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Donnie D'Auria
Donnie D'Auria, the WPT Boot Camp freeroller, lives on in this tournament. He took a limped flop of with Payman Arjang. Arjang acted first and bet 25,000; D'Auria raised to 85,000.
Arjang quickly called to a turn of , then moved all in. He was actually putting D'Auria all in for about 300,000 chips. D'Auria tanked for three minutes before calling with , middle pair and a small flush draw. Both were good, as Arjang showed down . The that fell on the river made a flush for D'Auria and gave him the double-up. He now has 850,000 chips; Arjang, who started the day with 1.4 million, is down to 390,000.
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Dan Lu - 15th Place
The dust had barely settled on the Donnie D'Auria double-up hand when there was an all in and call on the other table. The player at risk of elimination was Dan Lu, who showed ; he was up against chip leader Mike Sowers, who showed . The board came no help to either player, . That made Sowers the winner and Lu the 15th place finisher. He walks away with $57,796
Sowers, meanwhile, is flirting with 3.0 million in chips and is now the far and away chip leader.
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Chris Karagulleyan
Mike Sowers recently gave Chris Karagulleyan a large chunk of the chips he just took from 15th place finisher Dan Lu, in a hand that pitted Sowers' against Karagulleyan's .
All of the money went in before the flop and the board safely ran out jack-high for Karagulleyan, who doubled through to ~1.6 million in chips. Sowers fell back down below the 3 million mark and now has right around 2.25 million in chips.
"Can I have your autograph?" joked one of Karagulleyan's railbirds after the hand. And no, it wasn't this guy.
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Jeremy Kottler was the first preflop raiser from late position. Action passed to Blake Cahail in the blinds, who reraised all in. He had Kottler well-covered. Kottler thought it over for a while, then elected to call all in. The cards were quickly opened.
Kottler:
Cahail:
It was horrible news for Kottler to see his hand dominated by Cahail's, but the board bailed him out. Thing looked grim on a flop of , but the turn and river came running tens, and , to give both players the same full house. The pot was chopped.
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Mike Sowers, the chip leader of the tournament, raised to 75,000 preflop. He was called in position by the player on his left, Blake Cahail. They were the only players for a flop of . Sowers bet 110,000 on the flop, but Cahail was not deterred. He raised to 310,000, a bet that was big enough to fold Sowers.
Sowers is still the leader with 2.235 million chips. Cahail now has 1.45 million.
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On a board showing , with a decent chunk of change already in the middle, Cornel Andrew Cimpan passed the first action to Pat Walsh who fired a bet worth 80,000. Cimpan then immediately announced "All in," which prompted Walsh to ask for a count.
The dealer pulled 80k from both players into the middle and counted down the remainder of Cimpan's stack, which turned out to be 196,000.
"What is it again?" Walsh asked, now standing, hovering over his chair.
"196" the dealer replied.
Walsh appeared to be calculating his pot odds, before asking Cimpan, "Two tens?"
"Huh?" Cimpan responded with a smile.
"I got outs, I know that..." Walsh fired back.
Ultimately, Walsh surrendered the hand, leaving himself approximately 1.5 million in chips. The hand kicked Cimpan up to around 650,000.
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Cornel Andrew Cimpan and his formerly short stack
Pat Walsh is probably hoping not to play any more pots with Cornel Andrew Cimpan this afternoon. Right after losing one big pot to Cimpan, Walsh squared off with him again in another raised pot.
The two men were the only players for a flop of . A raising war ensued, with Walsh being the first player to move all in. Cimpan quickly called all in for less, rolling over two jacks in the hole for a full house, jacks full of aces. Walsh showed for trips. He had two shots at filling up to a bigger full house and eliminating the resilient Cimpan from the tournament, but the turn and river bricked and .
Cimpan is suddenly flush with more than a million chips after being severely short-stacked just a few minutes ago. Walsh is down to 475,000.
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Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman
It's game over for Peter Feldman. Short of chips and short of time, he pushed with . Donnie D'Auria called with pocket sevens. The pocket sevens held up, sending Feldman to the rail in 14th place. His reward was $57,796.
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with Payman Arjang. Arjang acted first and bet 25,000; D'Auria raised to 85,000. 
, then moved all in. He was actually putting D'Auria all in for about 300,000 chips. D'Auria tanked for three minutes before calling with 
, middle pair and a small flush draw. Both were good, as Arjang showed down 
. The 
that fell on the river made a flush for D'Auria and gave him the double-up. He now has 850,000 chips; Arjang, who started the day with 1.4 million, is down to 390,000.
; he was up against chip leader Mike Sowers, who showed 
. The board came no help to either player, 
. That made Sowers the winner and Lu the 15th place finisher. He walks away with $57,796
. 
, but the turn and river came running tens, 
and 
, to give both players the same full house. The pot was chopped.
, with a decent chunk of change already in the middle, Cornel Andrew Cimpan passed the first action to Pat Walsh who fired a bet worth 80,000. Cimpan then immediately announced "All in," which prompted Walsh to ask for a count.
for trips. He had two shots at filling up to a bigger full house and eliminating the resilient Cimpan from the tournament, but the turn and river bricked 
and 
.
. Donnie D'Auria called with pocket sevens. The pocket sevens held up, sending Feldman to the rail in 14th place. His reward was $57,796.