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Following Alex Baher's exit, the feature table now looks as such:
Seat 2: Richard Rice -- 175,000
Seat 3: Josh Roberts -- 600,000
Seat 4: Dmitry Gromov -- 550,000
Seat 5: Cory Brown -- 1,200,000
Seat 6: Nicholas Mitchell -- 850,000
Seat 7: Champie Douglas -- 250,000
Seat 8: Nikunj Gandhi -- 425,000
Seat 9: Bart Davis -- 650,000
The flop read 
and the pot comprised 150,000 in chips when Thomas Joanides moved all in for 180,000. Gabe Costner tanked up for a while before making the call, and they flipped their cards.
Joanides: 
for a pair of jacks
Costner: 
for a pair of queens, or a "Siegfried and Roy," as they call it out here
Nothing happened to change matters on the turn or river, and Joanides was bust.
Costner's new stack was a middle-of-the-pack 615,000.
Despite Sam Paolini having more chips than Frito-Lays, it's actually Cory Brown who is your current chip leader, predominately due to eliminating Alex Baher on the feature table. All in with 
, Baher found his foe sitting pretty with 
, and despite plenty of paint on a 
flop, it just wasn't to be, the 
turn and 
river ending the dream. As a result, Brown has become the first to break the one million mark with 1,200,000.
The roller coaster ride that is Robert "E-Dolo" Scott's tournament continues - most recently, he doubled up Ashira Lavine.
All the chips went in preflop, and it was an easy double-up for Lavine.
Scott:
Lavine: 
Board: 
Lavine doubled to stay in the game on a still below average 300,000. Scott dipped again to 650,000.
Down to 27 players or three tables now, there has been a full redraw.
Sam Paolini in early position opened for 40,000, and Dana Kellstrom flatted to see a 
flop. Paolini led out for 70,000, but Kellstrom put his whole 200,000 stack in the middle, and after a speedy call from Paolini, they were on their backs.
Paolini: 
Kellstrom: very ahead with
Turn: 
- uh oh...
River: 
Wow. Paolini made a backdoor flush to pick up an enormous pot - he was propelled into the chip lead on 1,065,000, the first player to break that magical million mark. Kellstrom was relegated to the rail.
Robert Scott limped in, as did small blind Dana Kellstrom. Brian Green in the big blind, however, made it another 16,000 to go, and both players called.
They saw a flop which Kellstrom checked. Green bet 18,000 and the action moved over to Scott, who pushed all in. Kellstrom got out of their way, Green called, and they went to showdown.
Green:
Scott:
Turn: 
River: 
Up-and-Downer of the day Scott doubled to 800,000.
Soon after returning from the break, we had an all-in on the feature table, Drew Crawford open shoving the button for what appeared to be around the 350,000 mark. The action ground to a halt on veteran Irving Rice, looking resplendent and colorful in eighties shell suit, who requested a count. Rice teased momentarily as he clasped his fingers around the bottom of a column of chips, but then pulled away. A few moments later, however, he did indeed make the call.
With the cards revealed, Crawford will have been relieved to have two live cards, his 
behind, but not dominated, against Rice's . As Crawford's fan base swamped the table, the dealer dealt out a 
flop. "Five!" commanded the rail as the turn came the . "Right, we're half way there," they continued. But despite the last minute excitement, all hopes were dashed as the river came a close-but-no-cigar 
to send Crawford home.
As we see it.
It was Alex Baher who kicked off the action, raising from middle position with 
. Horst Eilers took one look at his and opted to make his move, sliding his remaining stack across the line. Baher made the obligatory call.
"Nice hand" said Eilers graciously as the board came 
, the cowboy on the flop (followed by a flush on the river) enough to give Baher the pot, and Eilers the door. Ultimately, the two were both short stacked, as even after that win, Baher still only has 375,000, which currently equates to 23 big blinds.
