Perry Friedman has been short stacked through much of the latter levels of Day 1, but he's up to 28000 after calling down on the final two streets and taking down a pot.
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Friedman told his opponent he was "playing defense" with those final calls, and whatever Friedman was up it worked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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28,000
7,900
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7,900 |
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Level: 9
Limits: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Players are on the final 15-minute break of Day 1; play will resume with Level 9.
A rowdy table that included Eli Elezra, Dan Heimiller and Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi has just been broken up, but Elezra chipped up on the table's very last hand.
Eli Elezra: 
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Dan Heimiller: /
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Heimiller led out on fourth street, getting raised by the third player. Elezra called the raise, as did Heimiller. The action checked through on fifth street.
Heimiller led out again on sixth street, with both players calling. Heimiller folded on seventh street, however, and Elezra called the third player's final bet and showed the eight-to-queen straight to take down a massive pot.
The players racked up before their chip counts could be calculated.
Late registration will last another 30 minutes, until the end of Level 8. Some of poker's finest have arrived in the late stages of Day 1, including Daniel Negreanu, Mike "The Grinder " Mizrachi, and Mike Sexton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,200 | |
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23,500
8,500
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8,500 |
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23,000 | |
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18,600 | |
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17,200 | |
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15,000 | |
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11,000
-100
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-100 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,500
38,500
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38,500 |
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27,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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25,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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22,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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22,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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21,000
2,500
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2,500 |
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18,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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15,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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13,500 | |
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10,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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7,500
-500
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-500 |
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7,000 | |
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3,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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Level: 8
Limits: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Alan Boston: 
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Andrew Vandervolgen: 
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Alan Boston and Andrew Vandervolgen went all the way to seventh street, with Boston firing a bet on the final card. Vandervolgen's down cards were the , good enough to beat out Boston's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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7,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Jeff Lisandro and an all-in opponent turned over their cards on fifth street.
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Opponent: 
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It turned out to be quite a race. Lisandro's rolled-up were ahead of the opponent's on fifth street, but the at-risk player pulled ahead when another appeared on sixth street. Lisandro won the war, however, with running jacks coming in on his final two cards to give him the full house .
The eliminated opponent was not happy about this, but he now has a story about being eliminated by one of the best seven-card stud players of all time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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