Howe Doubles Through Harder
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Over on the feature table, Christian Harder raised to 60,000 before the flop and the action folded around to Jody Howe who called from the big blind to make it heads-up to the flop of 
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Harder opened for 70,000, but then re-raised all in over the top of Howe, who made it 195,000 to go. Howe snap-called all-in for 927,000 and the cards were tabled:
Howe: 
Harder: 
Despite having hit top pair, Howe was miles ahead with bottom set. Howe held as the turn and river ran out 
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and he's now up to more than two million in chips as a result. Harder is now on 960,000 in chips.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
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2,013,000
951,000
|
951,000 |
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960,000
-847,000
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-847,000 |
and up against Stuart Tuvey's 
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. McNiff fired out 200,000 and again, Laborda tanked for almost another two-and-a-half minutes before laying his hand down.
. Andrey Pateychuk was in the big blind and moved all in for 937,000, which Vladimir Geshkenbein called from middle position, creating a pot of around 3.4 million.
. The flop brought good fortune for Hewitt, however, as it came 
, sending Frankland to the rail and boosting Hewitt up to 3,400,000.
for a club flush.
and Persson was up first. He had about 1.4 million in chips and Tuvey had about 1.3 million when action went to the flop. Persson led with a bet of 138,000. Tuvey asked how much the bet was for and then called.
. With the board complete, Persson fired 493,000 -- a very hefty bet. Tuvey didn't take too long before making the call.
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to send him on his way. For Karim, these chips have been a long time coming. He's been short-stacked the whole way, and this knockout pot finally puts him just a few thousands chips short of the average.
