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Sam Stein completed his small blind, and Thomas Fuller raised his big blind to 150,000. Stein called to see the flop. It came , and both players checked. The turn was the . Stein fired 225,000, and Fuller called. The river brought the . Stein slid 455,000 across the line, and Fuller looked him up. Sam tabled , and Fuller mucked grumpily.
The 1.75 million chip pot puts Stein up to around 7.4 million. Fuller slipped near the 2 million mark.
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Eric Blair raised to 95,000 on the button. Tom Marchese quickly moved all in from the small blind. Blair asked for a count. It was 1,150,000 for him to call, about a third of his stack. He only thought for a few seconds before announcing a call. Marchese's was ahead of Blair's and stayed that way on the board.
Marchese doubled to 2.4 million, and Blair fell to 1.8 million.
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Sam Stein went for the kill, trying to single-handedly end Day 4. After Tom Marchese opened for 110,000, Stein called on the button. Action passed to "Miami" John Cernuto, who squeezed out his hand and then moved all in for 650,000. Marchese passed on calling, but Stein decided to look Cernuto up.
Cernuto:
Stein:
A coin flip. Heads, Miami John survives and Day 4 continues. Tails and the chip bags would come out. Cue up the board:
Cernuto paired jacks to stay alive and double to 1.4 million. Stein slipped back to 6.6 million.
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Andrew Lichtenberger is the latest casualty of one-man wrecking crew Sam Stein. Stein opened for 115,000 pre-flop, with Lichtenberger making the call in position. Stein uncharacteristically checked the flop, . Lichtenberger bet 150,000. As we noted earlier, Stein doesn't often fold the flop and he didn't do so here.
On the turn , Stein checked a second time. Lichtenberger didn't slow down, firing 315,000. Again Stein called, taking the two players to a blank of a river . Stein checked a third time. Lichtenberger took that as his cue to continue telling his story. He moved all in for 975,000. Stein took about thirty seconds before sliding a call over the betting line.
Lichtenberger immediately rapped the table, "Good call." He turned up a total airball, . His triple-barrel bluff was called down by Stein with . As a result Lichtenberger is out and Stein's tournament-leading stack has grown to 7.3 million chips.
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At the same time that Franciosi moved all in on the other table, Kyle Zartman doubled through Sam Stein. Zartman's managed a full house on the board to best Stein's . Kyle doubled to around 1.5 million. Stein is still the chip leader with 5.2 million.
After the hand, they paused to redraw to a ten-handed final table.
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John Franciosi had been slowly blinding away for the last several hours. He was down to 480k when he moved all in with . Eric Blair in the big blind called without pausing or asking for a count, and Franciosi knew he was in trouble. Blair had him dominated with .
The board didn't save Franciosi, who goes home in 11th place.
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, and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Stein fired 225,000, and Fuller called. The river brought the 
. Stein slid 455,000 across the line, and Fuller looked him up. Sam tabled 
, and Fuller mucked grumpily. 
was ahead of Blair's 
and stayed that way on the 
board. 
. Lichtenberger bet 150,000. As we noted earlier, Stein doesn't often fold the flop and he didn't do so here.
, Stein checked a second time. Lichtenberger didn't slow down, firing 315,000. Again Stein called, taking the two players to a blank of a river 
. As a result Lichtenberger is out and Stein's tournament-leading stack has grown to 7.3 million chips.
managed a full house on the 
. Kyle doubled to around 1.5 million. Stein is still the chip leader with 5.2 million.
. Eric Blair in the big blind called without pausing or asking for a count, and Franciosi knew he was in trouble. Blair had him dominated with 
