Shamus
Roland Isra shoved all in with and was fighting for his tournament life against Garrett Beckman's pocket nines. The board brought no help to Isra, and he's out in 28th ($11,886). Beckmann now has 420,000.
They are now redrawing for new seats around the final three tables.
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Andrew Lichtenberger
From the cut off Antoine Berube min-raised to 20,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger moved all in from the button for 122,000. Berube made the call with but was in bad shape against the of Lichtenberg.
The board came allowing Lichtenberger to double up to 260,000. Berube drops to only 56,000.
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Just two hands later, Berube manages to double up with to bring him back up to 128,000.
Shamus
Here's a hand in which there was not an all in. Or a showdown.
Roland de Wolfe raised to 122,000 from under the gun, Torrey Reily called from middle position, Andrew Lichtenberger called from the small blind, and Bahador Ahmadi called from the big blind.
All four checked the flop. The turn was the . Lichtenberger fired out 51,000, Ahmadi folded, de Wolfe called, then Reily reraised to 151,000, forcing all to fold.
Chip counts after the hand: Reily 420,000, de Wolfe 400,000, Ahmadi 270,000, and Lichtenberger 185,000.
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From early position Gregg Merkow raised to 31,000. Action folded around to Jochen Dickenger, in the big blind, who made a huge all in shove. With 213,000 behind, Merkow took his time before calling with . Dickinger showed .
The flop came , leaving Dickinger drawing stone dead.
Merkow doubles up in a big way and is now just over 250,000.
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Philip Sousa raised to 27,000 from middle position and John Hoang moved all in for 135,000. Jochen Dickinger flat called from the button as did Sousa.
The board came with both Dickinger and Sousa checking it down. Hoang flipped over for a flush and his two opponents mucked.
Hoang yelled out "Yes, Yes, Yes!" as he tripled up.
John Hoang - 425,000
Philip Sousa - 482,000
Jochen Dickinger - 390,000
Shamus
Matt Vance was just eliminated in 33rd place.
After that, Ian Kim raised all in from under the gun, and a short-stacked Sean Gildea called with the last of his chips from the small blind. Gildea showed , while Kim turned over . The board came , and Gildea is out in 32nd.
and was fighting for his tournament life against Garrett Beckman's pocket nines. The board brought no help to Isra, and he's out in 28th ($11,886). Beckmann now has 420,000.
against Matt Schulte's pocket jacks. She finished in 29th place, earning $11,886. ![[user111541]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
but was in bad shape against the 
allowing Lichtenberger to double up to 260,000. Berube drops to only 56,000.
to bring him back up to 128,000.
flop. The turn was the 
, leaving Dickinger drawing stone dead.
, and he was still good. But the 
with both Dickinger and Sousa checking it down. Hoang flipped over 
for a flush and his two opponents mucked.
.
, and Kim is out in 31st ($11,886). De Wolfe is up to 495,000.
. The board came 
, and Gildea is out in 32nd.
