The Final Table is in Sight
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These 24 men and women have ensured themselves of at least $20,089 in prize money. But all eyes are on the brass ring at the top of the payouts list: first-place money of $827,648 and the title of champion.
Eric Blair leads the field with 3.7 million chips. He's followed closely by Venetian 5-10 NLHE regular Sam Stein, with 3.4 million. After that there's a significant drop to third place, which is where Steve Billirakis will start the day with 2.3 million in chips.
The action gets underway just after noon local time, in about fifteen minutes. While you're waiting, why not check out coverage of the High Roller Bounty Shootout?
. Paredes, sitting in position, called to the 
turn. Both players checked. Blair checked again on the 
river, then called a bet of 125,000 from Paredes. Paredes tabled 
for a pair of jacks, which was enough to take down the pot.
flop. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river didn't help her, and the last woman standing was out in 24th place.
for a double gutshot straight draw. The turn bricked 
, but Stein filled a straight with the 
river to send Dewitt to the rail.
, with the rest of the board running out 
{10}. Franciosi climbed to 670,000 while Ketteringham slipped to 300,000.
after Andrew Chen opened with a raise. Chen quickly called with 
. The board rolled out 10-high to give Chen a double-up to 885,000. Hinkle is now down to about 200,000.
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