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Shaun Deeb's stack has ballooned over 400,000 this level, and we've been trying to catch a hand with him, but it's quite difficult. We were recently at his table for the majority of an orbit, and he won most of the pots with just a preflop raise.
On one hand, he and an opponent actually took a flop, and it was 
. The player check-folded to a bet from Deeb, who showed 
for top two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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420,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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2010 November Niner Filippo Candio has been on a downward slide since returning from dinner and it's most evident on his wife's face. She's nervously pacing up and down the aisle, biting her finernails and generally just looking tortured.
Candio opend for 2,200 and got calls from the button and the big blind. The flop came 
, the big blind checked, Candio bet 3,000, the button called and the big blind folded.
The turn came 
and Candio check-called 3,200. The river came 
and both players checked. The button tabled 
and Candio mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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60,000
-90,000
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-90,000 |
We caught the action on the flop, which had come down 
. Lindgren bet out 4,500 in middle position, and the player on the button min raised to 9,000. It was back to Lindgren, and he tanked for a bit before putting out a stack of orange T5,000 chips that was enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent snap called, and the cards were tabled.
Lindgren: 
Opponent: 
According to the Pokernews odds calculator, Lindgren held the slightest of edges, as he was a 51% favorite. However, that all changed when the 
hit the turn. Lindgren would need to catch another ace or nine to win the pot, but the river brought the 
.
Lindgren shipped the chips to his opponent, knocking him down to 60,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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60,000
-24,000
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-24,000 |
The flop read 
and the small blinded player bet out 6,000. A player in middle position folded and former Main Event champion Pius Heinz called from the hijack.
The 
then landed on the turn and the small blind again bet out, this time for 12,000. Heinz called again and continued along for the ride. The on the river saw the small blind bet out again for the third time. The bet was for 15,000 and action was on Heinz, after about a minute or so Heinz grabbed a stack of chips and pushed forward a raise. Heinz made it 34,000, and after about 45 seconds the small blind called.
Heinz flipped over 
for two pair, queens and jacks. The small blind countered by exposing 
for a winning set of sevens. Heinz asked his opponent after the hand "were you thinking about folding", and his opponent shook his head and made it apparent he was going to raise if anything.
Heinz now sinks down to around 44,000 and needs to kick it in gear if he wants to move back into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000
-43,000
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-43,000 |
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When we got to the table, we saw that Daniel Negreanu was heads up with an opponent on a board that read 
. Negreanu check called a bet of 6,500, and the river brought the . Negreanu checked again, and this time, his opponent fired out 11,000. Negreanu tanked for about 45 seconds before tossing in the call, and his opponent immediately mucked his hand. Negreanu showed to claim the pot.
After that hand, Negreanu is all the way up to 330,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
36,500
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36,500 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
172,200
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172,200 |
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2012 Aussie Millions Champion Oliver Speidel has just arrived in Las Vegas for the 43rd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event. He's feeling fresh after choosing to spend the summer touring the US rather than grinding the felt.
Martin Staszko, who finished runner-up to Pius Heinz in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, was just eliminated by Hans Hein moments ago. According to the Dane, it went like this:
The action folded to Staszko, who raised to 2,500 from the small blind. Hein three-bet to 7,200, and Staszko called. The flop was 
, and Staszko check-called a bet. The turn was the , and Staszko check-called another bet.
The river was a "blank" (a player at the table said it was a four), and Staszko led out for 15,000. Hein moved all in for just 17,000 more, and Staszko called. Hein tabled two jacks for jacks full of aces, and Staszko mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
205,000
139,425
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139,425 |
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Busted | |
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For the past few orbits Hasan Habib has been short-stacked and playing tight. We caught him opening to 2,300 and Joseph Rahme raised to 8,300. Action folded back around to Habib and after some thought he folded.
Two hands later he open-shoved and all the players folded. He picked the blinds and antes but is still in a desperate situation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
-44,000
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-44,000 |
|
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We caught the action with 13,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin bet a modest 3,000 into East Coast grinder Terry Grimes. The latter made the call and then watched Baldwin bet 6,600 on the river.
Grimes responded with a raise to 16,000, which prompted Baldwin to lean back and say, "I wasn't expecting that." The Wisconsinite thought for about 40 second before tossing in a call, but mucked when Grimes rolled over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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133,000
-27,000
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-27,000 |
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120,000 | |
