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Craig Boyd - 55th Place
We're down to six tables after the recent elimination of Craig Boyd in 55th place. Boyd open-shoved from the button for 850,000 with . Ben Lamb was in the small blind and decided to look Boyd up witih . Boyd paired kings on a flop of , but Lamb spiked an ace on the turn, . That left Boyd looking for any king, ten or queen on the river. Instead he found the useless .
Boyd's elimination moves Lamb up to 5.5 million in chips.
donpeters
Bradley Craig cashed in the Main Event back in 2005, but has no other cashes on his resume. He has just joined us at the secondary feature table in seat eight.
Shamus
Marco Mattes open-raised to 130,000 from the button, and Christopher Bach responded by pushing all in for his last 755,000 from the big blind. Mattes made the call.
Bach showed and Mattes . The flop was and the turn the , and Bach was down to his last card. But the river brought the , and Bach is still with chips.
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It was another four-way limped pot at Hieu Luu's table. There have been several of those recently. On a flop of Luu bet 200,000 after both blinds checked. Only Kevin Schaffel, who had position on Luu, made the call.
The turn was the . Luu checked to Schaffel and induced a bet of 400,000. Luu check-raised that bet to 1.2 million, but Schaffell -- perhaps aware of Luu's highly aggressive tendencies -- re-raised back all in for 3.3 million total. Luu folded.
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Warren Zackey
Ryan Fair started it off with a raise to 125,000, and Warren Zackey was the lone caller, coming along from the big blind.
Heads up, the flop brought , and Zackey reached for chips, leading out into the pot with a bet of 225,000. Fair quickly splashed the calling chips out in front of him, and the turn card was the . Zackey fired again -- 350,000 this time -- and Zackey once again wasted no time flicking in the call.
The last card off was the , and Zackey fired another 500,000. That last bet would send Fair deep into the tank, and it would be more than seven minutes before he made his move. He was up standing behind his chair for a minute, then back seated. Then standing again. "You look pretty nervous," he said, shooting a long glance across the table.
"I am." came the curt reply from Zackey. A bit more quiet conversation ensued, and Fair was still unsure. "One sec, guys," he said to the table. "I was slowplaying too. This is sick." He asked if Zackey would show his cards to a fold, and the reply was a slow nod. Finally, and reluctantly, Fair let the dealer take back his cards. Zackey opened up his , sending Zackey spinning around the stage shaking his head. It looks like he didn't like his fold, and Zackey's timely bet earns him a sizable pot.
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Jesse Haabak
Jesse Haabak made it 140,000 to go and Antoine Saout called from the button.
Haabak led out for 205,000 on the flop and Saout called. Haabak checked the on t he turn, Saout bet 380,000 and Haabak called. The river fell the and Haabak checked again. Saout moved all in and Haabak folded.
After the hand, Saout was up to 6,200,000 while Haabak dropped to 840,000.
donpeters
Eric Buchman raised to 115,000 preflop from early position and Andrew Lichtenberger called out of the big blind. The flop came down and Lichtenberger checked. Buchman fired 180,000. Lichtenberger called.
The turn was the and Lichtenberger checked again to Buchman. Buchman fired 305,000 this time. Lichtenberger flung his cards into the muck, giving Buchman the pot.
Shamus
Jesse Haabak opened with an all-in raise to 870,000 from middle position, and Tommy Vedes called from the big blind. Vedes turned over and Haabak showed .
The board went , and Haabak's sevens held. Haabak is up to 1.805 million, and Vedes still is near the leaders with his 9.1 million.
. Buchman checked and then Shulman fired 200,000. Lichtenberger called and Buchman folded.
and Shulman fired 250,000. Lichtenberger called again.
hit the felt. Shulman tabled 
and Lichtenberger mucked.
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. Ben Lamb was in the small blind and decided to look Boyd up witih 
. Boyd paired kings on a flop of 
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and Mattes 
. The flop was 
and the turn the 
, and Bach was down to his last card. But the river brought the 
, and Bach is still with chips.
, Jordan Smith was just now all in for his tournament life against Adam Bilzerian. Smith held 
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Luu bet 200,000 after both blinds checked. Only Kevin Schaffel, who had position on Luu, made the call.
. Zackey fired again -- 350,000 this time -- and Zackey once again wasted no time flicking in the call.
, and Zackey fired another 500,000. That last bet would send Fair deep into the tank, and it would be more than seven minutes before he made his move. He was up standing behind his chair for a minute, then back seated. Then standing again. "You look pretty nervous," he said, shooting a long glance across the table.
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