Early Hiccups for Hunichen and Watts
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Walking through the tournament area, we noticed a board of 
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and Chris Hunichen had 2,400 chips less than he started with after the action was complete. He had defended his big blind and the flop was checked through. On the turn, he committed 425 and the river provided a bet of 775 and a raise to 1,650, which was called. "Big Huni" had a seven, but his opponent 
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for a full house.
Even worse was the start for Steven Watts. In the first hand he picked up pocket queens and three-bet a raise by Tadas Zukauskas from 300 to 800 and was called by the online qualifier on Lithuania. On a board of 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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27,700
-2,300
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-2,300 |
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12,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |