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Ashton Griffin in the big blind position bet out 16,000 from the big blind position, and ROberto Romanello called to see a river, which both players checked.
For some reason Griffin didn't really want to show his hand but was informed that he had to; eventually he turned over for the straight. It was good enough to beat Romanello however -- the Welshman just mucked and was down to 100,000, while Griffin moved on up to 240,000.
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Things on Table 2 seem to be getting a little bit more fun, as Tony Bloom, Robert Williamson III and Tom Dwan are now sharing a bottle of red.
"I have half a glass of wine before dinner," Bloom was saying as they all toasted each other most jovially. "Then a glass during, then two glasses after..."
"Ah," said Williamson, "You see, I like to have a bottle before dinner, then two bottles during..."
Dwan, on the other hand, is alternating sips of wine with sips from a cup of herbal tea.
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Aarno Kiveilo limped in early position and Jani Vilmunen raised from the hijack. Sampo Lopponen in the small blind, however, reraised pot, leaving himself a mere 10,000 back. Kiveilo passed, Vilmunen stuck in enough to put Lopponen all in, Lopponen made the obvious call, and they flipped their cards.
Lopponen:
Vilmunen: having some lovely cards today, this time
Board:
Thus Lopponen enjoys his second WSOPE cash of the week, while Vilmunen is now obscene chip leader on 580,000.
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Which is a nice way of saying: first out from the final two tables. He committed his stack preflop by threebetting button raiser Daniel Hindin. Hindin thought for a while, aware that the last 20k of Zaichenko was going in no matter what...but then he made the call.
Flop: . In went the rest from the small blind, snap went the call. Zaichenko had , or something very like it (I was behind a newly-interested crowd at the time) but Hindin had flopped a Queen-high flush which held to bust him. At least he gets over £11k, which is a whole lot more than 19th place.
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Wow, after a kind of lull the bubble was a super-mega-high-speed affair -- Joe Beevers, Sherkhan Farnood and Theo Jorgensen are all absent from our final two tables, meaning that none of them saw any kind of payday in this event.
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Dave Callaghan has just been eliminated by, you guessed it, chip monster Jani Vilmunen.
Vilmunen raised to 8k utg, Jeff Kimber flatted in middle position and then Callaghan upped it on the button to 36k. Over to Vilmunen, who plonked in enough blue 5ks to pretty much cover Kimber as well as the short-stacked Callaghan, and while the first folded, the second necessarily got it in.
Vilmunen:
Callaghan:
Callaghan was already standing up as the board came out all low and raggy-like: to send him home pretty much on the bubble - ouch.
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An announcement from TD Jack Effel let us know that another player snuck away while no-one was looking, and we are already in the money. Details of who the unlucky bubbler was coming right up...
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Tom Dwan raised under the gun and there was one call before Shaun Deeb also called from the button; the three of them saw a flop.
Dwan bet pot and the first caller folded. Deeb, however, reraised all in for pocket change more than the bet, Dwan called, obviously, and they were on their backs.
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river, which both players checked.
for the straight. It was good enough to beat Romanello however -- the Welshman just mucked and was down to 100,000, while Griffin moved on up to 240,000.
. In went the rest from the small blind, snap went the call. Zaichenko had 
, or something very like it (I was behind a newly-interested crowd at the time) but Hindin had flopped a Queen-high flush which held to bust him. At least he gets over £11k, which is a whole lot more than 19th place.
to send him home pretty much on the bubble - ouch.
for the wrap
for a flush draw
