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Three players were looking down at a 
flop; two of them checked and the third, David Chang, went all in for his last 700. Dean Tran made the call.
Tran: 
Chang: drawing rather thin with 
Turn: 
River: 
With that, we are down to two tables.
Robert Truijers took the liberty of raising in middle position and got called by Robert Stevanovski. The flop came down 
and both players checked. However, when the 
came on the turn, Stevanovski bet, with Truijers calling. The river was the and all of Stevanovski's chips got in the middle when he bet and called Truijers' raise for his last 2,000.
Upon seeing the 
of Truijers, Stevanovski mucked his hand and wished everyone at the table good luck before making an exit.
Frank Kassela raised in late position and Jeff Neeman reraised all in from the big blind. A swift call, and a showdown.
Kassela: 
Neeman: 
"My favorite hand," said Neeman, before qualifying the statement, "Well, it has to be my favorite hand now."
Board: 
"There you go, there's the nuts," said Kassela.
"Just 23 more of those to go," said the still dangerously short Neeman as he doubled to 25,000.
It folded around to the hapless Jeff Neeman in the small blind, who went all in for 11,000 total, less than a full raise. Dean Tran in the big blind sort of waved his hand around so people could see it, wondering whether it was worth it, and then made the call.
Neeman: 
Tran: the lowly
Board: 
... 
We are down to 16 players as we head into the last half hour of play.
Dean Tran was in middle position and raised preflop, only to have to call a re-raise from Robert Truijers. There was no action on the 
flop.
The paired the board on the turn, and Truijers called Tran's bet. When the river added the to the mix, Dean bet once more and Truijers tanked for a while, almost putting his chips in a few times, saying "You're not bluffing here, are you?" Tran did his best to withhold any tells, but showed 
when Truijers folded. We got no sign from Truijers as to whether or not Dean's hand would have been good.
Terrence Chan raised and was met with a reraise from Jason Potter in the small blind. Chan called and they saw some community cards.
Potter bet out on the 
flop and Chan called; but both players checked the on the turn. Come the 
river, Potter bet out again and Chan called - only to muck when Potter turned over for trips.
Chan - down to 205,000
Potter - up to 327,000
Patti Gallagher, last lady standing, has fallen.
She got her last in with on an 
flop only to discover that she was behind Georgios Kapalas' . There was a glimmer of hope on the turn, but the 
river was a blank for her, and this is now an all-male contest.
With three bets preflop, Ilya Sheyn was all in with Terrence Chan making the call.
Sheyn:
Chan: 
Sheyn had to dodge plenty of outs to stay alive, which he managed to do through the flop or 
and the turn's . However, the came on the river and was all Chan needed to send Sheyn packing.
Terrence Chan opened, and then called the reraise from Ben Lamb in the small blind. Interesting.
Lamb bet out on the flop and Chan flat called; he bet out again on the turn and this time Chan raised. Lamb made the call. Come the 
river Lamb merely check-called, and promptly mucked to Chan's 
for top pair.
Chan's stack increased to a healthy 305,000, but Lamb was left with just 10,000. Looks like it could be a short run from here on in for last year's 14th place Main Event finisher...
We didn't quite make it to the final table, but they players made a good effort. We're going to play five more hands tonight before closing shop until tomorrow.
