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. With about 50,000 chips in the middle already, Jeff Roper was facing a bet of 29,600. He deliberated and made the call.
. Roper nodded and mucked. "Nice hand," he said.
. Parker held the 
.
and Parker won with a pair of fives. He sent Jin to the rail and moved up to 200,000.
. All of the money was in preflop and Casetta made a straight on the turn.
of Sanchez dominated.
and Sanchez counterfeited O'Dwyer's nines to double up.
. Flowers checked the river and Carroll fired a tiny 4,000, barely more than the minimum. Flowers couldn't even call that little of a bet and mucked.
to Matt Stout, who fired 15,000. Casetta called.
and Casetta checked. Stout checked behind.
and Casetta fired 33,000. Stout quickly made the call verbally. He mucked just as fast when he saw Casetta table the 
for trip tens.
. Stout had raised the button to 8,000, then moved all in after big blind Diego Sanchez re-raised to 22,000. Stout had Sanchez well covered when Sanchez called all for 102,000 with . 
to give Sanchez a pair of tens and the winning hand. He's up to about 210,000, while Stout fell to about 165,000.
"This is really close," said James Carroll. He had opened his button for 8,000 in front of Randal Flowers, who moved all in from the small blind for 109,000. Carroll thought it over for about a minute, then firmly announced, "Call." Flowers showed and was against Carroll's 
. Carroll paired aces on the flop and faded the remaining jacks on the turn and river.
Flowers leaves the tournament in 20th place, two places short of the money. The tournament is now playing hand-for-hand, with two minutes taken off the clock for each hand played. The next player eliminated will be the last one to leave without any cash.
Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Flowers on the dinner break to chat about his upcoming first WSOP experience:
