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Truxall Finally Succumbs
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Michigan player Eugene Truxall has been nursing a short stack all day long. Likewise, he was short pretty much his entire Day 1 flight. That makes the fact he was able to survive so long impressive; however, his run just came to an end in 26th place.
It happened when Jason Zarlenga raised to 18,000 under the gun and received a call from the small blind. Truxall then moved all in from the big for just 35,000, which opened the door for Zarlenga to isolate with a raise to 144,000. It worked as the small blind released his hand.
Zarlenga: 
Truxall: 
"I have live cards," Truxall said optimistically. Indeed he did, but they did him little good as the board ran out a dry 
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Meanwhile, Gary Farhat has also been eliminated from the tournament.