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Yury Kerzhapkin
Eric Assadourian opened with a raise from under the gun to 3,000 before the short-stacked Yury Kerzhapkin moved his last 15,000 chips in from the button. The blinds folded and Assadourian made the call.
Assadourian:
Kerzhapkin:
The board fell giving Kerzhapkin a pair of kings and the double-up to 33,000 in chips.
Assadourian sighed, "I just told you, I freakin' can't win when I have a good hand!". Despite the setback he's still in good shape with over 100,000 in chips.
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Andrew Pantling
It was a quick and spectacular collapse for Andrew Pantling. After losing several recent pots, he found himself with less than 20,000 remaining. He opened for 3,000 from middle position. Action folded to Charles Chua in the small blind, who made it 10,000 to go. Pantling dutifully shipped in the rest of his chips and Chua made an easy call.
Pantling:
Chua:
It was a reversal of fortune for Pantling when the flop came down , but if he thought he would win the hand then he underestimated the powers of the Chuck Truck. Chua promptly spiked the on the turn, and there was no miracle nine for Pantling when the river fell .
"The Chuck Truck is rolling again!" said Chua, collecting his 103,000 chips as Pantling headed for the rail.
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Danny Wong finds himself rocking the short stack after tangling with Michael "Timex" McDonald. Wong opened the pot for 3,000 preflop, folding everyone around to McDonald in the big blind. He popped it up to 9,600. Wong called to make it two to a flop of . When McDonald checked, Wong tried to take it down with a bet of 16,000. His plan backfired as McDonald check-raised all in for 99,000, an effective bet of 24,000 -- the rest of Wong's stack. He tanked for several minutes until McDonald finally asked for a clock. The clock ran down without any action from Wong, killing his hand.
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Danny Wong eliminated
After timing out against Michael McDonald, Danny Wong retained only 24,000 chips. He got them all in against Quinn Do with pocket jacks, but Do had pocket aces. The best hand held up, sending Wong to the rail. With that elimination, we are down to two eight-handed tables remaining.
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With just seven eliminations remaining before the money bubble bursts and only two tables in play, we've hit the stage of the tournament where play slows down. Even the short stacks still have some wiggle room, with nobody much shorter than twenty big blinds. In the absence of any coolers or flopped monsters against huge draws, eliminations probably won't pick back up until Level 10.
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Neither of the two remaining tables has had anything remotely resembling action in the last half-hour. Almost every hand is being played with a raise preflop taking down the blinds and antes, or a limped pot being taken down with a bet on the flop.
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Julian Powell eliminated
Finally, some action. Julian Powell, slowly being blinded off, raised all in preflop to 10,600 and was called by Ivan Tan. Powell had , clearly a desperation semi-steal on his part. Tan showed , a hand that had Powell dominated. There was no help for either player on a board that ran out . Powell is out.
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A rare limped three-handed flop on Charles Chua's table has resulted in more chips for the Chuck Truck. With the board showing , Chua made it 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Johnny Chan and Nam Le. The turn was the . Action checked to Le, who bet 4,600. Only Chua called.
Both players checked down the river . Chua showed for top pair and the winning hand. He now has 135,000.
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Andrew Scott's not afraid to put his stack at rick. He raised to 3,600 preflop and was called by Van Marcus. When the flop came down , Scott shoved for 24,000. Marcus decided to look for a better spot and folded.
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giving Kerzhapkin a pair of kings and the double-up to 33,000 in chips.
, but if he thought he would win the hand then he underestimated the powers of the Chuck Truck. Chua promptly spiked the 
on the turn, and there was no miracle nine for Pantling when the river fell 
.
. When McDonald checked, Wong tried to take it down with a bet of 16,000. His plan backfired as McDonald check-raised all in for 99,000, an effective bet of 24,000 -- the rest of Wong's stack. He tanked for several minutes until McDonald finally asked for a clock. The clock ran down without any action from Wong, killing his hand.
, clearly a desperation semi-steal on his part. Tan showed 
, Chua made it 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Johnny Chan and Nam Le. The turn was the 
. Action checked to Le, who bet 4,600. Only Chua called.
. Chua showed 
