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Stuart Hoag was just eliminated and told us that he got it all in with ten-jack after a flop of 
and his opponent caught a queen on the turn to fill up and send him to the rail.
Chris Underwood moved all in from the under the gun and Robert Pound woke up with pocket aces in the small blind and made the call. Underwood needed help for his pocket queens, but couldn't find it and was eliminated in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 66,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Mike Scarborough opened to 12,500 from the cutoff and Josh Lowing called from the big blind. The flop was 
and Lowing check-called a bet of 13,500 from Scarborough. The 
turn brought two checks and the 
fell on the river.
Lowing bet 45,000 and Scarborough thought for a while and eventually made the call. Lowing showed 
and Scarborough mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
552,000 | 199,000 |
|
130,000 | 30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000 | 215,000 |
|
|
360,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
353,000 | 74,000 |
|
350,000 | 90,000 |
|
285,000 | -1,000 |
|
280,000 | 177,000 |
|
260,000 | 40,000 |
|
257,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
215,000 | 111,500 |
|
|
170,000 | 77,500 |
|
160,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
153,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
142,000 | -83,500 |
|
140,000 | 40,500 |
|
115,000 | -11,500 |
|
|
100,000 | -19,500 |
|
|
97,000 | 22,500 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The following players were eliminated in level 17 and earned $2,519 each.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
We walked up to a blind-versus-blind battle between Michael Hahn and Jared Palmer after a flop of 
. Hahn led for 17,000 and Palmer moved all in, having Hahn covered. Hahn tanked for a moment and eventually called for just over 100,000 total.
Hahn: 
Palmer: 
The 
burn and 
river prompted an "I was just kidding", from the always wry Palmer. Nonetheless, Palmer sent a good chunk to Hahn for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
286,000 | -104,000 |
|
|
235,000 | 55,000 |
Greg Burns moved all in from the cutoff and Michael Hahn called from the small blind.
Hahn: 
Burns: 
The 
flop all-but sealed it and the 
turn and river put the remaining 27 players in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 101,000 |
|
|
Busted |
