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Current chip leader, Preston Derden
The action was all preflop, as Scott Roberds pushed all in and hit a wall in the form of Preston Derden. Roberds was behind Derden's from the get go. Unfortunately for Roberds, Derden's pair was never in danger. With no bad beat coming, we are down to 20 players remaining. The hand vaulted Derden into the chip lead as we approach the bubble.
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Chris Dombrowski has just swallowed up short-stack Neal Cooke to move to 145,000 in chips.
Dombrowski opened with a raise from early position, making it 5,500 to play. Cooke then moved all in over the top for a total of 9,600. Action folded back around to Dombrowski, who made the call and tabled two red kings; Cooke was in bad shape with an underpair -- pocket nines.
The board filled out and Dombrowski's kings held to send a very animated Neal Cooke to the rail.
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Scott Clements
Scott Clements opted to get fancy with a pocket pair of kings and it paid off, as he was able to eliminate Shawn Bessey from the tournament by doing so.
Clements limped in from early position with the kings and Bessey called from the small blind; Bill Bostick checked his option in the big.
All three players checked the board all the way down to the river, at which point Bessey fired a 2,000 bet. Bostick made the call, but when the action landed on Clements, he simply shoved all in. Bessey made the call for less and Bostick folded, sending us to the showdown.
Clements' kings full was far and away the best hand as Bessey tabled for trip deuces and was outchipped and thus, eliminated by the two-time bracelet winner, who now sits with right around 60,000 in chips.
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Kathy Liebert
Facing a 4,000 raise, Kathy Liebert moved all in and recieved action from Preston Derden. The preflop showdown had Derden tabling v. Liebert's pocket cowboys. The board built little drama as it ran out . Derden's stack was barely dented and remained around 122,000. Kathy moved her stack up to 44,000 as she hangs tough.
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With a flop of , we picked up the action on the turn. The fell and both Ty Stewart and Chris Dombrowski checked, leading to the river . Stewart led out with a bet of 15,000, and faced an all in from Dombrowski. Disgusted, Stewarts called with , but had been bested by Dombrowski, who got a free look at the river that had filled him up. Dombrowski, healthy again with the double up, has 133,000.
Unfortunately for Stewart, the clash cost him most of his stack, leaving only 25,000 in play.
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Chris Dombrowski
Preflop, Chris Dombrowski open-shoved all in from middling position for a total of 30,700. Neal Cooke, sitting to Dombrowski's immediate left, also opted to move all in for approximately 45,000. All other players folded and a showdown ensued:
Showdown:
Dombrowski:
Cooke:
"This hand's been hitting for me all day," said Cooke as he sweated the board:
Dombrowski's tens gave him a bigger boat than the one that Cooke played on the board, to secure his double up and boost him to about 65,000 in chips. Cooke, meanwhile, dropped to 13,900 in the loss.
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Shot stacked and up against a raise from Travis Erdman, Kevin Archbold committed his last 12,000 to the middle and made his stand holding . Erdman tabled and breathed easy a the door card was the , followed by . The aces held as the board rounded out . Erdman, already on the leaderboard, added to his stack, which sits at 172,000 currently.
While this hand played out, Preston Derden eliminated Tom Masinter on another table.
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Binger all smiles again
Michael Binger just won a big pot against Jason Sanders and now sits with 116,000 in chips. Binger has been up and down all day, climbing as high as 103,000 in chips in the early goings, then falling back down to 24,000 before skyrocketing back up over 100,000.
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was behind Derden's 
and Dombrowski's kings held to send a very animated Neal Cooke to the rail.
for trip deuces and was outchipped and thus, eliminated by the two-time bracelet winner, who now sits with right around 60,000 in chips.
v. Liebert's pocket cowboys. The board built little drama as it ran out 
, we picked up the action on the turn. The 
, but had been bested by Dombrowski, who got a free look at the river that had filled him up. Dombrowski, healthy again with the double up, has 133,000. 
, and both players checked, opting to see a free turn: 
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for a straight; Marks turned over 
. Erdman, already on the leaderboard, added to his stack, which sits at 172,000 currently.
