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Tim Begley just headed to the rail when he was all in preflop holding against the more powerful of Andrew Gunderson. Gunderson caught the on the flop to increase his dominance. Begley failed to catch the running cards neccessary to stay alive. Gunderson is now working with 430,000 in chips.
Preflop, Ray Henson raises to 46,000 and Sven Heinecker raises to 135,000. Patrick Huse goes all in for 520,000 total and Henson folds. Heinecker calls. Huse has , but runs into the of Heinecker. The board has no king and Huse is out. Heinecker is at 1,300,000.
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136th place finisher and poker legend Billy Baxter
The following players all won $58,570:
145 - Adam Weiss
144 - Martin Miller
143 - Phillip Liou
142 - Samuel Padgett
141 - Michael Mills
140 - Jay Franklin Benjamin
139 - Greg Huffman
138 - Wolbert Bartlema
137 - Robert Lauria
136 - Billy Baxter
Preflop, John Spadavecchia moves all in for 624,000 under the gun with and Alan Levin calls in the cutoff with . Spadavecchia spikes a jack on the flop and is up to 1,090,000. Levin is down to 560,000.
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Kirk Morrison put in standard raise from the button and Jeff Bryan reraised to 150,000 from the small blind. Neil Channing, who was in the big blind, peeked at his hole cards and then declared: "All in." Morrison passed, but Bryan insta-called. The players showed...
Bryan:
Channing:
The board ran out and just like that, Channing was eliminated. Jeff Bryan is up to 1,450,000 chips after the hand.
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Thor Hansen
Atlan made it 45,000 to go before the flop from middle position and Hansen moved all in for his last 245,000. Atlan made the call and had Thor drawing slim when he revealed pocket aces; Hansen showed .
The situation got worse for Hansen on the flop, as the case ace gave Nicolas top set. Hansen's only hope for survival was the possibility of a runner-runner straight, which failed to materialize as the turn and river brought the and .
Atlan's chip count after the hand stood right around 1,400,000.
Jeff Tunkel bets 30,000 and Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll raises to 150,000. Tunkel calls. On the flop, Carroll checks and Tunkel bets 100,000. Carroll calls. On the turn, Carroll checks. Tunkel bets 150,000 and Carroll calls. On the river, Carroll leads out for 315,000 and Tunkel calls, showing versus for Carroll. Carroll is down to 1,300,000 while Tunkel hits 2,250,000.
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Bryan Swanson's Main Event dreams were just dashed when he lost two big hands in a row.
In the first hand, Swanson had a majority of his chips in the pot holding against the of Jason Welch. Swanson's hand failed to improve and he was left with a mere 102,000 in chips. Welch climbed to 555,000 on the hand.
A few hands later, he was all in. Swanston took his up against the of Christian Togsverd. The on the flop was all Togsverd would need to send Swanson to the rail. Togsverd is now very much in the mix with 1,500,000 in chips.
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Lee Watkinson
Gus Hansen and Lee Watkinson just went at it for the first time since Gus was moved from the feature table to Lee's table, just under an hour ago.
Preflop, Gus made it 52,000 to go from the cutoff and Lee made the call from the big blind.
The flop came and both players knuckled the table, opting for a free turn. The next card off the deck was the . At this point, Lee attempted to take control of the hand, leading out with a 75,000 bet; Gus made the call.
The fell on the river and Lee quickly fired out a 150,000 bet. "Mighty big bet," Gus said, as he considered his decision. A solid minute passed, as Gus rapidly tapped his foot on the ground, while stacking and restacking his chips. Every few seconds he glanced over at Lee in search of more information, but Lee didn't budge. Gus eventually made the call and Lee turned over for top two pair. Gus appeared stunned and held on to his cards for a few seconds before handing them over to the dealer.
Watkinson improved to 1,570,000 on the hand, while Gus dropped to 900,000.
Alex Kravchenko bets 750,000 on the river and Tom Peterson calls. Kravchenko shows for the nut flush and Peterson has K-10. Kravchenko is up to 2,250,000 and Peterson slips to 1,200,000.
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against the more powerful 
of Andrew Gunderson. Gunderson caught the 
on the flop to increase his dominance. Begley failed to catch the running cards neccessary to stay alive. Gunderson is now working with 430,000 in chips.
, but runs into the 
and Alan Levin calls in the cutoff with 
and just like that, Channing was eliminated. Jeff Bryan is up to 1,450,000 chips after the hand.
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versus 
for Carroll. Carroll is down to 1,300,000 while Tunkel hits 2,250,000.
against the 
. At this point, Lee attempted to take control of the hand, leading out with a 75,000 bet; Gus made the call.
