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Edgar Cruz held against Patrick De Koster's in all-in preflop action. De Koster was the player at risk and was able to double up after the board ran out .
"Sorry my friend." said De Koster, feeling bad for the beat he put on Cruz.
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Eric Levesque raised to 18,000 and was called from Carlos Giron in the small blind. The flop came down and Giron checked. Levesque fired 20,000. Giron raised to 48,000. Levesque then repopped it to 110,000.
Giron immediately announced, "All in." and then a few seconds later said, "Clock."
Levesque began questioning the call of the clock by Giron, but the tournament staff explained, "To be honest, you've been taking a significant amount of time with every decision and I'm sure the table is getting fed up with it."
"We're not playing ping pong here." responded Levesque.
"We'll give you a count and then the clock will start." said the tournament staff member.
Levesque was informed that the all-in bet was for 390,500 total and then the clock began to run. The floor staff counted all the way down to the last second before declaring Levesque's hand dead.
Giron raked in the huge pot to move over 500,000 chips. Levesque slipped to 390,000.
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Kenny Hicks Jr.
On a board showing , Kenny Hicks Jr. moved all in for his last 85,000 and was called by Clay Maguire.
At the showdown, Hicks tabled for two pair, aces and fives, but Maguire earned the checkmark spiking a better two pair, aces and jacks, on the river ().
Hicks will take home $4,711 in prize money for his 18th place finish.
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A short-stacked Arturo Morales committed the last of his chips to the pot holding and was looked up by James McKeon who looked him up with .
According to McKeon, the flop came down and his hand held up to send Morales to the rail.
After the hand, McKeon stacked up right around 250,000 in chips.
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Edgar Cruz just doubled up through a very talkative Eric Levesque to move to 245,000 in chips.
Carlos Girou limped into the pot from early position, Cruz limped from the button and Levesque checked his option in the big blind, all the while giving funny faces and questioning the limpers.
All three players checked the flop, sending the action to the turn:
Levesque checked once more, as did Girou, before Cruz plopped a meager 10,000 bet into the middle. Both Levesque and Girou called.
5th Street delivered the and the action was once again checked to Cruz who this time moved all in for a total of 99,500, sending Levesque into a tizzy.
"How much is that?" he asked.
Paraphrased, Levesque continued...
"Because he (pointing to Girou) is still in the hand, am I allowed to ask him about his hand (pointing to Cruz)?"
"Why would you bet 100,000 when there is only like 30 in there?"
Baffled by Cruz's play, Levesque eventually opted to make the call, slamming two half-sized stacks of blue (5,000) on the table, saying, "I don't believe you."
Girou folded and then one by one, Cruz turned over his cards...
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"Horrible call," Levesque snapped, mucking his hand in disgust.
"My intuition was bad that time." he added, looking down at his remaining 540,000 in chips.
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Francis Cagney
Amer Sulaiman was back at it a few hands later, raising to 35,000 from under the gun and then calling the all-in bet of Francis Cagney. Cagney was raicing for his tournament life holding pocket fours against Sulaiman's .
The board was run out , landing Cagney in 20th place.
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Alejandro Gonzalez
Amer Sulaiman called Alejandro Gonzalez's all-in bet preflop holding . Gonzalez held .
The flop gave Sulaiman an open-ended straight flush draw when the fell. The turn was the , pairing Sulaiman. The river was king, but it was the . Sulaiman earned the elimination of Gonzalez, sending him home in 21st place.
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Don Stockwell moved all in preflop and was called by the chip leader Eric Levesque. Stockwell held and Levesque held .
The flop was big for Levesque, adding a lot of outs for his hand when it came . The turn was the and then the river the . Levesque's flush was the winning hand and sent Stockwell to the rail.
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Edgar Cruz opened the action with a raise to 12,500. Jose De La Guardia reraised to 32,500. Action folded over to the overnight chip leader Eric Levesque. Levesque put in another raise to 70,000. Cruz ducked out of the way and then De La Guardia went into the tank for several minutes. After a long while, Levesque called for the clock. About halfway into the remaining minute he had to think about his decision, De La Guardia moved all in for around 150,000 total. Levesque snapped, tabling . De La Guardia held .
The board ran out , sending De La Guardia to the rail in 23rd place. Levesque is back on top with 660,000 chips.
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in all-in preflop action. De Koster was the player at risk and was able to double up after the board ran out 
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and Giron checked. Levesque fired 20,000. Giron raised to 48,000. Levesque then repopped it to 110,000.![[user38449]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Kenny Hicks Jr. moved all in for his last 85,000 and was called by Clay Maguire. 
for two pair, aces and fives, but Maguire earned the checkmark spiking a better two pair, aces and jacks, on the river (
and was looked up by James McKeon who looked him up with 
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, landing Cagney in 20th place.
. Gonzalez held 
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fell. The turn was the 
. Sulaiman earned the elimination of Gonzalez, sending him home in 21st place.
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and then the river the 
. Levesque's flush was the winning hand and sent Stockwell to the rail.
, sending De La Guardia to the rail in 23rd place. Levesque is back on top with 660,000 chips.
