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Chris Christ off again
After a horrid start to the day in which he "doubled up two players," Chris Ferguson was put out of his misery by Sutha Nirmalananthan just moments before the break.
As I joined the action, the decision was on Nirmalananthan, who was facing an all-in bet of 10,600 on the river of a board. As players dispersed for the break, Nirmalananthan made the call with , only to find he'd caught Jesus red-handed with .
As always, Ferguson was dignified in defeat, tapping the table and shaking his assassin's hand.
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Vicky Coren, whose stack appears just over half its original incarnation after the first break (although I haven't seen her lose any huge confrontations, there may well have been one somewhere along the line), just lost a pot to David Lawrence. She raised preflop to 1,700 (blinds now 300/600/75) and picked Lawrence up as a big blind caller.
Flop: Both players checked.
Turn: Now a small bet from Lawrence, called by Coren.
River: Lawrence speedily threw in a 5,000 chip, and after a pause, Coren matched it.
Lawrence showed the turned set: and she tapped the table and gave up the pot.
Incidentally, Vicky's lovely blonde hair isn't the only barnet of the sort on that table - she's two seats to the right of Jani Sointula.
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In what turned out to be a war of the short-stacks, Brian Johnson managed to double up courtesy of Dario Pavan with against . No change on a gave Johnson the pot, whilst a down-to-the-felt Pavan departed a few hands later.
Meanwhile, and on the same table, Anthony Ho dropped to a paltry 15,000 after losing a versus encounter on a board. The victor was an elderly Frenchman, but one who appears to have eaten his ID card.
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Not Alioto of chips
Italian maestro Dario Alioto is now out after a succession of two losing hands. The first was against Henning Granstad, who raised it up to 2,000 preflop with pocket queens. Alioto made it 5,700 and Granstad called. On the T-9-2 flop, Alioto led for 7,500, Granstad shoved and Alioto mucked.
Several hands later, it was Alioto who was all in, Granstad's preflop raise with pocket sevens being called in two places, before Alioto opted to push all in with pocket fives. He manage to dodge Gradstad, but not the next player who made the call with nines. No help, and Alioto was gone.
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Coren, in Earlier Times of Chip Plenty
Once more, Vicky Coren raises to 1,700 preflop. It folds round to Santeri Valikoski, who moved all in pretty sharply - he had just 10,500. After the briefest of ponders, Coren made the call, saying, "It's probably a race." She was right - her was up against Valikoski's .
The flop was not favorable to the overcards: and the following finished off her chances at eliminating the camouflage-hoodied youngster and knocked her down to 6,700.
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Johnny Lodden has just eliminated Stuart Fox from the tournament and improved to 87,000 in chips in the process.
Dustin Dirksen opened the pot with a raise to 1,650 from under-the-gun. Lodden made the call from the cutoff and when the action fell to Fox, he kicked it up to 8,000. Dirksen folded and Lodden then opted to put Fox all in. After an examination of Lodden's chip stack, Fox opted to call and turned over a pocket pair of tens; Lodden showed queens. A nine-high board ensued and Lodden took down the pot without a sweat.
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board. As players dispersed for the break, Nirmalananthan made the call with 
, only to find he'd caught Jesus red-handed with 
. 
Both players checked.
Now a small bet from Lawrence, called by Coren.
Lawrence speedily threw in a 5,000 chip, and after a pause, Coren matched it. 
and she tapped the table and gave up the pot.
against 
board. The victor was an elderly Frenchman, but one who appears to have eaten his ID card.
was up against Valikoski's 
.
and the following 
board, Phil Hellmuth is facing a 6,000 bet with only about 9,300 left. 
