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Continuing the non-stop aggression, Blair Hinkle raised to 41,000 preflop. Both Dustin Dirksen and Rick LeNoble called.
They saw a flop, and Lenoble bet out 75,000. Hinkle folded, but Dirksen raised all in -- a total of 318,000. While Lenoble was considering his options, Dirksen was trying very hard to talk him out of the call. Nevertheless, Lenoble called, and they were on their backs.
Lenoble: for top pair.
Dirksen: for a flush draw.
Turn:
River:
Thus Rick Lenoble and his sleeveless biker shirt have been eliminated in 12th place. Two more to go before we reach final table and the end of play for the night.
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Yue Huang raises to 45,000, and Blair Hinkle reraises to 125,000. Huang goes over the top of him for another 60,000 or so, and Hinkle calls.
There are very few outs for Huang with his up against Hinkle's , and none of them come on the board. With handshakes all round, a nevertheless cheerful Huang heads for the cash desk to collect his 13th-place money.
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Ellis-mination
Ellis had spoken to me during the break about his dilemma, short-stacked, under-the-gun next hand and facing an aggressive table. Although he considered pushing his remaining 60,000 in on the very first hand back, he decided that it would be best to wait for the big blind to hit, hope an aggressive player raised it up and then take him on with whatever two cards he was dealt.
In the end, that's pretty much what happened. With serial raiser Blair Hinkle raising it up to 53,000 from early position, Ellis, poised and ready to push as others before him folded, shoved all in from the big blind for 7,000 more.
Of course, Hinkle called, and duly showed a , Ellis somewhat shocked, but mighty relieved to be going in ahead with .
But with the flop coming , the tables had turned, Ellis left to shake his head in disappointment. The turn and river were of no use, and the final Brit was gone.
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Stephane Tayar has very loudly won a hand against Blair Hinkle.
Hinkle raised to 30,000 preflop and Tayar was the sole caller. They both checked the flop, and Tayar bet out 12,000 on the turn; Hinkle called.
The river came down the and now Tayar bet out 60,000. Hinkle called, and mucked when Tayar turned over pocket eights for a rivered full house. Tayar, meanwhile, celebrated at high volume. "YESSS!" he cried, and turned to Jerry the dealer. "I love you, Jerry, I love you, sir," he said to Jerry, who blushed like a schoolgirl.
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AJ, raising fractions
According to my field reporter, the players are starting to feel a little lack-lustre with perhaps fatigue finally settling in after a long, tough day.
It would appear as though current chip leader Andrew Jeffreys is struggling more than most. He just announced a raise of, "four and a half," with the big blind at 12,000.
"Ah, I meant forty-five," he claimed, rectifying his mistake.
Well, as long as he doesn't try and raise a bunch of a bananas or a pair of coconuts, I've done that before.
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Matt LaGarde has lost half his stack on a coinflip. He raised preflop to 33,000 with , and Dominik Kulicki reraised to 120,000. LaGarde went all in, and Kulicki called.
Kulicki turned over , which only improved on the board, doubling him up to 450,000, and leaving LaGarde with 200,000.
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flop, and Lenoble bet out 75,000. Hinkle folded, but Dirksen raised all in -- a total of 318,000. While Lenoble was considering his options, Dirksen was trying very hard to talk him out of the call. Nevertheless, Lenoble called, and they were on their backs.
for top pair.
for a flush draw.
, and none of them come on the 
board. With handshakes all round, a nevertheless cheerful Huang heads for the cash desk to collect his 13th-place money.
, Ellis somewhat shocked, but mighty relieved to be going in ahead with 
, the tables had turned, Ellis left to shake his head in disappointment. The 
flop, and Tayar bet out 12,000 on the 
turn; Hinkle called. 
and now Tayar bet out 60,000. Hinkle called, and mucked when Tayar turned over pocket eights for a rivered full house. Tayar, meanwhile, celebrated at high volume. "YESSS!" he cried, and turned to Jerry the dealer. "I love you, Jerry, I love you, sir," he said to Jerry, who blushed like a schoolgirl.
, and Dominik Kulicki reraised to 120,000. LaGarde went all in, and Kulicki called.
board, doubling him up to 450,000, and leaving LaGarde with 200,000.