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It was looking grim for the Italian Pirate. Max Pescatori was committed from the blinds with and found himself against Jeff Tunkel's . Solution? Flop two pair! Pescatori made tens and three on a flop of , then faded every card he needed to fade on the turn and river to secure a double-up.
Pescatori is still mighty short, but having 27,000 chips buys him a little more time.
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A full double up for Derek Raymond, who reraised from the small blind to a raise from Josh Schlein, then bet out on the flop and called all in to a raise.
Raymond:
Schlein:
Board:
Raymond's up to 70,000, Schlein's down a little to 170,000.
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It seemed to take a long time, but we finally found a 28th place finisher. Dale Phillips was all in preflop against Josh Schlein and Jason Zimmerman. Schlein and Zimmerman checked the action down on a board the developed . Zimmerman showed , trip nines. Phillips had flopped huge with but missed everything.
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James Dempsey's had "an interesting level," as he put it. Up to a chip-leading 240,000 at one point, he managed to lose two enormous pots to set him back to 100,000, just below average. On the other hand, he thought his phone was broken but it has amazingly come back to life even as his chips vanished. Not all bad, then.
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While we were in the process of compiling the new seat assignments and fresh counts, Ben Gold got his short stack in the middle with . There were lots of middle cards on the board, but also lots of hearts -- four hearts to be exact. One of Gold's two opponents, James Dempsey, had two more hearts in his hand, . Those two baby hearts gave him a small flush that was enough to knock out Gold.
Seat 1: Michael Keiner -- 195,000
Seat 2: was previously Ben Gold, now empty
Seat 3: Scott Bohlman -- 65,000
Seat 4: Jonah Seewald -- 100,000
Seat 5: Mike Matusow -- 100,000
Seat 6: Pat Poels -- 80,000
Seat 7: Mark Tenner -- 170,000
Seat 8: CK Hua -- 169,000
Seat 9: James "Flushy" Dempsey -- 164,000
Table 71
Seat 1: Fabio Coppola -- 260,000
Seat 2: Patrice Boudet -- 215,000
Seat 3: Jeff Tunkel -- 105,000
Seat 4: Sirous Jamshidi -- 140,000
Seat 5: Mark Gregorich -- 127,000
Seat 6: was previously Pat Poels, but he was moved to Max Pescatori's old seat
Seat 7: Victor Deltoro -- 57,000
Seat 8: Frank O'Dell -- 185,000
Seat 9: John Esposito -- 18,000
Table 72
Seat 1: Meng La -- 108,000
Seat 2: Jim Banafato -- 85,000
Seat 3: Derek Raymond -- 160,000
Seat 4: JW Smith -- 43,000
Seat 5: David Rabbi -- 35,000
Seat 6: Danny Smith -- 50,000
Seat 7: Jason Zimmerman -- 55,000
Seat 8: Josh Schlein -- 155,000
Seat 9: John Monnette -- 129,000
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With the clock at 10 minutes, and a 20-minute break coming, tournament staff have decided to draw a card for the remaining hands to be played and end the day. The card drawn was 4, so we will play four hands and then bag the chips.
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We came to Table 70 in time to see a little of what James Dempsey previously described. After Mark Tenner bet a flop of , Dempsey raised. Tenner called to the turn, where he check-called another bet. When the river fell , Tenner check-called one last time.
"I have the nut flush," he said, turning over .
"Unbelievable," said a frustrated Dempsey. "That's how I'm running right now."
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and found himself against Jeff Tunkel's 
. Solution? Flop two pair! Pescatori made tens and three on a flop of 
, then faded every card he needed to fade on the 
turn and 
river to secure a double-up.
, trip nines. Phillips had flopped huge with 
. There were lots of middle cards on the board, but also lots of hearts -- four hearts to be exact. One of Gold's two opponents, James Dempsey, had two more hearts in his hand, 
. Those two baby hearts gave him a small flush that was enough to knock out Gold.
, Dempsey raised. Tenner called to the 
