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Victor Torres
James Broom just relayed a hand to us that saw his stack take a huge dent just prior to the break.
Broom's opponent was Victor Torres, who opened the action from under the gun. Broom reraised and Torres made the call. They saw an ace-high flop and Broom's continuation bet was once again called.
The turn was a repeat ace and both players checked. The river was a nine and Broom fired out again, representing a big hand and sending Torres into the tank. He eventually made the call and tabled for a rivered pair, as Broom was disgusted to be caught with only for king-high.
Broom is down to 15,000 with Torres now in good shape with 55,000 chips.
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David Saab
In a huge hand that extended into the break, Tommy Henstein had his tournament life on the line holding in a race against the of David Saab.
The flop fell , giving Henstein the lead to the disgust of Saab. The turn was the , giving Saab additional outs and the river completed Saab's flush as the arrived to send Henstein to the rail.
Saab said "I need a smoke!" and heads to the break with around 25,000 chips.
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The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. The blinds are 300/600 with a 75 chip ante and this will be the last level before we take a dinner break. There are 72 players remaining.
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Bryan Huang
Bryan Huang can rest up for the High Rollers Event. Over the course of two hands, he was eliminated from today's tournament in brutal fashion. First, he got a short-stack to commit all of his chips preflop with ace-jack against Huang's pocket jacks. An ace hit the board.
The very next hand, Huang was the player with ace-jack. Once again all of his chips went in, this time on a flop of against a player who called with . A third spade on the board finished Huang off.
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David Saab has never been accused of not playing enough pots, and not playing them to enough streets. It seems every time we walk by Saab's table, he's in a pot. He and a sole opponent both checked a flop of . On the turn, Saab's opponent splashed 2,000 into the pot. Saab asked how much his opponent had left, then called.
Both players checked the river. Saab's opponent had nothing, tabling . Saab turned over pocket fours to take down the pot.
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Michael Chrisanthopoulos
Wally Sombero limped in from middle position and the action folded to Michael Chrisanthopoulos, who moved all in from the button for his last 9,600 chips. The player in the small blind eyed him up and down suspiciously, thinking long and hard about making a call before eventually giving it up. The big blind folded and Sombero flashed the before also folding.
Chrisanthopoulos turned to the small blind and quipped "Did you fold ace-king?" and the small blind nodded before Chrisanthopoulos flashed !
"You the man!" came the cry from the table as Chrisanthopoulos, who is best known for his $700,000 3rd place finish at this year's Aussie Millions, is fighting hard with about 12,000 chips.
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Victor Torres has amassed quite a stack on Table 7, and he's not been afraid to throw it around. He casually raised to 1,500 from late position and was called by the big blind, Kai Paulsen. When the flop came all spades, , Paulsen tried a bet of 2,100. Torres cut 5,000 chips off his stack and pushed them forward, eliciting a quick fold from Paulsen.
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Anna Galan raised all in from under the gun for the last of her chips and Wally Sombero made the call of roughly 3,000 chips. The action then folded around to Patrick Carron in the big blind, who announced that he was all in!
Carron covered Sombero, who thought long and hard about the decision for his tournament life. As Carron casually laughed with the all-in Galan, Sombero decided to fold and flashed . It seemed like a good fold, as Carron tabled to be well in front of Galan's .
That is, until the flop fell , which would've hit Sombero and also gave a glimmer of hope to Galan with her flush draw.
The turn was the and river the and Carron's kings held up to send one of the few remaining women in the field to the exit, as Carron stacks up 38,000 chips.
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for a rivered pair, as Broom was disgusted to be caught with only 
for king-high.
in a race against the 
of David Saab.
, giving Henstein the lead to the disgust of Saab. The turn was the 
, giving Saab additional outs and the river completed Saab's flush as the 
arrived to send Henstein to the rail.
against a player who called with 
. A third spade on the board finished Huang off.
. On the 
turn, Saab's opponent splashed 2,000 into the pot. Saab asked how much his opponent had left, then called.
river. Saab's opponent had nothing, tabling 
. Saab turned over pocket fours to take down the pot.
!
, Paulsen tried a bet of 2,100. Torres cut 5,000 chips off his stack and pushed them forward, eliciting a quick fold from Paulsen.
. It seemed like a good fold, as Carron tabled 
to be well in front of Galan's 
and river the 
and Carron's kings held up to send one of the few remaining women in the field to the exit, as Carron stacks up 38,000 chips.