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It's a simple fact -- aggression pays off in poker. Dixon Ruecker was the preflop aggressor with a raise to 30,000 that was called by Chris Chronis from the button and Christian Heich from the big blind. Ruecker didn't let up on the flop, betting 75,000 after Heich checked the action to him. Chronis folded, but Heich called.
Both players checked the turn. When the river fell a third club, the , Heich led out for 125,000. He had no way of knowing that Ruecker was holding , but he quickly found out when Ruecker called and tabled his hand. The club flush was plenty enough to take down the pot. Heich never showed his cards.
Ruecker has gone skipping up the counts over the course of the last hour. He now has just less than one million chips.
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Micheal Tureniec was the overnight chip leader after Day 3 and started plunging down the counts during early play on Day 4. He has halted his freefall (for now), but he had to suck out to do it.
Tureniec opened for 26,000 from late position. Zach Gruneberg reraised from the big blind to 76,000, then snap-called after Tureniec shoved for roughly 200,000.
Tureniec:
Gruneberg:
Gruneberg jumped out of his chair and excitedly clapped his hands. He was safe on a flop of . The turn , however, gave him a sweat as it brought four extra outs for Tureniec. With the crowd pressing in, Tureniec started chanting, "Jack! Jack! Jack!" and got his wish when the (the same jack of clubs that Sorel Mizzi asked for earlier?) hit the river to make a straight.
Gruneberg didn't give off much of a reaction, but Tureniec was happy to collect a pot worth 450,000 chips.
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Grant Levy has doubled up once again through Michael Tureniec. Levy was in the cutoff with and in great shape as Tureniec revealed after calling from the button.
The board fell , and Levy doubles to 520,000 with Tureniec now down to 220,000.
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Annette Obrestad - 21st Place
Another Scandanavian player has zipped off to the rail. And we do mean zipped.
The recently-crippled Annette Obrestad moved in for 120,000 after Rajkumar "Have you seen me?" Ramakrishnan opened for 30,000. Ramakrishnan made the call and had his chips in the middle good.
Ramakrishnan:
Obrestad:
The flop was no help for either player, coming . When the hit the turn to make an unbeatable hand for Ramakrishnan, Obrestad immediately turned around and quickly walked away from the table. She was long out of the tournament area by the time the river came down and the floor supervisor encouraged to the rail to "give a nice hand to our 21st place finisher, Annette Obrestad."
Ramakrishnan is crushing the field right now. He's on 1.85 million.
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Sam Capra raised from middle position to 27,000 and Zach Gruneberg moved all in from the button for all of his 168,000 chips. The blinds folded and Capra sighed, "This is a very loose call." He then tossed in the chips.
Capra:
Gruneberg:
The fell in the window of the flop, but once again it was just a teaser of things to come as it was followed by the to pair Gruneberg's queen. The turn was the and river the . Gruneberg doubles up to 350,000.
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The volume in the Crown Poker Room has suddenly increased, which must mean that the players are now taking a highly anticipated fifteen minute break.
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For what seemed like the billionth time today, Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raised to 21,000. Both blinds made the call. On a flop of , big blind Tino Lechich opened the betting for 50,000. Only Ramakrishnan called.
The turn fell . Lechich continued his betting line, making it 100,000 to go. Ramakrishnan responded by moving all in for 1.2 million. Lechich had 860,000 chips behind. If he called, more than 2 million chips would be in the middle, but Lechich opted to fold.
As Ramakrishnan collected the pot, he opened . Lechich just shook his head. "How can you have it every time?" he asked.
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flop, betting 75,000 after Heich checked the action to him. Chronis folded, but Heich called.
turn. When the river fell a third club, the 
, Heich led out for 125,000. He had no way of knowing that Ruecker was holding 
, but he quickly found out when Ruecker called and tabled his hand. The club flush was plenty enough to take down the pot. Heich never showed his cards.
. The turn 
, however, gave him a sweat as it brought four extra outs for Tureniec. With the crowd pressing in, Tureniec started chanting, "Jack! Jack! Jack!" and got his wish when the 
(the same jack of clubs that Sorel Mizzi asked for earlier?) hit the river to make a straight.
after calling from the button.
, and Levy doubles to 520,000 with Tureniec now down to 220,000.
. When the 
hit the turn to make an unbeatable hand for Ramakrishnan, Obrestad immediately turned around and quickly walked away from the table. She was long out of the tournament area by the time the river 
fell in the window of the flop, but once again it was just a teaser of things to come as it was followed by the 
to pair Gruneberg's queen. The turn was the 
. Lechich continued his betting line, making it 100,000 to go. Ramakrishnan responded by moving all in for 1.2 million. Lechich had 860,000 chips behind. If he called, more than 2 million chips would be in the middle, but Lechich opted to fold.