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On the first hand of the day, a short-stacked Sami Kelopuro pushed all in from the button after the action had folded around to him. Perhaps to the Finn's relief, the blinds folded.
Doyle Bunson is on this table - and was, in fact, the big blind in that hand. Brunson appears to have some curious wet patches down his front whilst a lady is rubbing a white tipped pen onto his shirt. Spilt coffee, I imagine, but what on earth is the pen? Answers on a postcard please...
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Daniel Negreanu is back on one of two feature tables, but this time he's not the focus of the television camera. That honour is currently bestowed on a player at the opposite end of the table who has brought in five, conjoining photos of what I imagine, and hope, are his offspring. It took some fumbling, but eventually he managed to stand them up on the edge of the felt with some precarious use of chips as support. Let's just be thankful he didn't have any more as the pictures would have circumvented the whole felt.
Question: Would you steal the blind of someone who showcases photos of their children? It'd be like stealing candy from a baby... or five: tempting, but you're going to feel guilty afterwards.
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James Akenhead
For some players, poker isn't a post-flop game, especially if you're as aggressive and unrelenting as James Akenhead. On his last encounter, however, he came up short. Having opened from the cut-off for 4,400, the button bumped it up to 11,200 and the blinds folded. Back round to James who, after a brief pause, four-bet to 26,500. His opponent moved all in for around 70,000 more.
With a shake of the head, and what I'd call two aggressive peels of his cards, Akenhead made the fold to leave himself with 180,000: still flying, but not as high as before.
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He may be an ultimate fighter of sorts ("When's your next fight?" asked Daniel Negreanu."), but bracelet winner Jani Vilmunen should know better than to tangle with not one, but two femme fatales of the poker felt, especially when one was the highest placed female player at the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
On this occasion, Vilmunen raised it up to 5,000 from early position and Kim Wooka made the call. Further down, however, Leo Margets was lying in wait, and duly made it 17,000. Both opponents had tentative stacks of around 35-40,000 and would be near committed if they called, but whether Margets was making a clever move with rags, or actually had the goods, I guess we'll never know.
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Joe Beevers seems to have either limped or raised under the gun; either way, he called a raise/reraise from Sam Chartier and the two of them saw a flop.
Beevers bet out 14,000 and after a surprisingly lengthy pause, Chartier called.
They saw an turn, too, and this time Beevers bet out 20,000. Chartier, however, moved all in. "How much?" asked Beevers in that dry-throated way that suggested that he probably wasn't calling. The total as it turned out was 42,100, a mere minimum raise to Beevers -- but indeed, he folded, leaving himself on 60,000. Chartier meanwhile moved on up to 110,000.
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Jeff may be the most famous Schulman of recent times due to his pending date with November 9, but here at WSOPE, it's father Barry who's making waves.
In what was a battle of the blinds, Schulman took down the pot from the small blind on a flop. The big blind thought for a while before folding a queen, to which he was rewarded with the sight of .
I wasn't the only one who didn't catch the action, and another player at the table made the inquiry. "I bet, he raised, I reraised," answered Schulman.
Schulman currently on 125,000 and slowly, but surely climbing the chip counts.
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Up on today's main feature table, we have lost Mr. James Keys. We just caught the very tail end of it, but Keys was up against chip leader Ian Munn's pocket sevens holding two overcards, which failed to hit.
Keys, who was the first in-the-money finisher in this event last year after grinding his way artfully through the bubble with a microstack, will not be repeating the feat this year.
To make things worse, today's his birthday. Happy birthday, James.
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"Look at Michael," laughed Eric Drache, admiring Michael Comer's tiny 8,100 stack, "He has 300-chip swings."
Nevertheless, he's now up to the heady heights of 25,900 -- almost his Day 1 starting stack -- after doubling up with versus another player's pocket fives. Ace on the river.
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flop.
turn, too, and this time Beevers bet out 20,000. Chartier, however, moved all in. "How much?" asked Beevers in that dry-throated way that suggested that he probably wasn't calling. The total as it turned out was 42,100, a mere minimum raise to Beevers -- but indeed, he folded, leaving himself on 60,000. Chartier meanwhile moved on up to 110,000.
flop. The big blind thought for a while before folding a queen, to which he was rewarded with the sight of 
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versus another player's pocket fives. Ace on the river.
