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We walked up to a turned board showing 
, and Christoph Kwon put out the first bet. Bill Chen raised, Kwon reraised, and Chen fired right back over the top with another raise. Kwon flatted this time, and he'd check-call one more bet on the 
river.
Chen tabled 
for top two, and that was the best had. He drags the pot, moving his stack up to about 140,000 now, while Kwon is back around 50,000.
Ilya Bulychev committed the last of his chips on a 
flop and Patrick Walsh made the call.
Bulychev 
Walsh 
Walsh filled his open-ended straight draw on the turn with the and the 
fell on the river, eliminating Bulychev. Walsh is up to 215,000.
On a flop of 
, Jameson Painter fired out a bet from the small blind. Greg DeBora and Phil Galfond were the other two players in the hand, and they came along with the calls to go three-handed to the turn.
It was the 
, and this time the first two players check-called a bet from Galfond. All three players checked the 
river, and Painter showed his 
first. Nobody could beat that top pair, and that pot moves Painter up to 145,000.
DeBora is down a bit to 131,000, while Galfond is left with 55,000.
On a flop of , Jameson Painter fired out a bet from the small blind. Greg DeBora and Phil Galfond were the other two players in the hand, and they came along with the calls to go three-handed to the turn.
It was the , and this time the first two players check-called a bet from Galfond. All three players checked the river, and Painter showed his first. Nobody could beat that top pair, and that pot moves Painter up to 145,000.
DeBora is down a bit to 131,000, while Galfond is left with 55,000.
Kenny Hsiung made a button raise, Vitaly Lunkin three-bet from the big blind and Hsiung came right back at him with a four-bet. Lunkin called and they saw a 
flop. Lunkin check-called Hsiung's bet. The turn was the and Hsiung led again. Lunkin raised and Hsiung called. The river was the and Lunkin checked. Hsiung thought for quite a while before putting in one more bet. Lunkin snap-called.
Lunkin showed 
for trips, snapping off Hsiung's . Lunkin is up to 115,000.
Phil Ivey raised and Doug Booth made the call from the big blind. Booth check-raised Ivey's bet on the 
flop, then led again when the hit the turn. Ivey called. The river was the 
and Ivey called one more bet from Booth.
Booth showed and Ivey mucked. Booth is up to 74,000 while Ivey is short-stacked with 11,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Here are two back-to-back hands we caught, grouped together for your enjoyment.
On the first hand, Shaun Deeb raised from middle position, and he called a three-bet from Albert Minnullin in position. The flop came a very lady-like 
, and Deeb check-called a bet. He did the same on the turn before check-folding to one last Minnullin bet on the 
river.
Deeb - 109,000
Minnullin 58,000
On the next hand, Phil Ivey raised, and he called a three-bet from Mark Cortazzo. The board ran out 
with the players checking it down the whole way. Ivey showed up , and his superior kicker was good enough to take the pot over Cortazzo's 
.
Ivey - 31,000
Cortazzo - 80,000
Isn't limit poker exciting?
Michael Reed open-raised from the cutoff, Tom Dwan three-bet from the cutoff and Reed called. Reed led out on the 
flop and Dwan called. The turn was the . Reed slowed down and checked, Dwan bet and Reed called. Reed check-called one more bet when the 
hit the river.
Dwan showed 
for a set and Reed mucked. Dwan is up to 88,000 while Reed is down to 50,000.
Vitaly Lunkin raised from late position, and Maria Ho reraised all in for 6,700 from the button. Lunkin called, and the cards were on their backs with Ho's tournament life in jeopardy:
Lunkin: 
Ho:
The race was on, and Ho jumped out to an early lead on the safe flop of 
. The {Ts] on the turn didn't change anything, but the river did. That gave Lunkin the winning queens up, sending Maria Ho off toward the exit.
