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Adam Friedman - 10th Place2-7 Triple Draw
Jon "Pearljammer" Turner raised the action up from the cutoff. Adam Friedman called on the button and then Layne Flack reraised from the small blind. Turner called and Friedman called.
Flack drew one card and then Turner drew three. Friedman pushed out two discards. "Give these guys half a deck." commented Flack as he bet in the dark.
Turner called the dark bet and then Friedman emphatically announced a raise. Flack reraised and then Turner folded. "All right, let's do this." said Friedman as he stuck in another raise to get all his money in. Flack made the call.
Friedman stood pat while Flack drew one on each of the next two draws. Flack needed to best the of Freidman. Flack was holding a at the time of receiving his final card down.
When he went to peel it back, Friedman leaned over and stuck his head in to get a look at Flack's card. Flack put it back on the felt and started looking around and at Friedman with a "What the heck are you doing?!?!" look on his face. Flack then peeled a when Friedman moved away to give him a better hand.
Friedman busted in 10th place and the remaining nine players are now off to the secondary feature table to finish things out.
Chris Klodnicki, down to 57,000, just managed to double through the recently red-hot Eric Crain. Before the first draw, Crain raised from the cutoff, Klodnicki reraised from the button, Crain three-bet, Klodnicki put his last chips in, and Crain called.
Both drew two on the first round. "So who's gonna get lucky?" asked Crain. Klodnicki appeared to be the one, as he stood pat. Crain drew two more, showing the he was discarding. On the third round, Klodnicki stood pat again, and this time Crain discarded .
They turned their cards over for Crain's last draw, and Klodnicki showed his 8-7-5-4-2. Klodnicki showed 5-3-2, but drew a queen on the first card, and the matter was decided.
Klodnicki doubles back to 114,000, while Crain still has 360,000.
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WSOP officials went ahead and got all ten players to fill out bio sheets in preparation for the upcoming eight-handed final table, so the break extended a little longer than planned.
Before the third draw, Chris Klodnicki bet and Eric Crain called. Both stood pat, Klodnicki checked, and Crain thought a moment before checking as well.
"Eighty-six," said Crain, turning over his 8-6-5-4-2. Klodnicki shook his head as he tossed his hand dealerward.
Crain is suddenly way beyond the 300,000-chip mark now, while Klodnicki is down to about 60,000.
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Andrew Radel - 11th PlacePot-Limit Omaha
Layne Flack raised the action to 16,000 from middle position before Andrew Radel called from the cutoff. On the button, Jerrod Ankenman reraised the pot, 55,500 more. Flack ducked out of the way and then Radel made the call. After he made the call, Radel had slightly over 70,000 chips behind.
The flop came down and Radel pushed. Ankenman quickly called.
Showdown
Radel:
Ankenman:
The turn brought the and the river came the . Ankenman made a straight and busted Radel in 11th place.
After a four-way limped pot, the flop came , and it checked to Eric Crain who bet 15,000. Only Trai Dang called from the small blind.
The turn was the , and Dang promptly bet the pot, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. Crane raised enough to put Dang all in, and Dang called.
Dang showed for the flopped set and a heart flush draw, while Crane had for a club flush draw. The river was the , giving Crain his flush and knocking out Dang.
of Freidman. Flack was holding a 
he was discarding. On the third round, Klodnicki stood pat again, and this time Crain discarded 
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and Radel pushed. Ankenman quickly called.
and the river came the 
, and it checked to Eric Crain who bet 15,000. Only Trai Dang called from the small blind.
, and Dang promptly bet the pot, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. Crane raised enough to put Dang all in, and Dang called.
for the flopped set and a heart flush draw, while Crane had 
for a club flush draw. The river was the 
