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Since dropping down to three-handed play, there have been no significant pots. It seems the remaining three players are content letting the level expire, which will bring about the dinner break.
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David Sands opened to 240,000 on the button with the 
and an unknown card, and Scott Seiver three-bet to 825,000 from the big blind with seven-four. Sands folded, showing his other card - an eight - and Seiver raked in the pot.
Scott Seiver limped with 
from the small blind and David "Doc" Sands coyly checked his option with 
. The 
flop was gin for Sands as it delivered him the nuts, and he ended up calling a bet of 140,000 from Seiver, who paired his queen.
Sands then called a bet of 250,000 on the 
, and watched Seiver bet 300,000 on the 
river. Sands took a long time before putting in a raise to 1.07 million, and it was Seiver's turn to tank. He sat with his hands cusped in front of his mouth and eyed up his opponent. Eventually Seiver let it go and it was off to the dinner break.
The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,250,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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6,090,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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2,415,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |
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Level: 23
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
The cards are back in the air.
Scott Seiver opened on the button for 320,000 with 
only to have Nick Schulman move all in for 2.095 million from the big blind. Seiver thought long and hard, often leaning back and sipping from his drink, but ultimately decided to lay it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,700,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
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2,555,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
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David Sands opened to 320,000 on the button with unknown cards, Scott Seiver defended his big blind with two black nines, and the flop fell 
. Seiver checked, Sands continued for 440,000, and Seiver called.
The turn was the 
, Seiver checked again, and Sands checked behind.
The 
completed the board, the two checked again, and Sands showed 
for a pair of fours, which were no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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6,250,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
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6,050,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
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2,455,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
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Nick Schulman began the day second in chips, but he has to settle for third place as he was just eliminated by David "Doc" Sands.
It happened when Schulman open-shipped the button for 2.435 million with 
, Scott Seiver folded from the small blind, and Sands snap-called from the big blind with 
.
Schulman was up out of his seat just as soon as he discovered the bad news. What he didn't know was that it was even worse than he thought as Seiver had folded a king. The 
flop was about as bad as it could come as Sands flopped a set, but the 
turn gave Schulman some hope as he could win with a non-club queen and chop with any club. Unfortunately for him, the blanked on the river and it'd be the last card he would see in the 2013 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller.
Not a bad showing for the man who took fourth in 2011 as he's had two PCA $100K Super High Roller final tables in three years.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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