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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
760,000 | -40,000 |
|
755,000 | 155,000 |
|
475,000 | -165,000 |
|
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315,000 | -24,000 |
|
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205,000 | -28,000 |
|
135,000 | 5,000 |
In middle position, Paul Hails opened the pot to 27,000, and he was called in three places. Narinder Khasria (button), Patrick Karschamroon (small blind), and Michael Simon (big blind) all came along to see a four-way flop.
The dealer fanned out 
, and everyone checked to the button. Khasria took his cue to fire 57,000 at the pot, and Karschamroon quickly folded. Simon, however, wasn't going anywhere. He cut the calling chips out of his stack of ~300,000 and shuffled them for a moment before announcing a check-raise all in. That folded Hails, but Khasria instantly made the call with his covering stack. "That can't be good," Simon astutely noted. "I just have a nine."
Showdown
Simon: 
Khasria: 
Simon asked the dealer for a sweat card on the turn, but the 
left him drawing dead to the river. The meaningless 
filled out the board as Simon was already shaking hands and gathering his belongings.
He's out in 8th place, good for nearly $8,000 for the former WPT champ.
With that pot, Khasria looks to have moved up into second place overall with more than 800,000 chips.
From middle position, Patrick Karschamroon raised to 29,000, and both the small and big blind -- Paul Hails and Hayden Fortini -- came along to see the flop.
It brought 
, and Hails took the betting lead with 32,000. Both Fortini and Karschamroon quickly called, and that led them three-handed to the 
turn. Hails gathered another bet and fired 50,000 at the pot, more than half his remaining stack. Fortini spent a good long while in the tank before releasing his cards, but Karschamroon once again made the quick call to see the last card.
It was the 
, and Hails moved all in for his last 49,000. Karschamroon must have missed; he quickly sent his cards back to the dealer face-down, and that means Hails gets to drag a relatively big pot as far as he's concerned.
After starting the hand with 157,000 chips, he's more than doubled up to 339,000 with no showdown.
First into the pot from the cutoff seat, Michael Simon opened to 29,000, and Seneca Easley folded his button. In the small blind, Lori Nunes spent several long minutes in the tank before making the call for a significant chunk of her remaining stack, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer burned and spread 
, and Nunes slowly checked. Simon announced a covering all in, and once more Nunes would spend some quality time in the tank. She had about 130,000 chips left in front of her, and she eventually settled on a fold to save that remainder for a better spot.
"Nice play, Michael," someone at the table said.
"Thanks," he answered. "I don't know how to play post-flop so I just shove."
Level: 23
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
From middle position, Paul Hails raised to 27,000 and was called by Michael Simon from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Simon checked. After Hails fired 35,000. Simon folded.
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After some unknown preflop action, Michael Simon moved all in on the flop of 
for 148,000. Seneca Easley tanked for a bit and then made the call holding the 
. Simon held the 
.
The turn was the and the river the to give Simon the double up to about 350,000. Easley dropped back to about 600,000.
Patrick Karschamroon raised preflop from middle position to 26,000 and Lori Nunes called from the cutoff seat to see the flop come down 
. Karschamroon stayed aggressive, pressing the action with a bet of 52,000. With 185,000 behind, Nunes tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up. Karschamroon won the pot and moved to 950,000. That's the largest stack at the table.
Patrick Karschamroon raised from the hijack seat to 26,000. Action then folded over to Alex Masek in the big blind and he moved all in for 250,000. Karschamroon called with the to have Masek's dominated.
The flop came down 
and Masek's hopes got slimmer. The turn was the 
and the river the , eliminating Masek in ninth place.
From across the room, Mstr Lynch gave a big fist pump high in the air as he knows he now has the Casino Champion title locked up. Masek earned $6,335 for his finish.
