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2.50pm: No comeback for Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer didn't make the comeback he was after. He three-bet his remaining chips from the big blind after Christian Grundtvig opened from early position. Call.
Sarwer: [3c][3s]
Grundtvig: [kc][kd]
The board ran [2c][2s][jd][9c][ts] to check-mate the Canadian. -- MC
2.42pm: Thorson revealed as the big stack
William Thorson is the player with that 106,000 stack having flopped set over set over set with Jeff Sarwer one of the casualties of the set-up. Sarwer, who held bottom set, still seemed a little irritated coming back from the break that he couldn't find a fold in that spot but is at least trying to look on the bright side: "I've got a few big blinds at least," said the chess prodigy.
Sarwer's remaining 2,500 makes for just over ten big blinds and a chance for a comeback. -- RD
2.36pm: Mystery man busts through 100k
A quick scouring of the tables reveals a number of players attempting to pull away from the peleton. Incredibly we have one player that has bust the six-figure mark already and is sitting pretty on 106,000. Their name isn't down on the player list so I'll catch them as they come back from the break.
Here are some of those burgeoning stacks in no particular order:
Ramez Haddad - 91,800
Rob Akery - 58,300
Cecilia Pescaglini - 48,100
Nicolas Leger - 62,975
Kevin MacPhee - 43,850
Max Silver - 74,000
Nicolas Chouity - 45,000
Jeffrey Jamil - 57,625
Mayer Szabolcs - 59,975
Nikolai Sears - 70,700
Torsten Brinkmann - 63,650
Martin Jacobson - 53,000
Players are returning now. -- RD
2.35pm: Play restarts
After a 20 minute break, to allow for the bump in numbers, cards will be back in the air at 2.35pm.

The tournament room at the Prague Hilton. Or, "Where's Bartley"
PokerStars Blog reporting team in Prague: Stephen Bartley, Rick Dacey and Marc Convey.


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