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Jacks are good
Alec Torelli opened from late position and Greg Raymer called from the small blind. Raymer checked the flop and Torelli bet 61,000. Raymer answered back with a raise to 150,000 only to have Torelli shove all in for his remaining 325,000. Raymer called.
Torelli
Raymer
The turn was the , the river was the and Torelli's jacks took it, his stack climbling to 970,000. Raymer is still near the top of the pack with 1,750,000.
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From the cutoff Kirill Gerasimov open-shoved for 150,000 only to have Evan McNiff reship from the button for 350,000. From the big blind, David Baker called to put them both at risk.
The flop came giving McNiff the best hand with a pair of aces, but also opening the door for Kirill (any diamond would give him the nut flush).
Visibly upset after going from first to worst, Baker was left drawing to only two outs.
When the fell on the turn, he felt much better.
Baker needed to fade a diamond or a ten to take the pot, and when the fell on the river, he successfully completed the double elimination of McNiff and Gerasimov.
David Baker - 1,530,000
Kirill Gerasimov - 32nd place ($0)
Evan McNiff - 31st place ($0)
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"CrazyMarco"
Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson got the rest of his chips in before the flop against Justin Bonomo holding to Bonomo's . Bonomo hit a king on the flop to take the lead and Johnson couldn't improve, hitting the rail in 33rd place.
Shamus
Ted Forrest opened from middle position by raising to 50,000 and got three callers: Noah Schwartz, Tony G (button), and Doshi Suresh (big blind).
The flop came an enticing . Suresh checked, Forrest bet 65,000, Schwartz folded, Tony G called, and Suresh folded. Pot approximately 355,000.
The turn was the . Forrest checked, and Tony G checked behind.
The river was the . Both checked again. Forrest turned over , and Tony G mucked.
Forrest now has 1.26 million, and Tony G has slipped down to 310,000.
[user111541]
After a series of preflop raises, Doshi Suresh was all in with against the of Tony G. With about one million in the pot, Tony G looked poised to climb close to the chip lead until the board came giving Suresh jacks full. Tony G drops down to 518,000 while Suresh surges to 1,000,000.
Shamus
Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis open-raised to 45,000 from late position, and Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro reraised all in for about 300,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way, and Veldhuis made the call.
Kelopuro showed , and Veldhuis . The flop came , and Kelopuro is out in 35th place. Veldhuis now has 1.4 million.
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Ali Eslami
Short stacked, Ali Eslami was all in for his last 84,000 with against the of Neil Channing.
The flop came giving Eslami the lead, but when the came on the turn, he was all but gone. The on the river sealed his fate and Eslami hit the rail nine spots out of the money.
Neil Channing - 345,000
Ali Eslami - 36th place ($0)
Shamus
Greg Raymer raised to 45,000, then David Chiu reraised all in for 128,000, and Raymer made the call.
Raymer showed A-9 and Chiu A-K. The board came , and Chiu has doubled up to 260,000. Raymer is still well out in front with nearly 2.5 million -- about a million chips more than his nearest competitor.
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flop and Torelli bet 61,000. Raymer answered back with a raise to 150,000 only to have Torelli shove all in for his remaining 325,000. Raymer called. 
, the river was the 
and Torelli's jacks took it, his stack climbling to 970,000. Raymer is still near the top of the pack with 1,750,000.
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giving McNiff the best hand with a pair of aces, but also opening the door for Kirill (any diamond would give him the nut flush). 
fell on the turn, he felt much better.
. Forrest checked, and Tony G checked behind.
, and Tony G mucked. 
of Tony G. With about one million in the pot, Tony G looked poised to climb close to the chip lead until the board came 
giving Suresh jacks full. Tony G drops down to 518,000 while Suresh surges to 1,000,000.
. The board ran out 
, and Veldhuis 
giving Eslami the lead, but when the 
