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Ty Reiman - 17th Place
Ty Reiman can't catch a break. He's just lost his third consecutive big pot, and this one cost him the remainder of his once-mighty stack.
After a raising war preflop, Reiman and Eric Baldwin were all in with similar stacks of about 450,000 apiece. Baldwin turned over , and Reiman slumped in his chair, tabling .
The board ran out , holding Baldwin's kings and shipping him the biggest pot of the tournament so far. When the chips were counted down, Reiman was slightly covered, and Baldwin has now vaulted up to a very dangerous 920,000.
donpeters
Ty Reiman opened with a raise to 16,000 before action folded around to James Jewett in the big blind. Jewett reraised all in for 105,000 total and Reiman went into the tank. He counted out his own chips before making the call.
Reimain had the slight lead when the cards were turned over holding . Jewett needed some help with .
The board ran out to give Jewett the double up to 220,000. Reiman lost his second big pot in a row doubling up an opponent and dropped to 430,000.
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Travis Rice has just double up through John Clancy to move to 225,000 in chips.
Rice opened the hand with a raise to 15,000 and was reraised by Clancy who made it a total of 48,000 to go. Rice then moved all in for approximately 115,000 total and Clancy made the call, setting up the following preflop showdown:
Clancy:
Rice:
When the dealer spread the flop, Clancy could see the in the window and immediately said, "Nice hand." The other two flop cards were the and .
The turn and river brought running kings and Rice took down the pot with two pair. Clancy dropped to 355,000 in chips in the loss.
donpeters
Eric Baldwin
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin raised to 15,000 before Ty Reiman reraised to 51,000. Baldwin then moved all in for 228,000 total and Reiman called.
Reiman held against Baldwin's .
The board ran out to keep Baldwin in the lead and double him up to 490,000. Reiman dropped to 540,000.
Robert Mizrachi opened the pot with a raise to 13,000 from late position, and Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin moved all in for about 110,000 right behind him. Mizrachi would make the call to put his opponent at risk, and he was in the dominating spot with versus .
The flop was bone dry, but the peeled off the deck on the turn to provide salvation for the short stack. In the end, the board of was just what Basebaldy needed to double his way up over 225,000.
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James Mordue
Jose Santos open-raised under the gun to a healthy 25,000. James Mordue gave him action on the button to go heads up to a flop of . Both players checked, and the turn brought the . After another check from the raiser, Mordue elected to fire a bet of 35,000 at the pot.
Santos quickly called that bet, and the river came the . Santos tapped the felt, and Mordue tried again, betting 66,000 this time. Santos asked how much and quickly made the call.
"It's good," said Mordue, reluctant to turn over his hand. The table wouldn't let him get away with it though, and Mordue tabled a useless , playing the board. Santos flipped over his with a loud, "Pasame la salsa!" The sauce was indeed passed to him, and he picks up a nice pot to move up close to 500,000.
donpeters
Charlie Hook raised preflop from the cutoff and Brandon Hall called on the button. The flop came down and Hook checked. Hall fired 18,000 and was check-raised to 39,000. Hall then reraised to 115,000. Hook quickly folded his hand, slipping to 400,000 chips. Hall bumped himself up to 600,000 with this pot.
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, and Reiman slumped in his chair, tabling 
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, holding Baldwin's kings and shipping him the biggest pot of the tournament so far. When the chips were counted down, Reiman was slightly covered, and Baldwin has now vaulted up to a very dangerous 920,000.
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to give Jewett the double up to 220,000. Reiman lost his second big pot in a row doubling up an opponent and dropped to 430,000.
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against Baldwin's 
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was just what Basebaldy needed to double his way up over 225,000.
. Both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. Santos tapped the felt, and Mordue tried again, betting 66,000 this time. Santos asked how much and quickly made the call.
