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There are now just 18 players still alive, and we're pausing now to redraw to the final three tables.
There are now just 18 players still alive, and we're pausing now to redraw to the final three tables.
And they look like this:
Table 312
Seat 1: Men Nguyen - 665,000
Seat 2: Darren Elias - 305,000
Seat 3: Erick Lindgren - 890,000
Seat 4: Eugene Todd (Bro) - 215,000
Seat 5: Dmitry Motorov - 225,000
Seat 6: Orlando Delacruz - 420,000
Table 314
Seat 1: Tyler Kenney - 185,000
Seat 2: John Conkright - 190,000
Seat 3: Mark Radoja - 575,000
Seat 4: Christian Harder - 447,000
Seat 5: Bruno Launais - 710,000
Seat 6: Anthony Roux - 600,000
Table 317
Seat 1: Evan Panesis - 345,000
Seat 2: Paul Sheng - 530,000
Seat 3: Taylor Mcfarland - 867,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Papola - 400,000
Seat 5: Lucas Greenwood - 415,000
Seat 6: Samlane Phomveha - 600,000
Tyler Kenney raised to 20,000 on the button, and from the big blind, Mark Radoja moved all in. Kenney only had 165,000 left, and he called all in with . Radoja was ahead with , and he stayed that way as the board ran out . Kenney was eliminated in 18th place.
Darren Elias raised to 28,000 from late position, and Dmitry Motorov moved all in for 175,000. Elias called with and had Motorov's dominated. The board gave Elias a full house to send Motorov home in 17th. He gets $26,188 for his first World Series cash.
John Conkright open-shoved for 160,000 when it folded to him on the button, and Mark Radoja looked him up in the small blind. Conkright's was dominated by Radoja's and didn't get any assistance from the board. After eliminating both Conkright and Tyler Kenney, Radoja is up to 1 million.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Darren Elias opened with a raise, and Eugene Todd shipped in his 130,000-chip stack. Elias snap-called with , and Todd's needed help. The flop looked like the start he needed, giving Todd an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor club draw. The ended his flush hopes, and the on the river made him a pair. Unfortunately for Todd, that queen also gave Elias the nut straight. Todd picked up his third cash of the Series but was unable to add another final table to his resume. After busting Todd, Elias now has 740,000 in front of him.
Jeffrey Papola was all in and at risk holding and was fortunate to be racing against Lucas Greenwood's .
Papola jumped ahead when the flop fell and successfully doubled after the turn and river bricked off.
Greenwood fell to 310,000 chips and Papola doubled to 435,000.
Papola is just eight spots away from making consecutive six handed final tables at the 2010 World Series of Poker
Mark Radoja has been a one-man eliminating machine. He raised to 27,000, and Christian Harder reraised to 80,000 on the button. When Radoja four-bet shoved, Charder wasn't afraid to become Radoja's next victim. Instead, he called all in for his remaining 260,000 to discover that his was badly behind Radoja's . The board wasn't very useful for Charder, and he was sent home short of the final table he'd been aiming for all day. With his third elimination out of the last five, Radoja is up to 1,270,000 and firmly in the lead.
Erick Lindgren raised to 31,000 under the gun, and Men Nguyen flatted in the small blind. Then Darren Elias squeezed to 126,000 in the big blind. No problem for E-dog. He simply four-bet to 350,000. Nguyen folded, and after a minute, Elias followed suit. Lindgren flashed the as he dragged the nice preflop pot. He's up to 1.1 million now. Elias is at 700,000, and Men has fallen to 440,000.