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So much for Mike "the Mouth" Matusow's comeback. After tripling up a few moments ago, he's out of the tournament. He raised to 30,000 from the small blind after Michael Binger opened for 7,500 and was called by Tim Phan. Binger's response to Matusow's reraise was to move all in for 65,000. Phan folded; Matusow called all in for 55,000 total.
Matusow drew first and stood pat. That action prompted a tank from Binger before he too rapped pat. Matusow's hand was 10-8, which was no good against Binger's 9-7-5-4-2. With that pot Binger climbed to 150,000 and Matusow left the Amazon Room.
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Mike Matusow moved all in for 18,100 from the cutoff, Archie Karas moved all in over the top for 44,300 from the button and Roland De Wolfe flat-called from the big blind. De Wolfe stood pat, Karas was pat, and Matusow drew two cards.
De Wolfe showed J-7-5-3-2. Karas had him beat with 9-7-6-4-2 and everyone waited as Matusow showed 7-6-2 and peeled up his two down cards.
"Yeah, baby!" cried Matusow.
He drew perfect, picking up a 3 and a 4 to make 7-6-4-3-2 and tripled up to 56,000. Karas took the side pot and was up to 55,000 while the hit barely dented De Wolfe's massive stack-- he still has about 200,000.
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Mike Matusow can't believe his luck.
It was a painful, painful showdown for Mike Matusow. Sitting on the button, he called a raise to 7,500 by Ville Wahlbeck that had also been called by Tim Phan. Each player drew one card.
After the draw, action checked to Matusow. He bet 20,000 with 9-7-5-4-3 and was called by Wahlbeck... who showed 9-7-5-4-2. This brutal showdown left Matusow with just 18,000 chips.
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Bryan Colin open-shoved for his last 14,500 from middle position and David Benyamine made the call from the big blind. Both players rapped pat.
Colin's J-T low couldn't stand up to Benyamine's 9-7-5-3-2 and he made a quiet exit. After the hand, Benyamine was up to 175,000.
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Hertzel Zalewski raised to 6,500 before the draw and was called by short-stacked Jason Gray. Each player drew one card. Seeing that Gray had only 6,000 behind, Zalewski bet 6,000 in the dark.
Gray squeezed his draw card and made an easy call with 7-6-5-4-2. Zalewski paid him off with a 10.
With the blinds and antes, Gray is now at about 31,000 in chips.
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Lamar Wilkinson has been blessed this afternoon with his all-in situations. He was all in for 17,000 and called in two spots -- by Steve Sung and Vince Musso. Each player drew one card, with Sung and Musso checking the action after the draw. Sung showed down 8-7 but neither player could beat Wilkinson's 7-6. That gave Wilkinson a pot worth about 61,000.
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