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John Kabbaj made it 45,000 to skate, and Billy Kopp reraised to 151,000. Kabbaj re-potted it, and Kopp called all in for a total of 336,000.
Showdown
Kabbaj:
Kopp:
Kabbaj had one foot on his opponent's throat, but Kopp would just manage to escape. The first four cards off were , but a timely on the river was a bolt of lightning. Kopp strikes his card to double up to 688,000.
Kabbaj is crippled all the way down to 1,900,000, now just short of having a two-to-one lead over second place.
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Gary Rabin raised to 50,000 before the flop, and monster stack John Kabbaj put him all in with a reraise. Rabin called all in for about 90,000 more, tabling . Kabbaj looked poised for another knockout with .
The flop wouldn't make things so certain though, as it came to pair up Rabin. All it took was a on the turn though, and Kabbaj was back in the lead. Looking for a seven or a jack but finding none, Rabin saw the river bring the and the end of his day. He's been put down in 17th place, while Kabbaj is moving up, up, up.
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Action folded around to Justin Young, who raised pot from the hijack. John Kabbaj reraised for Young's last few chips and he made the call.
Kabbaj:
Young:
The board came giving Kabbaj two pair and the pot. He eliminates Justin Young from the tournament and moves to over 2,000,000 - 25% of the chips in play.
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Table 61
Seat 1: Thomas Pettersson
Seat 2: J.C. Alvarado
Seat 3: Eric Baldwin
Seat 4: Davidi Kitai
Seat 5: Mohsin Charania
Seat 6: Jason Lester
Seat 7: Darryll Fish
Seat 8: Kirill Gerasimov
Seat 9: Billy Kopp
Table 64
Seat 1: Jason Young
Seat 2: Eugene Todd
Seat 3: Vanessa Rousso
Seat 4: Gary Robin
Seat 5: John Kabbaj
Seat 6: Isaac Haxton
Seat 7: Ken Lennaard
Seat 8: Michael Kamran
Seat 9: Florian Langmann
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Erik Seidel - 19th Place
Before the flop, Erik Seidel was all in for his last 80,000 chips. He held , and he was in bad shape when Jason Lester turned over .
The flop was a good miss for Seidel as the gave him a flush draw to go with his overcard. The that turned was no good though, and neither was the on the river.
Seidel couldn't find his out cards, and he's been knocked out in 19th place.
With 18 players now remaining, they have redrawn and recombined into the final two tables.
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Justin Young
Justin Young was just involved in three large pots.
First, he flopped the nut flush but lost the 800,000 pot to John Kabbaj's runner-runner full house. Luckily for Young, he somehow managed to hang on to 159,000 for the next hand....
In the second hand, he doubled up after he was all in preflop with pocket queens against Isaac Haxton's pocket threes.
Just a few hands later, it was his turn to double up Haxton, losing a race with to Haxton's pocket tens.
After all this, Young is still alive, but on a short stack with 110,000.
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Sam Simon - 20th Place
Sam Simon made it 56,000 to go from the button. In the small blind, Mohsin Charania reraised, and Simon called off his last little 6,000 chips all in.
Showdown
Simon:
Charania:
Simon needed some help to stay alive. The board would be useless though, coming . Charania's jacks stood up, and Sam Simon is out the door in 20th place.
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In middle position, Isaac Haxton put in a small raise to 38,000. Billy Kopp pot-raised it from the big blind, and Haxton re-potted right back. Kopp made the call for his final 188,000 chips to put himself at risk.
Haxton showed down , and Kopp was racing to stay alive with . The board would cooperate with him, doubling him up as it ran . Broadway is good, and Kopp is up to 384,000. Haxton has dipped to 442,000.
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, but a timely 
on the river was a bolt of lightning. Kopp strikes his card to double up to 688,000.
. Kabbaj looked poised for another knockout with 
.
on the turn though, and Kabbaj was back in the lead. Looking for a seven or a jack but finding none, Rabin saw the river bring the 
and the end of his day. He's been put down in 17th place, while Kabbaj is moving up, up, up.
giving Kabbaj two pair and the pot. He eliminates Justin Young from the tournament and moves to over 2,000,000 - 25% of the chips in play.
, and he was in bad shape when Jason Lester turned over 
.
that turned was no good though, and neither was the 
, and Kopp was racing to stay alive with 
