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Matt Brady - 31st Place
Matt Brady opened with a raise from the cutoff seat, and big blind Brandon Hall moved all in to put Brady to the test. The defending champ had just about 50,000 chips to start the day, and he committed the rest of his stack to this hand. With his tournament life in jeopardy, the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Brady:
Hall:
The dealer ran a board of , and Brady could not catch up. "Lot of paint out there," he said with a shrug. Matt wished his table luck and headed out the door as T.D. Matt Savage recognized Brady's second-consecutive deep run here in Aruba.
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James Mordue raised to 9,000 before David Perkins shoved all in for 63,500 total. Matt Vengrin then moved all in over the top of Perkins. Mordue quickly folded, leaving the other two players heads up.
Perkins had Vengrin crushed when his pocket kings towered over Vengrin's pocket tens. The board ran out and Perkins doubled up.
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Elias Haikal - 29th Place
Elias Haikal just finished doubling up through Robert Mizrachi when he shoved over the top of a raise from Jon Favaloro, but was called by chip leader Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi held and Haikal held .
The board ran out and Mizrachi shipped the chips over.
The next hand, Haikal was all in again. He only doubled to 40,000 on the previous hand. The hand action is unknown, but it was Mizrachi doing duties again. This time though he wasn't doing Haikal a favor of doubling him up, but instead sending him to the rail.
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Jamie Armstrong - 28th Place
Max Greenwood opened the pot with a raise, and Jamie Armstrong came along with him to the flop. It brought , and Greenwood continued out with a bet of 15,000. Armstrong called, and the turn brought a . Greenwood loaded another bullet, 27,000 this time, and fired it at the pot. Armstrong matched the bet once again.
The river paired the board with another , and Greenwood made a covering all-in bet. After some debate, Armstrong made the call for his own tournament life.
Greenwood tabled , and Armstrong mucked away his final hand of the day. He's been eliminated in 28th place.
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Matt Vengrin - 27th Place
Charlie Hook and Matt Vengrin found themselves all in preflop with their cards turned over. Vengrin held and Hook held . Both players expressed their feelings about not wanting to flip for huge stacks in the tournament. Hook was the actual at-risk player with 120,500 chips. Vengrin had him covered by 6,000. When the hands were turned over, both players agreed to swap 25% of one another in the tournament knowing someone would either be eliminated or severely crippled at the end of this flip.
The board was then run out and Hook took down the pot, leaving Vengrin crushed.
On the next hand, Vengrin posted his ante and big blind, leaving 1,500 behind. James Czarnecki limped under the gun, James Mordue limped and Hook completed from the small blind. Vengrin actually had an option from the big blind and checked.
The flop came down and Hook bet 7,000. Vengrin called all in for 1,500 before both other players call as well. The turn brought the and Hook checked. With Vengrin all in, action fell to Czarnecki. He bet 17,000. Mordue and Hook both called, creating a decent side pot now.
The river completed the board with the . Hook checked and Czarnecki fired 30,000. Mordue inst-folded and then Hook tanked. He talked to himself for about four minutes, even hinting towards the contents of his hand. Eventually, he made the call with . Czarnecki held . Vengrin mucked his hand and it was unseen while Hook scooped in the pot. Hook also received a one-round penalty from Tournament Director Matt Savage for talking about his hand.
Hook now has 275,000 chips and is sitting on the rail waiting for six hands to pass at his table.
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Brock Parker got all 71,000 of his chips into the middle before the flop with , and he found action from the monster stack of Robert Mizrachi and his .
The dealer ran out a safe board for the double bracelet winner, coming . The jacks hold for Parker, and he's tallied a crucial double up over 150,000.
Don't worry about Mizrachi; that little setback still leaves him well in the lead with just shy of 800,000 chips.
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James Czarnecki - 25th Place
James Mordue opened with a raise to 10,000 and then James Czarnecki reraised to 28,000 from one of the blinds. Mordue flat-called and the two players took a flop of .
Both players checked to see the turn come a . Czarnecki check-shoved over a bet of 50,000 fro Mordue. Mordue snapped him off holding the nuts with . Czarnecki held pocket queens and needed to hit an ace on the river to split the pot.
The river blanked off though and sent Czarnecki home in 25th place, just one spot from a money jump. Mordue on the other hand, vaulted himself to 440,000 chips. Everyone left is earning $16,130 now.
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, and Brady could not catch up. "Lot of paint out there," he said with a shrug. Matt wished his table luck and headed out the door as T.D. Matt Savage recognized Brady's second-consecutive deep run here in Aruba.
and Perkins doubled up.
and Haikal held 
.
, and Greenwood continued out with a bet of 15,000. Armstrong called, and the turn brought a 
. Greenwood loaded another bullet, 27,000 this time, and fired it at the pot. Armstrong matched the bet once again.
. Both players expressed their feelings about not wanting to flip for huge stacks in the tournament. Hook was the actual at-risk player with 120,500 chips. Vengrin had him covered by 6,000. When the hands were turned over, both players agreed to swap 25% of one another in the tournament knowing someone would either be eliminated or severely crippled at the end of this flip.
and Hook took down the pot, leaving Vengrin crushed.
and Hook bet 7,000. Vengrin called all in for 1,500 before both other players call as well. The turn brought the 
. Hook checked and Czarnecki fired 30,000. Mordue inst-folded and then Hook tanked. He talked to himself for about four minutes, even hinting towards the contents of his hand. Eventually, he made the call with 
. Czarnecki held 
.
. The jacks hold for Parker, and he's tallied a crucial double up over 150,000.
