Gimbel's Day Is Done While Julius' Is Just Heating Up
The last time we checked, 2010 PCA champ Harrison Gimbel was short, so we thought we'd see how he was doing here in Level 5. Unfortunately, we discovered Gimbel is no longer with us.
According to Kyle Julius, who finished as runner-up in this very event last year, Gimbel busted when he held 
. The flop consisted of three spades, the turn was a , and Otto Lemke held 
. The two got it all in, and Lemke hit a spade on the river. That was all she wrote for Gimbel.
Meanwhile, we managed to catch Julius in a hand. In it, he opened for 625 and he received a call from Lemke in the cutoff. Ramin Hajiyev then three-bet to 1,800 from the button, Julius four-bet to 4,600, and Lemke got out of the way. Hajiyev gave it some serious consideration, but ultimately laid down his hand. Julius then showed 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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42,000 | |
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Busted | |
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. The player checked, and Klodnicki tossed out 7,000. The player called.
for a flush, and raked in the pot.
and the action went check-check. Fourth street brought the 
and Hortin shot out 1,000 only to have Weisner make it 2,700 to go. Hortin called and the river was the 
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with two hearts. Dibella checked to Quoss who bet 1,000, resulting in a fold from the preflop raiser.
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on fourth to see the 
strike the table on fifth. Lamb's opponent bet 1,200 but Lamb would not be pushed around so easily. He flicked out a raise to 3,500 and his opponent let go.
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. All three players checked to the turn which was the 
. Brenes and Gregg checked once more while Minieri fired out 1,100. Brenes flat called and Gregg got out of the way.
for top pair but was ultimately behind Brenes' top two with 