| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
On the second break of the day, Lee Childs talks about Chuck E Cheese, doubling on the second hand of play, and winning two events.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Players are now on another 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,500
3,000
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3,000 |
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28,000 | |
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20,500
300
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300 |
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17,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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16,800
3,200
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3,200 |
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15,500
1,125
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1,125 |
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15,500
14,500
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14,500 |
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14,400
5,100
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5,100 |
That's what we heard Chris Moneymaker say when we arrived at his table. His question was directed at Jason Thomas, who had moved all in for roughly 9,700 on a board reading ![]()
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Curiosity got the better of Moneymaker and he splashed in a call. Thomas rolled over the ![]()
to show he had indeed flopped a straight.
"Yup, you flopped it," Moneymaker confirmed before sending his hand to the muck unseen. Thomas breathed a big sigh of relief and then began to stack his newly won chips.
Meanwhile, Maria Krebs has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
16,200
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16,200 |
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16,500
13,500
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13,500 |
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Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
175
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175 |
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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26,000
6,000
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6,000 |
|
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15,800 | |
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9,500
10,500
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10,500 |
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4,200
4,200
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4,200 |
Xiaowei Lu opened for 600 and was met by a three-bet to 1,400 by Chris Moneymaker. Action folded back to Lu, he called, and the flop came out ![]()
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. Lu proceeded to check-call a bet of 1,400, and then one of 3,100 on the
turn.
Lu checked for a third time on the
river, and Moneymaker splashed in a bet big enough to put Lu at risk. Lu thought better of it and folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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11,200
6,800
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6,800 |
It's been a rough day for Denny Firestone. He lost a good deal of his chips when his ![]()
was cracked by ![]()
, and since then he's done nothing but dwindle.
Not long ago, Firestone, who was upbeat despite being frustrated, got the last of his chips in from the small blind and received a call from Allan Stum in the big.
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"You've got two overs, you'll win," Stum said. It looked like it too as the ![]()
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flop delivered Firestone a pair of aces. The
turn actually gave him trips, but then the
spiked on the river. It took the table a moment to realize Stum had made a flush to eliminate Firestone.
"It's just not you day," another player consoled Firestone. Indeed it wasn't. Despite having a rocky four levels, Firestone wished the remaining players good luck before taking his leave from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
700
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700 |
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Busted |
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