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We've added another 268 entries to our Main Event field here in the evening session, and registration will remain open until tomorrow morning. Added to the 477 runners from Day 1a, our total field size has ticked past last year's total and up to 745 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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71,000 | |
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61,000 | 9,000 |
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54,000 | 34,000 |
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51,000 | 14,850 |
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36,000 | 16,000 |
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30,000 | -1,500 |
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22,000 | 5,000 |
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21,500 | -9,000 |
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20,000 | 3,000 |
|
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14,000 | -6,000 |
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13,000 | -7,000 |
|
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6,000 | -14,000 |
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5,000 | -15,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The player in the hijack seat opened to 450, and he found calls from the next three players in line as the cutoff, button, and small blind (Matt Brady) came along to the flop.
It came 
, and Brady paused first to act. After some time to consider, he led out with 900, and that scared the button out of the pot. The other two called, though, and the 
peeled off on the turn. Brady knocked the table now, and the original raiser took his cue to make a bet of 2,150. The cutoff called, but Brady wanted to play for more. He check-raised to 7,075, and both opponents slowly and reluctantly folded in turn.
Brady looks to have just ticked across the 30,000-chip mark with that pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,500 | 4,500 |
Steve Karp opened to 500 from the hijack and was met with calls from Lee Childs on the button and the player in the small blind. Chris Bell, from the big blind, three-bet to 2,200. Karp wasn't going anywhere as he four-bet to 5,100. Childs and the small blind kicked it in, putting the action back on Bell. A five-bet to 15,100 ensued with Karp committing the rest of his stack - 17,575 to make it six bets.
"Ace-king," said Bell while sliding in the calling chips.
"Good, didn't feel like aces or kings," replied Karp.
Karp: 
Bell: 
Karp won the race as the board came down 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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36,150 | 18,575 |
|
15,500 | -18,500 |
Action folded to Corey Burbick and he raised to 400 in the hijack. He was called by the players in the cutoff and small blind, landing a 
flop to the board. The small blind checked it to Burbick who bet 700. The cutoff ducked out, but the small blind called to see the 
turn.
It was the same story with the small blind check-calling 1,600 from Burbick, delivering the 
on the river. Another checked led to another Burbick bet, this one for 3,500. The small blind called immediately, but mucked when Burbick tabled 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,400 | 6,900 |
"Does anyone mind if I film you?" Ebony Kenney asked her table earlier with a big smile. The table naturally wanted to know the details, and Kenney went on to explain that she's in the semifinals of qualification for a TV reality show, and she's been told to film herself at work. "Please?" she asked with a smile that could win over even the staunchest of players.
They agreed, as you do when an attractive woman with an intoxicating smile asks you for a favor.
A few minutes later, we watched Kenney do some straight-faced work in this pot. It began with the cutoff opening to 600, and Huy Nguyen flatted on the button. Kenney squeezed in a reraise to 1,525 from the small blind, but the cutoff came right back with another raise to 3,900 total. That forced Nguyen out of the way, but Kenney came along with the call to see the flop.
It brought 
and two quick checks, and Kenney led out with 5,025 on the turn. Mr. Cutoff called that bet, but it's as far as he could go. Kenney bet 7,700 on the 
river, and her opponent tanked and folded his hand.
With that chip boost, Kenney has worked her stack up over the 30,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,500 | 11,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | 40,000 |
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29,000 | 9,000 |
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21,000 | 1,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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19,000 | -1,000 |
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17,500 | -2,500 |
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17,000 | -3,000 |
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16,000 | -4,000 |
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12,500 | -7,500 |
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9,500 | -10,500 |
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4,000 | -16,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
That's three levels down, six more to go tonight. Ah but first, a ten-minute break. We heard a few people complaining about the shortened break on their way out the door, but floorman Dennis was having none of it.
"There's half the field tonight," he said flatly, "and y'all guys gotta get back here at noon."
He's right, and his Texas drawl means business too. With that, Dennis dismissed the room, and the action will recommence in 10 minutes.
