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Jesse Haabak - eliminated
Action folded around to Jesse Haabak. He open-shoved his diminished stack. Warren Zackey was sitting with the button, looked down at , and made an easy call. Haabak showed down two live cards, , that were significantly less live after a flop of . Haabak needed a jack or running trips. He was booted to the rail in 26th place when he got neither, bricking the turn and river .
As a result of that pot and a few other small pots, Zackey has more than 10 million chips.
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Darvin Moon limped in from UTG, Andrew Lichtenberger limped on the button, Marco Mattes completed the small blind and Joseph Cada checked his option.
The flop came down . Moon bet 300,000 and all three opponents called. The turn was the and the action was checked to Moon, who bet 700,000. Lichtenberger called, Mattes folded, and Cada let it go. Heads-up to the river, which came the . Moon led out for 1,000,000 and Lichtenberger called.
Moon revealed in the hole but Lichtenberger had trip nines with to take the pot away.
Shamus
Kevin Schaffel opened with a raise to 300,000 from middle position and got three callers -- Jamie Robbins (hijack), Ludovic Lacay (small blind), and Steven Begleiter (big blind).
The flop came . It checked to Schaffel who bet 850,000, Robbins called, and the others folded. The turn was the , and both checked.
The river brought the . Schaffel bet 1.5 million this time, and Robbins gave it a short think before letting it go.
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Because the first two players eliminated were both from the same table, tournament staff had to break a player off of one of the other tables. Players at Table 1 were not thrilled to see chip leader Darvin Moon show up with rack after rack after rack of chips. He's now in the 1-seat formerly occupied by Jesse Haabak.
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Jeff Shulman opened for 300,000 and Joe Cada called from the small blind.
Cada checked the flop over to Shulman, who made a continuation bet of 550,000. It was enough to chase away Cada and Shulman won his first pot of the day.
Shamus
"I lost my voice. It hurts to talk," said Antonio Esfandiari a little while ago. "Yet... I can't shut up."
Actually, Esfandiari and his eight tablemates have been very quiet in the early going, with hardly any noise emanating from the table but the quiet riffling of chips and the dealer's announcements of action.
"Tell me a story, Steve," said Antonio to Steven Begleiter, with whom he'd opened a brief dialogue a little while ago following that cheer for Begleiter from the rail.
From the looks of things, the only stories this group will be telling in the near term will be told via the cards and chips.
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Andrew Lichtenberger opened for 325,000 from late position, Marco Mattes three-bet to 825,000 and with the action folded back to Lichtenberger, he moved all in. Mattes let his hand go and Lichtenberger took it down.
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Jordan Smith opened for 325,000 from middle position, Jeff Shulman raised to 1.1 million from the cutoff. After a bit of a think, Smith mucked his hand and Shulman took it down.
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Sometimes he who fires first wins the pot. Tommy Vedes was the first aggressor preflop, raising to 335,000. He was called by Ian Tavelli on the button and James Calderaro from the small blind. All three players checked an ace-high flop, . When the turn came , Calderaro had first action and made the first motion, leading out for 800,000. Each of his opponents folded.
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, and made an easy call. Haabak showed down two live cards, 
, that were significantly less live after a flop of 
. Haabak needed a jack or running trips. He was booted to the rail in 26th place when he got neither, bricking the turn 
and river 
.
. Moon led out for 1,000,000 and Lichtenberger called. 
in the hole but Lichtenberger had trip nines with 
to take the pot away.
. It checked to Schaffel who bet 850,000, Robbins called, and the others folded. The turn was the 
, and both checked.
. Schaffel bet 1.5 million this time, and Robbins gave it a short think before letting it go.
, but Maimone spiked the 
on the turn to take the lead. The river was the 
and he doubled up to 2,360,000.
