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It's impossible to guess how many hands Team Online's Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen and Randy "nanonoko" Lew have played against one another in their prodigious online careers. But they had better get used to playing a few more today in the live environment as the friends and rivals are sitting right next to one another. PokerStars Blog watches the online tyros for a while.
Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis was eliminated before the first break and our Dutch colleague shared the details with us.
There was a 400-chip raise from under the gun, a player who already made some crazy bluffs. Veldhuis three-bet from the button and his opponent called. The flop brought out 
and Veldhuis' opponent check-called 1,500. On the turn a 
hit and Veldhuis' opponent lead out for 2,500. Veldhuis made it 6,800 after which his opponent moved all in. Veldhuis called with and was up against 
for a turned straight.
The river brought a 
and Veldhuis was knocked out.
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Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov failed to come back from the break after busting. Michael Mizrachi had also run out of chips. In with a full stack and ready to play in a certain Mr. Phil Ivey.
Katchalov wrote of his exit:
Day 1b of #EPTGrandFinal didn't go quite as planned. In 1st 2 levels I had AK 3 times and KK for a flopped set once and lost all to bust.May 07 2013Follow
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30,000
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Alex Roumeliotis opened from the hijack seat with a raise to 400, and John Juanda made the call on the button. Bruno Lopes called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. After Lopes checked, Roumeliotis bet 825. Juanda folded, but Lopes called.
The turn was the 
, and Lopes checked again. Roumeliotis fired 2,500, and Lopes tank-called.
After the 
hit the river, Lopes checked, and Roumeliotis bet 6,000. Lopes tanked for a couple minutes, then made the call.
Roumeliotis tabled the 
for a flopped straight, and Lopes mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 |
Guillaume Darcourt raised to 350 after which Galen Hall three-bet to 1,125 from the cutoff. Yann Dion called from the small blind after which Darcourt called as well.
The flop brought out 
and the action was checked to Hall who bet 1,800. Both Dion and Darcourt made the call and the turn brought the 
. The action was checked around this time after which the river was the 
.
Dion and Darcourt checked again and this time Hall decided to bet 6,175. Dion tanked for quite some time but eventually he decided to lay it down. Darcourt tanked quite some time as well and he decided to make the call. Hall turned over 
and Darcourt mucked his hand. Moments later Hall Tweeted the following.
56k at first break. Table is 8 handed now, Fabian on my right but some pretty soft euro fish. Got a nice gift right before breakMay 07 2013Follow
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20,000
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22,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
They're here. Deal with it.
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Jan-Peter Jachtmann, winner of the $10,000 PLO at the WSOP last year, was just knocked out by Yann Dion. Dion made this year's PCA Main Event final table and finished seventh for $230,000 and he also has an Aussie Million and Irish Open Main Event final table behind his name.
Our German colleagues told us how Jachtmann was in position on a 
flop when Dion checked to him. Jachtmann bet by throwing in two red 1,000 chips after which Dion raised it up to 3,800. Jachtmann made the call and the turn brought the . Dion threw in 10,000 and with that he put his opponent all in.
Jachtmann made the call with 
and was ahead against the Canadian's 
. Jachtmann's hand did not hold up as the river brought the 
. Jachtmann was knocked out and Dion is now sitting comfortably on 54,000 chips.
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51,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov and Kevin MacPhee are amongst the early names to bust. MacPhee's day was particularly brutal to end a disappointing season (in main events) for the former EPT winner.
He tweeted his downfall:
Can't imagine a worse start. Ran nut straight into quads, then 3bet suited cards, flopped the world and emptied the clip when I bricked. 12k.May 07 2013Follow
Busto. Raise 67dd on button vs fish cutoff limp. Flop T53ddd and he has K8dd. 0 cashes this EPT Season is very disappointing...May 07 2013Follow
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