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On the first hand of play Chandrasekhar Billavara min-raised with and Greg "FBT" Mueller looked him up with . The flop came and after Mueller checked, Billavara moved all in. Mueller thought a long, long time before giving up his hand, and Billavara showed the Aces to the table.
Ray Spencer raised to 80K with and Taylor Douglas called in position with . Lew Titterton also called with and they saw a flop of . After Titterton and Spencer checked Douglas bet 150K. Titterton folded but Spencer made the call. After the turned Spencer again checked and Douglas bet 350K. This time the bet was enough to chase Spencer and Douglas took the pot.
After Ray Spencer raised to 100K with Kibler-Melby moved all in with pocket Sevens. It would've cost Spencer an additional 420,000 to make the call, and he chose not to.
After surrendering his hand to the all-in bet of Cort KIbler-Melby, the very next deal Ray Spencer looked down at . He raised to 135,000 and Taylor Douglas looked down at . He chose to call, and the flop may have kept Douglas out of serious trouble. Spencer led out for 350K with top set and Douglas tossed his hand away.
Running low on chips, Titterton moved all-in with . Leandro Pimentel moved all-in himself with , and when the action was folded around found that he was in the lead.
The flop gave Pimentel two pair and Titterton a gutshot draw, but the and on the turn and river didn't save Titterton and he was eliminated in 9th place, winning 45,162.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with both Ray Spencer with and John Hunt with chose to call. The flop of promised a confrontation, and that's exactly what happened. Pimentel bet 320K, Spencer folded, and Hunt moved all-in. Pimentel called and after the turned he looked primed to take Hunt out. But the spiked on the river to save Hunt from elimination and boost his stack to 1,425,000. Instead of challenging for the chip lead, Pimentel fell to 825K.
After Pimentel raised with , Chandrasekhar Billavara moved all-in with pocket Jacks. Perhaps thinking back to the first hand of the day, where Billavara moved in and turned over Aces. Pimentel chose to wait for a better spot to play for all his chips, and folded.