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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Three players got all in at the table nearest the media desk, with Michael Sanders in for about 12,000 in the cutoff and the player on the button having only about 6,000. Small blind Todd Etzel covered both.
Etzel: 
Sanders: 
Button: 
Sanders was in awful shape, and Etzel took a hammerlock on it when 
flopped, giving him a set. The 
was all he needed the cinch it up on the turn.
In the last hand at the previous level, Matt Lushin and Ben McCoy saw a flop of 
after bloating the pot preflop to nearly 40,000. Lushin was in the cutoff and got his last 16,300 in against McCoy in middle position, though we didn't see how the action went.
Lushin: 
McCoy: 
McCoy needed a heart or a king but found none as harmless black 
filled out the community.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Three players put in 1,800 preflop, and 
flopped. Brian Bumpas pushed all in from the big blind for 7,700, and Victor Ayala called on the button.
Ayala: 
Bumpas:
Bumpas was in great shape and faded the sailboats as a 
turn and river hit.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Players are on break for 30 minutes.
Michael Sanders recently entered the tournament.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
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