Paul Zimbler turns a short stack to a medium one, moving in for 25k over the top of an early raiser, who called the extra 13k with
. As soon as he called, Paul shouted in that way one usually does when the river's made you a winner, showing
. A Queen came on the flop to create brief tension, but preflop hubris or not there was no outdraw and a bit of "COME ON!" later he's up over the 50k mark.
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The hand which doubled Dan Smith to 100k was a little less confident - he raised and presumably called an all-in from the blinds with
. I figure this because I can't see him just pushing in for 50k, but then again I'm not sure how much it was for him to call all-in... oh well, regardless of how it got there, a big pot was in the middle, and the
of Danny D'Borin lost to some Eights as all five board cards came out while they both just stood there and watched. Knocked to just 24k, and not looking best pleased about it D'Borin was out the very next hand, moving in when it folded round to him with
and finding
against him. So quick, sometimes...
All this as the last few pre-bubble tables get broken and merged with the remaining 84...
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