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Scott Clements and Antoine Saout got it all in preflop, Saout in commanding shape with 
versus 
. The board came 
meaning the November Niner has doubled his short stack up to 16,400. I'm no mathematician, but I reckon that means Clements has 43,600.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
It's Murphy's Law on one of the near tables as Brendan Murphy sends veteran Chau Giang to the rail. It was Murphy who kick-started proceedings, raising his button with 
. Giang made the call.
After both players had checked the 
flop, the dealer rolled out a turn onto the felt. Giang led for 2,000, Murphy made it 5,600, Giang pushed for a total of 20,000 and Murphy made the call.
Giang tabled 
for top pair, but was drawing dead, and following an academic 
river, joined messieurs Mizrachi and Adams on the rail.
As we near the end of Level 3 and the first hour of play, a few more have hit the rail, with their conquerors moving onto the second round.
Ashton Griffin has knocked out David Baker. Jordan Morgan eliminated Scott Montgomery. And James Mackey moves on as well, having dispatched of Robert Tepper.
As a note, it is impossible for us to update the chip counts on every single heads-up match. We will be using the chip count tab to highlight who is registered for the event, and subsequently who has made it to the next round. Thanks!
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2009 WSOP Main Event champ and Team PokerStars pro Joe Cada opened with a raise to 900 from the small blind/button, and Alexander Venovski called. The flop came 
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
. Venovski bet 1,300 this time, and Cada made the call.
The river brought the . Venovski checked this time, and Cada pushed out a bet of 3,000. Venovski thought a moment, then called.
Cada turned over 
for the turned set, and Venovski mucked. Cada is up to 46,000, and Venovski 14,000.
A psychedelically attired Johnny Chan is next on the scrapheap, he was disposed of by Michael Banducci, pocket tens holding up against A-9 all in preflop. "He had 25,000 at the time," revealed Banducci in the aftermath.
Jason Somerville has advanced to the second round, having defeated Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger.
John Juanda has fallen, defeated by Jochanan Flink.
And David Williams has moved on as well, making quick work of Jose "Nacho" Barbero.
Leo Wolpert, winner of this event last year, is back to defend his crown in the $10K Heads Up Championship. Wolpert had to defeat eight opponents last year to win the bracelet, just as this year's winner will have to do.
He's drawn John Racener as a first round opponent. Racener has a small edge over Wolpert following the first two 20-minute levels, with 34,000 to 26,000.
With around 1,500 already in the pot, Jonathan Karamalikis and Terrence Chan saw a flop of 
where Chan led out for a few hundred. Karamalikis raised to 1,500 and Chan called.
On the turn, Chan bet again, this time to the tune of 3,000, and Karamalikis made the call.
The river came the and Chan pushed 8,200 into the middle. Karamalikis, tortured by the decision, rolled his neck and pulled a face that suggested someone had just asked him a complex maths question. Eventually, he arrived at a number and made the call, showing 
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On this occasion, however, his calculations were off as Chan showed for the higher straight. As a result, Chan now has 40,000 whilst Karamalikis is down to 20,000.
