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Chris Klodnicki continues to be on a hot streak. He just raised from late position before Rafal Michalowski reraised all in for about 70,000 total. Everyone folded back over to Klodnicki and he thought about it before making the call.
Klodnicki held against Michalowski's pocket fives.
The flop came down , giving Klodnicki some extra outs to a flush. The turn was the , so not much there. The river was the though, and gave Kllodnicki all he needed to bust Michalowski and move up to 275,000 chips.
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Ben Fineman - Eliminated
From middle position, Alex Bolotin came in raising, putting out 10,500. Ben Fineman was next, and he moved all in for a total of 88,000. Bolotin considered for a few moments before making the call, putting Fineman's tournament life in the balance.
Showdown:
Bolotin:
Fineman:
Bolotin's pair manged to hold up on the board of . With that win, he eliminates Ben Fineman, skyrocketing up to 290,000, which is good enough for the chip lead!
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Sam Parzow moved all in for 40,000 preflop and was called by one player, Gregg Fishberg. Fishberg held against Parzow's . After the board ran out , Parzow was sent to the rail.
Fishberg now has about 150,000 chips and we're only a few spots away from the money bubble.
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Our last lady, Gissel Heredia was just eliminated on the last hand. With that, we are down to 28 players and it is officially bubble time. The tournament is being dealt hand-for-hand until we lose one more player.
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Ryan Karp on Day 1
With 28 players remaining and hand-for-hand play in progress, Matt Brady raised up the action to 9,500. Ryan "ryanbluff" Karp reraised to 21,500 and only Brady made the call.
The flop came down and Brady led into Karp for 35,000. Karp then shoved all in for 123,000. Brady made the call with exactly 121,500 chips.
Showdown:
Brady:
Karp:
The turn brought the but didn't help out Karp. The river was close with the , but not close enough. Brady was able to crush Karp on the bubble and leave him with only 1,500 chips to begin the next hand.
On the next hand, Karp anted up 500 and after receiving his cards, tossed his last 1,000 into the middle. Adam Sanders completed from the small blind and Michael Katz checked in the big blind.
The board ran out as both Sanders and Katz checked it down.
Karp showed first and revealed queen high, holding . Katz showed for a five-high flush, but Sanders turned over for an eight-high flush.
Officially it was Sanders that busted the bubble boy and sent us into the money. "That was for the 36ers," he said.
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Here's the way the final 27 players are set up:
Table 75
Seat 1: Tom Sheets
Seat 2: Casey Jarzabek
Seat 3: David Fox
Seat 4: Robert Willis
Seat 5: Mike Leah
Seat 6: John Nixon
Seat 7: Tony Bueti
Seat 8: Mike Sica
Seat 9: Michael Michnik
Table 77
Seat 1: Frank Vizza
Seat 2: Igor Borukhov
Seat 3: Craig Boyd
Seat 4: Michael Katz
Seat 5: Jason Young
Seat 6: Richard Cohen
Seat 7: Matt Brady
Seat 8: Steven Cho
Seat 9: Alex Bolotin
Table 80
Seat 1: Robert Elias
Seat 2: David Zeitlin
Seat 3: Larry Vance
Seat 4: Samuel Chartier
Seat 5: Jeffrey Izes
Seat 6: Chris Klodnicki
Seat 7: John McEwen
Seat 8: Anthony Newman
Seat 9: Adam Sanders
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Richard Cohen - 27th Place
Jason Young raised from the button to 11,000. Richard Cohen was in the small blind and moved all in for 36,000. The big blind was Matt Brady and he reraised all in.
"Brady's all in?" asked Young. "I fold."
Brady held against Cohen's . Young folded pocket nines.
Brady then proceeded to flop a set of eights and that would be all he needed to scoop the pot and eliminate Cohen. Brady now has 360,000 chips.
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John McEwen - 26th Place
Chris Klodnicki set John McEwen all in from the small blind. McEwen was in the big blind and made the call.
Showdown:
McEwen:
Klodnicki:
The flop was big for Klodnicki, as if we'd expect anything less at this point: . It did give McEwen a flush draw though, but the turn didn't help when it came the . The river further improved Klodnicki's hand to a full house with the , sending McEwen to the rail.
against Michalowski's pocket fives.
, giving Klodnicki some extra outs to a flush. The turn was the 
, so not much there. The river was the 
though, and gave Kllodnicki all he needed to bust Michalowski and move up to 275,000 chips.
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. With that win, he eliminates Ben Fineman, skyrocketing up to 290,000, which is good enough for the chip lead!
against Parzow's 
. After the board ran out 
, Parzow was sent to the rail.
. Casey 'bigdogpckt5s' Jarzabek called with 
.
and Brady led into Karp for 35,000. Karp then shoved all in for 123,000. Brady made the call with exactly 121,500 chips.
but didn't help out Karp. The river was close with the 
, but not close enough. Brady was able to crush Karp on the bubble and leave him with only 1,500 chips to begin the next hand.
as both Sanders and Katz checked it down.
. Young folded pocket nines.
. The river further improved Klodnicki's hand to a full house with the