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We are just about to tick into hour ten of this tournament and here is a quick update.
Of the starting 126 players only 32 remain with Nik Lackovic sitting on top with 75,000 chips. With an average chip stack of 27,000 there is still a lot of play left in the day.
Grab the popcorn and the caffeine because its going to be a long night as we play down to the final table.
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Wong Exits
In a raising war preflop Jimmy Wong put the remainder of his chips in the middle on a flop of with and was called by Sam Vakili holding .
The turn and river didn't help Wong landing the and , and with Wong headed to the rail, Vakili jumped up to 25,500 in chips.
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Neil Channing
Neil Channing put his final chips into the middle with from the small blind and was called by Marek Kolk in the big blind holding . The board brought no help to Channing as he made his exit from the tournament area.
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With the action folding round to Jimmy Siu on the button, he moved all in for his last 10,000 and was called by Zhi Hong Ma out of the big blind.
Siu:
Ma:
The board ran out and Siu headed to the rail as Ma continues with his climb up the leaderboard; now sitting on 47,000 in chips.
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Catching the board on the turn with it reading Larry Karambis led out for 5,000. With the action on Jonathan Karamalikis he min-raised to 10,000 which was immediately followed by Karambis moving all in.
Karamalikis insta-called tabling for a flopped set while Karambis showed . The turn fell a meaningless and Karamalikis moved to just under 70,000 as Karambis dropped to 30,000.
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Sam Khouiss opened to 2,100 from the cutoff and found no action.
He quickly tabled and said, "Oh s**t, I thought we were playing Baccarat!"
The conversation continued between him and Grant Levy for a little while. "The other day I was dealt aces three times in a row . . . it was no use though, it was on the Baccarat table" responded Khouiss. Levy followed with, "Double down?" obviously having a crack at Khouiss.
Khouiss stared at Levy shaking his head, "Have you even played Baccarat? . . . What's your biggest bet?". With no real response from Levy, play continued with Khouiss obviously itching for some natural nine action soon.
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with 
and was called by Sam Vakili holding 
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and 
, and with Wong headed to the rail, Vakili jumped up to 25,500 in chips.
and was up against Zhi Hong Ma's 
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as Lechich came up on the losing end and headed to the rail. Zhi Hong Ma ran his stack up to 45,000 with that win.
outdrew Blackmore's 
when the board filled out 
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against Sam Khouiss' 
into Gerry Fitt's 
from the small blind and was called by Marek Kolk in the big blind holding 
and Siu headed to the rail as Ma continues with his climb up the leaderboard; now sitting on 47,000 in chips.
and Karamalikis moved to just under 70,000 as Karambis dropped to 30,000.
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