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On the turn of a 
board, [Removed:163] got his last 23,800 chips into the middle His opponent was Nicolas Babel, and Babel tanked for a long while before finally making the call. It was a good one:
Sheikh: 
Babel: 
Sheikh had a bunch of outs with one card to come, but the 
river was not one of them; he is out.
You wouldn't expect 
to be an action flop, but a huge pot developed between Eric Baldwin and an opponent on that flop. Baldwin's opponent, in the blinds, led out with a bet. Baldwin raised that bet to 15,300, then was faced with a raise back to 27,500 total. Baldwin eyed the chips that his opponent still had behind, then announced that he was all in. That was the point at which his opponent gave up and folded. Baldwin gave a tiny smirk as he flashed the .
Baldwin started the day with 32,000 chips and now has about 330,000.
Joe Cada had a rocky time the last couple of hours, but he is back up to over 100,000 after winning a pot which he kicked off by raising to 3,500 from the cuttoff. He was called by the player on the button as well as the player in the big blind.
The flop came 
and all three players checked through to the 
on the turn. It was then that the big blind bet 6,500 with Cada being the only caller.
Cada and the big blind both checked the 
on the river. The big blind asked if a seven was good, but Cada tabled for a better pair.
Juha Helppi's opponent checked from the small blind on a board reading 
. With 30,000 already in the pot, Helppi quickly slid out a messy stack of orange chips from the big blind. The exact amount was irrelevant. All that mattered was it was more than the 36,000 remaining in his opponent's possession. It took the guy four minutes, but eventually he decided to save his chips for another hand. Successful bullying complete, Helppi moved up to 89,000.
Chad Batista was all in preflop for 19,000 with 
and was up against the 
of his opponent. The 
flop was no help and Batista was left looking for a jack. The on the turn was no help and neither was the 
on the river. Batista has been eliminated from the Main Event.
Khamsy Nuanmanee opened to 2,600 from under the gun and Jon Kalmar three-bet the cutoff to 9,000.
With the action back on Nuanmanee, she moved all in and Kalmar made the call for his last 79,100.
Nuanmanee: 
Kalmar:
Unfortunately for Nuanmanee, the cooler hand saw Kalmar double through when the board was spread 
.
Nuanmanee is now down to 68,000 in chips.
Johnny Chan was faced with a 5,500-chip bet from an opponent with the board reading 
. Chan called.
The turned and Chan's opponent led for 11,500. Rather than calling, Chan raised to 24,000 this time, inducing a fold from his opponent.
Chan is our chip leader once again with an astounding 580,000 chips.
We're not sure how it happened, but Patrik Antonius is sitting with a lot less chips. In a recent hand, he called a preflop raise from the big blind and saw a flop of 
.
He checked and his opponent in middle position bet 9,000. Antonius mucked and is sitting with about 85,000.
Kara Scott -- who finished 104th in the WSOP Main Event in 2008 and 238th in the ME in 2009 -- is doing what she can to make another deep run in this year's tournament.
With the board showing 
and about 12,000 in the middle, a player in middle position bet 3,000 and Scott made the call. Both then checked the 
river.
Scott showed 
, and her opponent mucked. She's sitting with about 108,000 at the moment.
There was 26,000 in the middle by the 
flop when the rest of the chips went in. It wasn't looking great for Michael Doumani - in fact it looked an awful lot like he'd just had his aces cracked.
Doumani: for aces
Big blind gentleman: 
for a set of jacks
Turn: 
River: !
The aces-crackage was avoided at the last possible opportunity, and an extremely relieved Doumani was up to 272,000. The unlucky gent with the jacks had every right to feel sorry for himself as he hit the rail.
