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Matt Glantz-- Current Chip Leader
Pot-limit Omaha:
Michael DeMichele raised to 16,000 from UTG, Matt Glantz called from the cutoff and Gus Hansen called from the small blind. The flop was. Hansen checked, DeMichele bet 36,000, Glantz called and Hansen folded. The turn was the . DeMichele bet 85,000 and Glantz called. The river was the . DeMichele checked, Glantz bet 175,000, DeMichele folded, and Glantz raked in the 290,000 pot. After the hand he was up to 760,000.
Michael DeMichele raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Gus Hansen called from the big blind. The flop was . Hansen led for 33,000 and DeMichele called. The turn was the . Hansen checked, DeMichele bet 55,000 and Hansen called. The river was the and both players checked.
DeMichele rolled over . His aces held up and he raked in a pot worth 216,000.
Gus Hansen and Sam Farha were just involved in three consecutive pots. Hansen won them all.
Hand #1: Hansen opened for 21,000 and Farha called. The flop was . Farha checked, Hansen bet 44,000 and Farha folded.
Hand #2: Hansen opened for 21,000 and Farha called from the small blind and checked dark. The flop was . Hansen bet 44,000 and Farha called. The turn was the . Farha checked, Hansen bet 150,000 and Farha gave it up.
Hand #3: Hansen (again) opened for 21,000 and Farha called. The flop was . Hansen bet 44,000 and Farha folded.
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Matt Glantz 610,000
James Mackey 500,000
Gus Hansen 445,000
Michael DeMichele 360,000
Sam Farha 360,000
David Oppenheim 280,000
Ali Eslami 240,000
Anthony Rivera 235,000
Tom Dwan 225,000
Jeff Madsen 195,000
Eli Elezra 180,000
Tom Schneider 110,000
Tom Dwan opened for 12,500 from UTG and Jeff Madsen called from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Madsen checked, Dwan bet 18,500 and Madsen called. The river was the . Madsen check-called a 43,000 bet from Dwan.
Dwan showed for the nut flush and Madsen mucked. After the hand, Dwan was up to 235,000 while Madsen was left with 220,000.
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Johnny Chan - 13th Place
No-limit hold'em:
Gus Hansen raised to 17,500 from UTG, Johnny Chan called all in for 16,500, and Matt Glantz called from the small blind. The flop was . Glantz checked, Hansen bet 23,000 and Glantz called. The turn was the . Glantz checked, Hansen bet 69,000 and Glantz folded.
Hansen:
Chan:
The river was the and Gus' ace-high held up to win the pot and eliminate Chan. There will be no 11th bracelet for the Orient Express in this tournament.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan raised the action from middle position to 22,500. James Mackey called from the cutoff and then Tom Schneider moved all in from the big blind. Dwan folded and Mackey called.
Schneider: A-K-J-J
Mackey: K-Q-J-3
The board was good to Schneider as he made a full house, J-5-5-A-8, to double up. He now has close to 140,000. Mackey still has over 500,000.
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Lee Watkinson - 14th Place
No-limit hold'em:
Gus Hansen raised to 17,500 from the hijack, Lee Watkinson called all in for 3,500 from the small blind, and Sam Farha called from the big blind. The flop was . Farha checked, Hansen bet 23,000 and Farha folded. And the cards are turned up...
Watkinson:
Hansen:
The turn was the , the river was the and Hansen made a ten-high straight to win the pot, eliminating Watkinson.
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. Hansen checked, DeMichele bet 36,000, Glantz called and Hansen folded. The turn was the 
. DeMichele bet 85,000 and Glantz called. The river was the 
. DeMichele checked, Glantz bet 175,000, DeMichele folded, and Glantz raked in the 290,000 pot. After the hand he was up to 760,000.
. Hansen led for 33,000 and DeMichele called. The turn was the 
. Hansen checked, DeMichele bet 55,000 and Hansen called. The river was the 
and both players checked. 
. His aces held up and he raked in a pot worth 216,000.
. Hansen bet 44,000 and Farha called. The turn was the 
. Farha checked, Hansen bet 150,000 and Farha gave it up. 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Madsen check-called a 43,000 bet from Dwan. 
. Glantz checked, Hansen bet 69,000 and Glantz folded. 
and Gus' ace-high held up to win the pot and eliminate Chan. There will be no 11th bracelet for the Orient Express in this tournament.
