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Mike Matusow is back down to 175,000 after conceding a curious hand to Brian Townsend.
Townsend checked the flop and Matusow bet 21,000. Townsend asked Matusow how much he had left -- around 175,000 -- and then dwelled up for some time, stroking his remaining towers of chips in a worryingly phallic manner, after which he raised to 121,000.
Now it was Matusow's turn to try to assess how much Townsend has behind. They seem to be about even. Matusow dwells up, perhaps the longest time he has spent not talking since the beginning of the tournament. Then he folds.
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Talal Shakerchi just took on the big stacked John Juanda, seeing a flop after Juanda raised on the button.
That flop was: Out bet Shakerchi, what looked like 50,000. A long think later and Juanda called.
The turn brought the . Check to Juanda who bet 120,000 after due deliberation. Shakerchi had clearly given up, as his cards sailed into the muck with no further fuss.
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Negreanu: We Are Not Amused
A very large pot just developed over on the feature table, between Daniel Negreanu and Talal Shakerchi, who seems to be in quite a few pots now and who's increased his stack past the half million point.
Shakerchi was on the button, and I caught the action from the turn, when the pot started swelling beyond the norm. The board stood and Negreanu had bet out 90,000. Shakerchi took quite a while, and eventually flat called.
River: Now Negreanu bet out 120,000, fixing his opponent with a top class sidelong stare while he (Shakerchi) dwelled again, before coming to a decision and moving all in for what looked like about that amount again.
This clearly displeased Negreanu. He really put himself through the wringer, recapping the action of the hand to himself, while gesticulating with one pointing finger. Having talked it through (I wish I could hear what he was saying) and received not even a whisper from the all-in Shakerchi, he eventually said something I think I caught correctly, "I have to figure you have four sixes," and threw his hand away. Someone asked what he himself had, but received, "It doesn't matter," as the fair enough response.
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Had good cause to be worried
Mike Matusow moved all in on a flop, and Johnny Lodden called.
Lodden:
Matusow:
Matusow: "I'm not worried."
Turn:
River:
Worried or not, Mike Matusow is busto, and is the first player today to walk away with a payout in the higher £36,200 bracket. The tournament will be a quieter place without him.
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Juanda: Happy Chip Leader
It looks like today John Juanda is unshakeable. The first to crack a million in chips, he just cracked Brandon Adams' stack in two at the end of a strange hand which played out blind on blind (Adams in the SB). Adams limped preflop, then called Juanda's raise to 18,000. This bought him a flop of . Again, check to Juanda who bet 50,000. Again, call.
The turn: Again, check to Juanda, who bet 80,000. Call.
River: Check a third and final time to Juanda, who now threw in enough white 25,000 chips to set his opponent all in. The crowd waited with bated breath as Adams declined to follow the pattern and commit his final 180,000.
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"This is a chip. These are what you have taken from Ivan."
Robin Keston raised to 18,000 in early position and got four callers; they saw a flop.
It checked around to Ivan Demidov on the button, who bet 51,000 -- only for Chris Elliott in the small blind to make it 102,000. Soon Demidov announced all in to cover Elliott, who immediately called.
Elliott:
Demidov:
Turn:
"Ooh," said the crowd, noticing that Demidov now had straight outs as well.
River:
"Ahh," said the crowd, noticing that Elliott had now made quads.
Elliott has more than doubled up to 620,000, while Demidov is our new short stack on just 110,000.
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Johnny Lodden and Chris Elliott (Both Pot Winners In Last Ten Minutes)
We'll never know what Johnny Lodden held when he bet 60,000 on the river after Philippe Rouas checked in the dark before the final King was dealt. The cards out were and Lodden had flat-called Rouas' bet of 20,000 on the turn before betting slowly and with the maximum riffly flair when the dark check was uttered by his opponent. Rouas looked for a moment like he was going to call - he measured the 60,000 out, said, "Wow," dwelled until we forgot there was a hand in progress but eventually gave it up. Not that it hurt his stack overly much.
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Feature table
Talal Shakerchi - 649,000
Justin Smith - 370,000
Bengt Sonnert - 530,000
Toni Hiltunen - 288,000
Daniel Negreanu - 335,000
Soren Kongsgaard - 303,000
Brandon Adams - 145,000
John Juanda - 1,280,000 ("Give or take a million")
Stanislav Alekhin - 494,000
Philippe Rouas - 320,000
Ivan Demidov - 125,000
Chris Elliott - 620,000
Johnny Lodden - 611,000
Scott Fischman - 460,000
Peter Neff - 260,000
Robin Keston - 275,000
Brian Townsend - 150,000
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flop and Matusow bet 21,000. Townsend asked Matusow how much he had left -- around 175,000 -- and then dwelled up for some time, stroking his remaining towers of chips in a worryingly phallic manner, after which he raised to 121,000.
Out bet Shakerchi, what looked like 50,000. A long think later and Juanda called.
. Check to Juanda who bet 120,000 after due deliberation. Shakerchi had clearly given up, as his cards sailed into the muck with no further fuss.
Now Negreanu bet out 120,000, fixing his opponent with a top class sidelong stare while he (Shakerchi) dwelled again, before coming to a decision and moving all in for what looked like about that amount again. 
flop, and Johnny Lodden called.
. Again, check to Juanda who bet 50,000. Again, call.
Check a third and final time to Juanda, who now threw in enough white 25,000 chips to set his opponent all in. The crowd waited with bated breath as Adams declined to follow the pattern and commit his final 180,000.
flop.
