Early Action - Hands #21-30
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Blinds increase to 10,000-20,000. Players can either limp for 20,000, or raise to 40,000-70,000.
Hand #21 - Jason Lester has the button in seat 1, and Patrick raises from early position to 65,000, winning the blinds.
Hand #22 - Allen Cunningham has the button in seat 2, and Brenes raises to 60,000, winning the blinds.
Hand #23 - Travis Rice has the button in seat 3, Jaffray limps for 20,000, and Patrick checks his option. The flop comes
, Jaffray bets, and Patrick folds. Jaffray takes the pot. Hand #24 - Alan Jaffray has the button in seat 4, he raises to 70,000, Griffin reraises from the big blind to 150,000, Jaffray moves all in, and Griffin quickly calls with
. Jaffray shows 
, and he'll need to improve to stay alive. The flop comes
, and Griffin retains the lead with his pocket kings. The turn card is the 
, and Jaffray needs an ace on the river to survive. The river card is the
, and Alan Jaffray is eliminated in ninth place, earning $31,800. Hand #25 - Joe Patrick has the button in seat 5, and Lester raises to take the blinds.
Hand #26 - Gavin Griffin has the button in seat 6, Patrick raises to 60,000, winning the blinds.
Hand #27 - Humberto Brenes has the button in seat 7, and everyone folds to Lisandro, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Hand #28 - Keith Lehr has the button in seat 8, and everyone folds to Lester, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Hand #29 - Jeff Lisandro has the button in seat 9, Griffin raises to 55,000, winning the blinds.
Hand #30 - Jason Lester has the button in seat 1, Lisandro raises from the cutoff to 50,000, winning the blinds.
Chip counts after Hand #30:
Seat 1 - Jason Lester - 120,000
Seat 2 - Allen Cunningham - 445,000
Seat 3 - Travis Rice - 405,000
Seat 5 - Joe Patrick - 705,000
Seat 6 - Gavin Griffin - 620,000
Seat 7 - Humberto Brenes - 390,000
Seat 8 - Keith Lehr - 205,000
Seat 9 - Jeff Lisandro - 1,060,000