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Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes was eliminated by Didier Pitcho after the latter had him covered by one chip.
A pre flop battle saw both players flip up their cards for the showdown.
Lopes: 
Pitcho: 
The board ran 
and after a countdown Pitcho had 79,400 to Shen's 79,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
164,000
133,600
|
133,600 |
|
Busted | |
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The action folded to [Removed:17], who bumped it up to 3,200 on the button. Ognjen Sekularac defended from the big blind, and both players checked after the flop fell 
.
The turn was the 
, Sekularac led out for 3,000, and Yan made the call.
A repeat queen - the 
- completed the board, and Sekularac led out for 7,100. Yan screwed his face, tanked for a bit, then called. Sekularac showed showed 
for trip queens, and Yan mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
65,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Few players have a tournament record as long as Humberto Brenes, who just busted from the main event. But Brenes has other things to occupy his time. Read the article at the PokerStars Blog.
Emin Aghayev just busted Max Greenwood after winning a coin flip against the Canadian WSOP bracelet winner. Greenwood explained how there was a raise to 2,500 and Ignat Liviu called from the hijack. Aghayev three-bet from the button to 9,000 and Greenwood described him as an agressive player.
Greenwood moved all in for 45,000 with 
and the initial raiser tank-folded, what he later claimed to be two wens. Liviu folded his cards as well and Aghayev made the call with 
. Greenwood's pair did not hold up and he was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
36,200
|
36,200 |
|
105,000
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
Busted |
James Mitchell has eliminated Barry Greenstein after an action flop appeared for the two of them.
It fell 
and a third player folded as the two players got all their chips in. Team PokerStars Pro Greenstein was the shorter stacked player and he flipped up for two pair. Mitchell had the better of it with 
though and held through the 
turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Ole Schemion has dropped a lot of chips while Freddy Deeb is now at the top of the counts. We must've missed a huge clash between these two players as the other stacks at the table still look quite similar. When we get a chance we'll try to figure out how Deeb became the new tournament chip leader with just 171 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
364,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
245,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
190,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
132,000
-146,500
|
-146,500 |
|
105,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
64,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
There are 198 players remaining and that means that the average stack is now 80,455 or 50 big blinds.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Play resumes in 15 minutes.
Ronny Voth checked to [Removed:203] on a flop of 
. Mueller tossed out a bet, Voth check-raised to 8,400, and Mueller re-raised to 17,400. Voth moved all in for effectively 47,400, and Mueller called.
Voth: 
Mueller:
The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Mueller doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,300
20,400
|
20,400 |
|
40,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
