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Aaron Jones was all in for around 17,000 with the 
. His opponent that had him at risk held the 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Jones doubled up.
We arrived at the table to find a short stacked player all in and at risk before the flop for what looked to be around 16,000. The player held 
and was in dire need of help against Micah Raskin's .
Raskin's kings held up as the board fell down 
.
"Was there an ace out there?" Raskin asked the player seated to his right as he stacked his new chips. "There's always an ace out there when I have pocket kings."
Despite the presence of an ace, Raskin scooped up the pot and boosted his stack to around 70,000.
After a series of raises before the flop, Kevin MacPhee found himself all in and at risk against Morris Barrett. MacPhee tabled 
but was crushed by Barrett's 
.
The flop came down 
which gave little hope to MacPhee. The hit fourth street, leaving MacPhee searching for a jack on the river to stay alive. Alas, the 
finished off the board and MacPhee made a quick exit from the tournament area.
Tim Reilly raised from the hijack and Anthony Zinno three-bet to 1,600 from the cutoff, Action folded back to Reilly who called to see a 
flop.
Both players checked, the landed on the turn, and Reilly check-called 1,600 from Zinno. When the 
river completed the board, Reilly bet 2,400. Zinno raised to 8,000, Reilly called, and Zinno tabled 
. Reilly mucked, giving the pot to Zinno.
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