DJ Buckley open shoved his last 205,000 and Saad Ghanem made the call on the button.
The blinds folded and Buckley was in with ![]()
versus Ghanem's ![]()
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flop was enough to send Buckley out tenth and the ![]()
run out meant nothing.
DJ Buckley open shoved his last 205,000 and Saad Ghanem made the call on the button.
The blinds folded and Buckley was in with ![]()
versus Ghanem's ![]()
. The ![]()
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flop was enough to send Buckley out tenth and the ![]()
run out meant nothing.
After 15 minutes without a flop, including open shoves from both Carl Carodenuto and Rich Alsup, Ryan Tyler raised to 105,000 and Vladimir Revniaga three-bet, making it 215,000.
It folded back to Tyler and he called to send them heads-up to the final table's first flop. They both checked the ![]()
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flop, but Tyler opened for 250,000 on the
turn and took it down.
Play resumes with 30 minutes left in Level 26.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Alsup | 335,000 |
| 2 | Carl Carodenuto | 480,000 |
| 3 | Kirby Rogers | 1,480,000 |
| 4 | Dan Favreau | 580,000 |
| 5 | DJ Buckley | 315,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Tyler | 930,000 |
| 7 | Vladimir Revniaga | 1,405,000 |
| 8 | Willie Olson | 1,555,000 |
| 9 | Saad Ghanem | 1,050,000 |
| 10 | Brian Berthiaume | 1,245,000 |
Kirby Rogers open shoved 423,000 and DJ Buckley looked him up in the big blind with the ![]()
.
Rogers was in trouble with the ![]()
, but the ![]()
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board made him a jack-high straight.
A hand later, Rogers called Dennis Stevermer's 400,000-chip shove with ![]()
and made Broadway to crack his pocket queens.
With ten players left the final table is set and the players will get a few instructions before being sent off on a dinner break.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Sami Saad El-Dein shoved for less than 200,000 with the ![]()
and Brian Berthiaume looked him up with the dominating ![]()
in the big blind.
The board ran out ![]()
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taking El-Dein with it.
Down to 11 now, the final table of ten will be set with just one more elimination.
Carl Carodenuto open shoved 309,000 and Kirby Rogers looked him up with the ![]()
.
Carodenuto was in bad shape with the ![]()
, but got what he needed from the ![]()
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board to survive and cut Rogers down drastically.
Dan Favreau and Brian Berthiaume got in 75,000 a piece before the flop, then another 300,000 each once they had both flopped a set.
Favreau's aces were better than Berthiaume's fours and he doubled through, leaving Berthiaume under ten big blinds.