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and Sam Stein raised with 
to attack the limp. Behind him, Philippe Plouffe moved all in with 
. Oliver folded and Stein made the call.
and Stein was still behind the queens of his all-in opponent. The turn brought the 
and Stein still needed an ace or a king on the river. He couldn't hit a queen for a straight because Plouffe would hit a full house.
and nailed Stein's hand. The crowd left out a roar and applauding followed as Plouffe shook the hands of his opponents. He was eliminated in eighth place for $202,000. Stein moved up to second in chips with 7.9 million.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Sam Stein three-bet to 535,000 from early position with 
. Action folded back to Oliver who called and the flop fell 
. Both players checked.
and Oliver checked a third time. Stein fired 855,000 and Oliver folded.
. Anton Ionel made the call with the 
from the big blind.
and Weinberg checked his pair of deuces. Oliver stayed aggressive with his gutshot, firing 330,000. Both his opponents folded and Oliver won the pot to move to 19.235 million in chips.
from under the gun and the action folded to Sam Stein who moved all in with 
from the big blind. Ionel tank-folded and Stein is now above 9 million chips.
and made the call. Galen Hall called out of the big blind with the 
. As you can see, all the fives in the deck were gone and Stein had both players dominated.
to keep Stein's fives in the lead. Hall checked and Oliver fired 340,000. Only Stein made the call as Hall ducked out of the way, not opting to peel to his gutshot.
and Oliver slowed down with a check, not having anything on that board. Stein seized the opportunity and bet out 535,000. Oliver folded and Stein picked up the pot to move to nearly 10 million in chips. He continues to close the gap on Oliver.
. Mike Sowers flatted on the button with the 
and Max Weinberg called in the big blind with the 
.
and action checked to Sowers. He fired 375,000 with his top pair and gutshot straight draw to win the pot.