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In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, "loveyou" limped in from under the gun and "madroc" raised to 3,600 next to act. "Amanda89123" three-bet to 13,800 from middle position and action folded around to "Scorionsting" who four-bet jammed for 97,761, from the small blind. "loveyou" folded while the other two players called putting their stacks at risk.
"madroc":
"Scorionsting":
"Amanda89123":
"Amanda89123" held the best hand and nothing changed after the runout giving them the monster pot.
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In Level 4 with blinds at 300/600 (75 ante), there was 6,252 already in the middle when "SuppppaStar" moved all in for 60,755 from the hijack after a flop and was called by "madroc" on the button.
"madroc":
"SuppppaStar":
"madroc" was ahead with top-pair until the appeared on the turn giving "SuppppaStar" the flush.
The meaningless came on the river giving "SuppppaStar" the double-up while "madroc" was left with just 1,495.
In Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, "Mr.big-97" opened for 1,986, "Million27" called for less on the button holding 1,455 and "Scorionsting" came along from the small blind.
The flop came , "Scorionsting" moved all in for 57,340 and "Mr.big-97" called for less holding 55,365.
"Million27":
"Mr.big-97" :
"Scorionsting":
"Mr.big-97" was behind but held live cards to go along with and open-ended staright draw.
The that appeared on the turn was no help to "Mr.big-97" nor was the river eliminating them from the tournament while "Million27" picked up the 5,820 side pot.
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After nearly five hours of play, it was “Dman16” besting “JOEYFELTALOT” in heads-up play to turn his quarter investment into a $13.95 payday.
flop was checked to "Mr.big-97" who took down the pot with a 10,400 continuation bet.
runout giving them the monster pot.
flop and was called by "madroc" on the button. 
appeared on the turn giving "SuppppaStar" the flush. 
that appeared on the turn was no help to "Mr.big-97" nor was the 
river eliminating them from the tournament while "Million27" picked up the 5,820 side pot.
