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On the board of 
, one player checked to Mike Sowers and he bet 2,600. His opponent took a minute and then check-raised all in for an even 9,000. Sowers snapped and showed the 
for a straight. Unfortunately for Sowers, his opponent held the 
for a higher straight. The river completed the board with the 
and Sowers had lost the pot to get knocked all the way down to 1,600 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600 |
JP Kelly has just picked up a nice and healthy pot. The action started when a middle position player opened the pot to 1,125. Kelly then three-bet to 3,300 from the small blind and this is when his opponent jammed all in. Kelly made the call and found himself out in front with 
against 
.
The 
board ensured that Kelly would knock out a player and add to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
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A couple more players have been spotted on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
Grant Levy has just managed a double-up. Levy held 
and was all in preflop against 
. The board ran out 
and Levy took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
James Demspey (7,150) and Rupert Elder (8,600) are both struggling to win pots. Dempsey has a smile on his face, whereas Elder looks like he wants to be elsewhere.
Joe Elpaya is up to 11,000 after his kicker was good against an opponent. He raised from UTG and c-bet the flop before the rest was checked down. The final board read 
and the American’s 
bettered the local guy’s . “I snap fold,” he added when asked if a river bet would’ve worked.
Faraz Jaka, fresh from a PCA Main Event final table, is down to 16,000. He raised to 1,000 from late position and folded to the small blind raise to 2,400. Before he folded Jaka asked his opponent how much he had. The response was 22,000, but it looked more like 12,000 to these trained eyes.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
A woman limped from under the gun before Salman Behbehani limped in behind from middle position and then Joseph Elpayaa raised all in for 1,250 from the hijack seat. On the button, Jamie Pickering flat-called and then the woman also called. Behbehani reraised all in after that for 7,300 total. Pickering mulled things over and then folded. The woman made the call.
Behbehani: 
Elpayaa: 
Woman: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Behbehani's two pair won him the pot. He more than doubled up, eliminating Elpayaa in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
18,000 | |
|
Busted |
A couple more players have been noticed on the rail and therefore it can be discerned that they have busted from the tournament!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Antonis Kambouroglou has a bounty lanyard around his neck and after a double-up, is now able to hang on to that lanyard.
We caught the action on a flop showing 
. This is were Kambouroglou got all his chips in holding . Kambouroglou received the call from an opponent who held .
The 
on the turn helped Kambouroglou and when the 
hit the river, a straight would be enough for Kambouroglou as he took the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500
6,000
|
6,000 |
