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Mel Judah
Mel Judah's chip stack is up to 6,200 on the strength of a well-timed full house.
With Graham Woodbine calling the blind, and David Gorr raising to 400, Judah holding found himself going four-handed to the flop.
Judah got a lovely flop making a set on the flop and proceeded to check-raise a bet from David Gorr, with Giuliano Bartolomeo coming along for the ride.
The would be a minor scare card for Judah, giving the possibility of a flush, but he led out anyway, with Gorr folding and Bartolomeo flat-calling.
The on the river would put the hand beyond doubt for Judah, he fired once again, with Bartolomeo calling once again and showing down , for a turned pair. This was no match for Judah's full house and he sails up to 6,200.
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Jim Sachinidis
Jim Sachinidis opened with a raise from the cutoff before Adam Wansley put in the three-bet from the button. David Armstrong made the call in the small blind, as did Sachinidis.
The flop landed and Armstrong came out betting. Sachinidis called as Wansley stepped aside.
The turn was the and again Armstrong's bet was called by Sachinidis. The river was a repeat and Armstrong fired for a third time. Sachinidis made the call as Armstrong tabled for the king-high straight which was good as Sachinidis mucked.
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Vartan eliminated
Hollywood star Michael Vartan will have yet another day of sight-seeing in Melbourne after finding himself eliminated early from today's event.
With the pot capped preflop, Vartan found the remainder of his short stack in the middle on the flop of .
With the board running out , Vartan's would be no match for John Caris' .
With Vartan eliminated he will be able to venture outside into a beautiful Melbourne day and see some of the sights, before hitting the felt again tomorrow.
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Matt Vengrin is on a heater at the moment after collecting a couple of nice pots to now sit with 12,300 chips.
In the first hand, Vengrin bet the flop, then checked the turn before firing again on the river on a board of . Robert Wang made the call but couldn't get past Vengrin's for a backdoor flush.
A few moments later Roy Vandersluis committed his last chips on a board of holding for a pair and straight draw but he'd run into the of Vengrin for a set of kings. The river was a repeat to end the tournament for Vandersluis.
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Andrew Scott Eliminated
Annette Obrestad opened with a raise from middle position before Andrew Scott put in the three-bet from the button. Ramy Tadros capped the action from the big blind and both opponents made the call.
The flop was and Tadros led out for 200. Obrestad folded but Scott committed his last 400 chips. Tadros made the call.
Tadros:
Scott:
David Saab kindly pointed out that Scott would require running cards to survive, and one of them was the on the turn but the on the river sent him to the rail.
"You realize this isn't no limit?" quipped Saab as Scott gave a grin and departed the table.
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Table talk is a key component of Saab's poker game
Andrew Scott and David Saab were having a discussion about player interaction and its role in poker.
"Imagine if there was no interaction between players?" asked Scott.
Saab responded "It would be a totally different game. It's a different game these days, I grew up in the era of beer and pizza."
As if to prove his point, Saab proceeded to talk his opponent off his hand at the river, and then verbally jousted another about playing a few extra pots because he was too tight.
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found himself going four-handed to the flop.
flop and proceeded to check-raise a bet from David Gorr, with Giuliano Bartolomeo coming along for the ride.
would be a minor scare card for Judah, giving the possibility of a flush, but he led out anyway, with Gorr folding and Bartolomeo flat-calling.
on the river would put the hand beyond doubt for Judah, he fired once again, with Bartolomeo calling once again and showing down 
, for a turned pair. This was no match for Judah's full house and he sails up to 6,200.
and Armstrong came out betting. Sachinidis called as Wansley stepped aside.
and Armstrong fired for a third time. Sachinidis made the call as Armstrong tabled 
for the king-high straight which was good as Sachinidis mucked.
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, Vartan's 
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. Robert Wang made the call but couldn't get past Vengrin's 
for a backdoor flush.
holding 
for a pair and straight draw but he'd run into the 
on the turn but the 