the 'Brat' added. "You've been playing like a maniac all day."
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Quiet young UK pro Stuart Fox can't be blamed for playing poor starting hands early on, as after not a lot of motion was registered in his stack in level one, he won a nice pot just now from Antony Lellouche. I caught this hand from the turn with the board standing . It looked like Fox had bet, and Lellouche had raised him to just under 3,000. Never looking hurried, harried, or otherwise under pressure, Fox eventually made the call. They both checked the river.
Flipping the Fox won the pot, raising his stack to 26,800; although Lellouche showed his opponent his hand I wasn't standing in the right position to see it clearly, but I would suggest a pair with no faces on it was his beaten holding.
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Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy has just eliminated Jason Potter from the main event.
On a flop showing , Grundy fired a 3,000 bet after which Potter moved all in over the top for a total of 10,550. Grundy made the call and tabled , well in front of Potter's .
"No nine of diamonds," Grundy instructed the dealer as they awaited the turn.
"At least give me the sweat," Potter pleaded.
The popped off on the turn.
"That's a really bad card," admitted Potter, who was left with just three outs on the river.
A safe was the last card to fall off the deck, and with that, Potter wished everyone luck before exiting the tournament area.
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. Check to Dzianisau, who bet 425 again. Deeb now raised him to 1,500, got rid of Flack, and then waited while Dzianisau suddenly minimum-reraised. 2,575 the total bet that was eventually called by Deeb.
Dzianisau bet out 1,100. Deeb called.
2,125 was the bet for Deeb here, and this time he declined to make the call. Dzianisau showed him the 
for the straight anyway.
to Montgomery's 
board later and Veiga was up to 9,000 while Montgomery was on 15,000.
and after a think, Ivey called his 3,000. The river brought the 
, a check from Ivey, a quick bet of 6,100 from Nathwani, and a fold with accompanying head-shake from Ivey. It looks like the early chip leader is still keeping his chips moving around.
turn, but after they checked the 
river he mucked when shown Bloch's 
. A couple of hands later, and he regained that bet having seen an 
, courtesy of a 
flop, on which all of the money went in. Unable to get a reprieve from either the turn, or the river, Phil was left with less than 4,000 in chips.
. It looked like Fox had bet, and Lellouche had raised him to just under 3,000. Never looking hurried, harried, or otherwise under pressure, Fox eventually made the call. They both checked the 
, well in front of Potter's 
was the last card to fall off the deck, and with that, Potter wished everyone luck before exiting the tournament area.
