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The action folded to PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo who raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden started laughing right away from the small blind. The two have had some good banter at the table but Lodden folded right away when the action got to him.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree however made the call from the big blind.
The flop brought out 
and Boeree check-called 9,000. On the turn the 
hit and once again Boeree checked. Moreira de Melo tanked for a little while before putting together a bet of 14,000 and Boeree called once more.
The river was the 
and this time both ladies checked. Boeree showed 
but that was no good as Moreira de Melo had rivered a pair with 
.
"You're good," Moreira de Melo smiled.
"I know," Boeree smiled right back at her opponent.
While this hand was going on the chip leader of the tournament. Raffaele Sorrentino was moved to Moreira de Melo's right and he's been chipping up nicely so far to 670,000 chips as of right now.
"Mmmmm," Marko Neumann said when Sorrentino put his chips down on the table as this secondary featured table gets better and better.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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670,000
178,600
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178,600 |
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250,000
25,500
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25,500 |
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170,000
-60,300
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-60,300 |
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