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Kelly Samson and Ben Fineman
On a flop of , Kelly Samson led out with a 75,000 bet. Ben Fineman then came over the top for 200,000 and Samson made the call. When the peeled off on the turn, Samson led out once more and Fineman pushed back with the force of his remaining 1,102,000 in chips. Samson quickly called and found that his for trip nines was behind Samson's jack-high flush . The river brought no help to Samson as it fell . After a lengthy countdown of both players' stacks it was determined that Fineman had Samson covered. The 53-year-old Kelly 'Kboy' Samson will take home $128,816 for his efforts.
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Goodbye, Moto!
On a flop showing , Ben Fineman announced that he was all in, putting crowd-favorite Motoyuki 'Moto' Mabuchi to a decision for all of his chips. Mabuchi made a quick call and tabled only to find himself well behind Fineman's .
The turn and river came , and Fineman's queen kicker earned him the pot. Mabuchi received a warm round of applause from the studio audience as he exited the tournament area.
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Justin Bonomo
Justin 'ZeeJustin' Bonomo has just been eliminated from the tournament by Team Full Tilt Pro Allen Cunningham. Bonomo open-shoved all in before the flop for his last ~150,000 and when the decision fell to Cunningham, he too moved all in, in an attempt to isolate Bonomo. The move worked, setting up a pre-flop showdown pitting Cunningham's against Bonomo's .
The board filled out in favor of Cunningham's ace-queen high, sending Bonomo to the rail in fifth place. Cunningham improved to about 470,000 after the hand.
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Kelly Samson opened the pot with a 90,000 pre-flop raise and when the action fell to Justin 'ZeeJustin' Bonomo, he moved all in holding a pocket pair of tens. Samson made the call and turned over pocket queens, leaving Justin in pretty bad shape heading into the showdown.
The board delivered , giving Samson quad queens in an overkill victory that left Bonomo with just over 100,000 in chips. Samson skyrocketed past the one million mark and now sits with approximately 1,340,000.
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Blair Hinkle - 6th Place Finisher
Tournament chip leader Ben Fineman has just eliminated online pro Blair Hinkle from the main event in a big-time battle of the blinds. Action folded around to Fineman in the small blind who made it 60,000 to go. In an apparent attempt to defend his big blind, Hinkle quickly shoved his entire stack across the betting line - a wager worth an additional 518,000. Fineman made the call holding and it turned out to be the right one as Hinkle tabled .
By the turn, the board read giving Hinkle both straight and flush outs, but the river paired the board () cementing the hand for Fineman. The win further increased Ben's chiplead over the field, catapulting him way past the one million mark for the day.
Hinkle took home $80,510 in prize money for his troubles.
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During the last break, the tournament staff colored up several thousand worth of the players' 1,000-denomination chips and have replaced them with a new orange colored 10,000-denomination chip.
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Motoyuki 'Moto' Mabuchi
Just back from the break, Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi faced a 50,000 raise from Blair Hinkle. Moto decided to raise all in with his remaining 121,000 and showed after Hinkle made the call holding . Moto spiked a ten as the flop showed . The pair of tens would be good enough through the turn and river as the board rounded out . The double-up saw Moto move to 380,000 in chips.
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, Kelly Samson led out with a 75,000 bet. Ben Fineman then came over the top for 200,000 and Samson made the call. When the 
peeled off on the turn, Samson led out once more and Fineman pushed back with the force of his remaining 1,102,000 in chips. Samson quickly called and found that his 
for trip nines was behind Samson's jack-high flush 
. The river brought no help to Samson as it fell 
. After a lengthy countdown of both players' stacks it was determined that Fineman had Samson covered. The 53-year-old Kelly 'Kboy' Samson will take home $128,816 for his efforts.
, Ben Fineman announced that he was all in, putting crowd-favorite Motoyuki 'Moto' Mabuchi to a decision for all of his chips. Mabuchi made a quick call and tabled 
.
and Fineman's queen kicker earned him the pot. Mabuchi received a warm round of applause from the studio audience as he exited the tournament area.
against Bonomo's 
.
, giving Samson quad queens in an overkill victory that left Bonomo with just over 100,000 in chips. Samson skyrocketed past the one million mark and now sits with approximately 1,340,000.
. Moto spiked a ten as the flop showed 
. The pair of tens would be good enough through the turn and river as the board rounded out 