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Players are showing no hesitation about getting their stacks in the middle to start the day. Mike De Gilio opened all in from the button for 305,000. Steve Billirakis was in the big blind and re-raised all in to isolate. Billirakis had the best of it with , but not by much. De Gilio turned up .
Each player caught a piece of the flop, . Billirakis had a pair of aces while De Gilio had a diamond flush draw. The turn changed little, but De Gilio found his third diamond with a river. He's up to 650,000.
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Michael De Gilio had just doubled through Steve Billirakis when he found himself all in against him again. And once again, De Gilio was behind with against Billirakis' . It looked like De Gilio might suck out again when the fell on the flop, but Billirakis picked up gutshot outs. The king on the turn put MrSmokey back in the lead. De Gilio needed another 10 to win or a queen to chop. But the river was a brick, and De Gilio was off to the payout desk.
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Blair Hinkle - 20th Place
Steve Billirakis opened to 55,000, and Blair Hinkle moved all in for close to 200,000 more. Billirakis made the call, and they were on their backs.
Showdown
Hinkle:
Billirakis:
Billirakis continued his flop-hitting streak as the board ran out:
Hinkle's stack was all over the place yesterday, and he managed to come back from being short stacked several times. Finally, his ride is over in 20th place.
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Action folded to Daniele Nestola in the small blind, and he duly moved all in. Miami John Cernuto elected to look him up from the big blind with . Not good news for Nestola, who could only table . At least he was live.
The board came , giving both two pair. Cernuto's ace just edged out Nestola's five. Ok, not exactly. The stacks were counted down, and Cernuto barely had Nestola covered, meaning the young German was eliminated in 19th place.
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Eric Blair started the day as the chip leader at table with several large stacks. He has been relentless in his attacks.
In a pot played against Sam Stein, the board developed . Blair bet 60,000 on the flop, 125,000 on the turn and 250,000 on the river. Stein check-called each bet, then disgustedly flicked his cards into the muck when Blair showed at showdown.
A few minutes later, Blair started a raising war with David Miscikowski. Blair put in the first raise; Miscikowski three-bet in position to 128,000. Blair responded with a four-bet to 300,000, but Miscikowski didn't slow down. He made a five-bet to 509,000.
That show of extreme strength didn't faze Blair. He six-bet shoved for well more than 3 million chips. Miscikowski finally surrendered at that point.
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David Miscikowski opened to 53,000 on the button. Sam Stein called in the small blind, and big blind Steve Stolzmann was priced in as well.
Flop: - Stein bet out 87,000, Stolzmann quickly folded, and Miscikowski made the call.
Turn: - Stein bet 142,000, and Miscikowski flatted again.
River: - Stein fired a third bullet, this time betting 211,000. No more flatting from Miscikowski, who moved all in. It would be another 433k for Stein to call. He agonized for a bit before folding.
Miscikowski flashed for total air. The pot boosted him to over 1.5 million. Stein still has a substantial 3.2 million.
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John Franciosi has Mark Ketteringham's number. Franciosi opened with a standard raise on the button, then called all in after Ketteringham re-raised all in from the big blind. It was a standard race, something we haven't seen much of the last few days. Franciosi had pocket nines again; this time Ketteringham had .
"Why even put up a board?" joked Joseph Cutler. He was right; Franciosi's nines held up on a ten-high board.
Franciosi now has about 1 million chips. Ketteringham is down to just 205,000.
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, but not by much. De Gilio turned up 
.
. Billirakis had a pair of aces while De Gilio had a diamond flush draw. The turn 
changed little, but De Gilio found his third diamond with a 
river. He's up to 650,000.
against Billirakis' 
. It looked like De Gilio might suck out again when the 
flop, but Billirakis picked up gutshot outs. The king on the turn put MrSmokey back in the lead. De Gilio needed another 10 to win or a queen to chop. But the river was a brick, and De Gilio was off to the payout desk.
. Not good news for Nestola, who could only table 
, giving both two pair. Cernuto's ace just edged out Nestola's five. Ok, not exactly. The stacks were counted down, and Cernuto barely had Nestola covered, meaning the young German was eliminated in 19th place.
. Blair bet 60,000 on the flop, 125,000 on the turn and 250,000 on the river. Stein check-called each bet, then disgustedly flicked his cards into the muck when Blair showed 
at showdown.
for total air. The pot boosted him to over 1.5 million. Stein still has a substantial 3.2 million.
