Steven 'DWStevie' Kok has been eliminated from the Main Event. He saw a flop with four others in a limped pot with eight-seven off-suit and then got it in on the nine-eight-six flop against ten-seven. The runout gave both players a flush but Kok had the weaker of the two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Joep van Brakel seems to be doing his best to make the most out of winning a satellite to Lex Live 2. He won his seat and spending money after only spending $22.
He is now up to 48,000 after winning another pot. He raised to 2,000 from middle position and he was called by two players. A continuation bet of 2,500 did the job and he took down yet another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The loudest player in the tournament is, of course, the always hyped Arlie Shaban. He just doubled up with pocket fives after being down to crumbs earlier.
He is now back to 13,000 and still in it to win it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,000 | |
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Henri 'Buehlero' Buehler entered the tournament and he is the 94th entry in this flight. Buehler also streams on Twitch and recently hit a big score in the $530 Bounty Builder for close to $69,000.
Buehler his entry got the numbers up and this is officially the biggest starting flight so far and the total numbers are going up to 388. Registration is still open until the start of the ninth level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
The players are going on a 15-minute break. They will continue at approximately 3:20 p.m. local time. They will need one more entry to tie for the biggest flight to date but registration is open for another three hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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40,800 | |
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33,600
3,600
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3,600 |
|
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32,400
2,400
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2,400 |
|
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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27,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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21,200
8,800
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8,800 |
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19,200
5,800
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5,800 |
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14,100 | |
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13,200 | |
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12,300
17,700
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17,700 |
Chris Straghalis sat in the cutoff when it folded to him and the bet was 1,000. He was three-bet by Sander Groeneveld to 2,500 from the button and the blinds folded. Straghalis called.
The flop was 
and Straghalis checked to Groeneveld who continued with a bet of 2,200. That was too much for Straghalis and he got out of the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | |
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22,500
7,500
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7,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
