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Curt Kohlberg eliminated
Luis Vazquez is on a roll here as the first level comes to a close. He just busted Curt Kohlberg after the two got all in on the flop of . Kohlberg held bottom set with the and Vazquez a flush draw with the .
The turn brought the and gave Vazquez his flush. The river failed to pair the board with the and Kohlberg stood up and exited the tournament. Send another $5,000 chip Vazquez's way as he now has two eliminations and there's only three players left at his table.
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With each player ponying up $25,000 for the buy-in, the prizepool is pretty hefty despite getting a smaller turnout of only 35 players. Each bounty you earn gets you $5,000 and by winning the first table, a player will receive either $50,000 or $60,000, depending on whether your table started with five or six.
Making it to the final table will mean you're playing for the remaining bounties and also $330,000 winner-take-all prize.
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Faraz jaka had his approximate 6,000-chip all-in bet called by Daniel Negreanu on the feature table. Negreanu held and Jaka held . The board ran out and Jaka doubled up.
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Faraz Jaka was all in again, this time for 12,650 agianst Brian Lemke. Lemke held the worse of it with two queens against Jaka's two kings. After a board of , Jaka doubled up.
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Ashton Griffin min-raised to 800 on the button and Matt Glantz called from the big blind.
The flop came down and both checked. Glantz check-called 1,400 on the turn card and the river card fell. Glantz checked again and Griffin bet 3,600. Glantz called after a minute with and Griffin mucked.
Glantz is up to 55,000 while Griffin is down to 16,000.
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Del Grosso sent packing
Joe Cassidy called under then gun, Steve Sung called from the hijack, and Marcello Del Grosso called from the cutoff. Shawn Buchanan raised to 2,300 on the button and the table folded around to Del Grosso. He put in his last 250 into the pot and was all in for 2,550 total. Buchanan called and the hands were revealed:
Del Grosso:
Buchanan:
The board ran out and Del Grosso is eliminated. Shawn Buchanan is up to 30,000 and wins the $5,000 bounty chip.
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Goosen loses out
Dan Smith called Steven Goosen's all-in bet with . Goosen held . Neither player connected with the board and Smith's ace high was good enough to give him the pot. Goosen was eliminated from the tournament and sent his bounty chip Smith's way.
. Kohlberg held bottom set with the 
and Vazquez a flush draw with the 
.
and gave Vazquez his flush. The river failed to pair the board with the 
and Kohlberg stood up and exited the tournament. Send another $5,000 chip Vazquez's way as he now has two eliminations and there's only three players left at his table.
and Jaka held 
. The board ran out 
and Jaka doubled up.
turn card and the 
river card fell. Glantz checked again and Griffin bet 3,600. Glantz called after a minute with 
and Griffin mucked.
and Del Grosso is eliminated. Shawn Buchanan is up to 30,000 and wins the $5,000 bounty chip.
. Goosen held 
. Neither player connected with the board and Smith's ace high was good enough to give him the pot. Goosen was eliminated from the tournament and sent his bounty chip Smith's way.
