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Darren Judges - 13th Place
David Steicke raised to 24,000 from the small blind and Darren Judges made the call in the big blind.
The flop came and Steicke checked before raising the 35,000 bet of Judges to make it 70,000 to go. Judges quickly moved all in for another 55,000 and Steicke insta-called.
Judges:
Steicke:
The turn was the and the river brought the to give Steicke a full house to eliminate Judges in 13th place. Steicke is now up to 500,000.
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J.C. Tran raised to 16,000 with Adrien Allain making the call before Kristoffer Myhre squeezed all in from the button for around an additional 40,0000. Tran called as Allain flashed and mucked.
Tran:
Myhre:
The flop was to give Tran some additional flush outs, and he picked up even more with the turn. However the on the river gave Myhre more than a double up to get back to 140,000 chips.
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Nick Wong - 14th Place
We're starting to get to the point where the shortest of the short stacks have no choice but to get their chips in and cross their fingers. Nick Wong did just that with but ran into Inwook Choi's . Wong couldn't find anything better than his fives on a board of . He's out in 14th place. We have four more eliminations to go before play ends for the day.
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Igor Kurganov - 15th Place
Adrien 'zlatan35' Allain opened with a raise to 16,000 from the cutoff before Igor Kurganov moved all in from the button for around 125,000. Allain made a quick call.
Allain:
Kurganov:
The board ran out and the pair holds to eliminate Kurganov in 15th place for $13,057.
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Crister Hallbrook proably thought he was being crafty when he smooth-called Kentaro Araki's open-raise to 15,000. He may have been more delighted when Chris Chau re-raised all in to 72,000 and Araki tanked. Arak eventually folded what he later said were pocket nines; Hallbrook snap-called with and found himself up against Chau's !
The flop (of course) came nine-high, . The turn and river blanked out to give Chau a double-up to about 150,000 while knocking a shocked Hallbrook under 100,000.
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The aggression of Adrien Allain continues as he's just collected a very nice pot off J.C. Tran.
With the board reading and already 140,000 in the pot Allain moved all in for all of his 260,000 chips.
"I know you don't have a set, I assume you don't want me to call right?" posed Tran as he sat in the tank.
Tran eventually tossed his cards into the muck as Allain proposed, "If you show I will show".
Tran agreed and the showed each other one card at a time. Allain showed the and Tran flipped the . Allain then matched his card with the as Tran revealed the to the oohs of the rail.
Tran is down to 310,000 as Allain climbs to 400,000.
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"Hold up, hold up," J.C. Tran told Adrien Allain as Allain moved to muck his cards. "I'm still in the hand." Tran had checked a flop to Allain, whose bet of 25,000 folded Inwook Choi. Allain, however, forgot about Tran.
Tran called to the turn and checked again. This time Allain was not messing around. He moved all in for 260,000, most of what Tran had in front of his seat. He wasn't willing to play for that many chips and quickly folded.
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Hien Tran - 16th Place
Hien Tran raised under the gun to 15,000 and action folded around to Adrien 'zlatan35' Allain in the cutoff who splashed 75,000 into the middle. The table folded back to Tran who moved all in for 80,000 in total, with Allain making the call.
Tran:
Allain:
Allain was in a dominant position and it remained that way when the board ran out . Tran exits in 16th place and will collect $13,057.
"You know that was my brother right?" commented JC Tran after the hand. "You know what that means..." he said with a smile.
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and Steicke checked before raising the 35,000 bet of Judges to make it 70,000 to go. Judges quickly moved all in for another 55,000 and Steicke insta-called.
and the river brought the 
to give Steicke a full house to eliminate Judges in 13th place. Steicke is now up to 500,000.
and mucked.
on the river gave Myhre more than a double up to get back to 140,000 chips.
but ran into Inwook Choi's 
. Wong couldn't find anything better than his fives on a board of 
. He's out in 14th place. We have four more eliminations to go before play ends for the day.
and the pair holds to eliminate Kurganov in 15th place for $13,057.
and found himself up against Chau's 
!
. The turn and river blanked out to give Chau a double-up to about 150,000 while knocking a shocked Hallbrook under 100,000.
flop to Allain, whose bet of 25,000 folded Inwook Choi. Allain, however, forgot about Tran.
. Tran exits in 16th place and will collect $13,057.
