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We just caught the tail end of the action in what was the final pot of Michael Binger's day. He was all in for 3,300 chips on the final draw, and he made a respectable eighty-seven with 
. David Chiu was right there to look him up, though, and he had Binger pipped with a better eighty-seven. Chiu tabled 
to bust Binger from the event and move his own chip stack up to about 65,000.
Have a gander. We'll have more for you shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
101,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
92,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
90,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
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60,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
56,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
48,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
44,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
42,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
41,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
39,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Dallas Flowers raised under the gun, and Huck Seed made it three bets in the next seat over. Flowers called, and he drew two-two-one on the three rounds respectively. Seed took one card on each of the three rounds, getting bets in after the first and third rounds but check-checking the middle draw. Flowers called one of the draw bets, but he relinquished his cards on the final round, saving 2,700 chips for a more suitable spot.
Seed is up at 23,000 after that small pot.
Steven Mcloughlin raised first in from the small blind, and Rob Hollink matched the bet with a call last to act.
On the first betting round, Mcloughlin pulled one card and made another bet, and Hollink's two-card draw was good enough to justify a call. The action repeated itself on the second draw, except that Hollink raised when Mcloughlin bet. Both players drew one card on the last round and checked it down.
"Straight. You win," Mcloughlin said disappointedly. Hollink had only drawn a king, but it was good enough to make him the winning king-seven low to scoop the pot with 
. He's up to 30,000.
Ted Forrest drew one and Greg Mueller drew two before Forrest bet out. He was called and off to the second draw they went. Forrest drew one and Mueller also drew one. Both players then checked. For the third draw, both players drew one again. Forrest bet out and Mueller called. Forrest spread the and won the pot. He's now up to 100,000 chips while Mueller slid back to 58,000.
Jeffrey Lisandro was getting awfully short on chips when he opened this pot with an under-the-gun raise. Leonard Martin three-bet him next door, and Lisandro four-bet to leave himself with just 300 chips. That remainder went into the pot after Lisandro drew one card, and he drew one more before standing pat on the last round. Martin drew one card each way, and he finally found his card on the last round.
Martin showed up , and Lisandro mucked and headed for the rail, the most recent elimination of the evening.
From the button, Alex Balandin raised from the button and Alicia Spencer called from the small blind. Spencer drew two and Balandin drew one. Spencer then check-called.
On the next draw, Spencer took two again and Balandin drew one. Spender checked and Balandin bet. Spencer folded this time and watched her stack slid even further to 45,000. Balandin is up to 105,000.
Chris McHugh raised from the button and Salim Hanna called from the big blind. Hanna drew three and McHugh stood pat. Hanna checked, McHugh bet and Hanna called.
On the second draw, Hanna took only one. McHugh stood pat again. Hanna then check-called another bet from McHugh. For the final draw, Hanna drew one and McHugh stood pat again. Hanna checked, McHugh bet and Hanna called.
McHugh tabled the and Hanna showed the 
. McHugh improved to 68,000 and Hanna dropped to 52,000.
This update comes to you courtesy of Stephen Topakas who filled us in on the details of a hand involving Tony G. Topakas grabbed our pad and paper and tried to write up the hand like he was one of our roving field reporters. Here's what we got when he handed it back to us:
TONY WINS THE POT OI, OI, OI
There you have it. Topakas still has a bit of work to do before we consider adding him to the team. In any event, mark Tony G down for 30,000 now, taking a few chips off Huck Seed in that little confrontation.
Christopher Fargis opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Tony G three-bet him out of the small blind.
Fargis drew two-two-one with Tony G drawing two and check-calling all the way to the end. When all the cards were out, Fargis showed the best hand with 
, knocking Tony G down to just 12,000.
