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Alex Outhred moves all in, and Marcus Obser calls all in from the cutoff. (Humberto Brenes thinks for a while before folding, causing Mike Matusow to make additional comments about how slow Brenes has been acting on his hand.)
Outhred shows , and Obser shows . Obser will need his hand to hold up to stay alive.
The board comes , and Obser takes the pot with his pocket queens, increasing his stack to 283,000. Outhred drops down to 77,000.
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[Removed:326] raises under the gun to 16,000, and John Phan calls from the button. The flop comes , [Removed:327] checks, Phan bets 75,000, and [Removed:327] folds. Phan takes the pot.
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When the action folds around to Humberto Brenes, he studies his hand for a while, and it apparently tests Matusow's patience, as he does this often.
Matusow to Humberto: "Do you ever look at your cards, see two bad cards, and just fold? I mean, what are you thinking about every hand?"
Matusow continues this rant for a little while longer, talking about questionable hands like K-J or J-10.
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[Removed:326] limps for 16,000, John Phan raises from the cutoff to 48,000, Francois Safieddine calls, and [Removed:327] reraises to 160,000. Phan thinks for a long time before folding his cards, and Safieddine thinks for a while himself before bailing. [Removed:326] takes the pot.
[Removed:326] takes solid claim of the chip lead with 760,000.
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Mike Matusow raises from the small blind, and Devin Porter calls. The flop comes , Matusow bets 26,000, and Porter calls. The turn card is the , Matusow bets 60,000, and Porter calls. The river card is the , and both players check. Porter shows J-10 for a pair of tens, and Matusow quickly mucks.
Porter builds his stack to 430,000 after being the short stack in the event just a short while ago. Matusow drops down to 330,000.
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Most of the pots have been small lately, without a lot of action. But with blinds at 8,000-16,000, and the average stack at 422,000, even the small pots can move a lot of chips across the table. The chip counts are swinging a bit, and they will be updated often. Keep your eyes on the "Chip Counts" page, which you can find by clicking the link on the right.
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Matt Gilsdorf raises from the button to 40,000, Francois Safieddine reraises to 90,000, and Gilsdorf reraises to 290,000. Safieddine studies the situation for a few minutes and then folds. Gilsdorf takes the pot.
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Humberto Brenes has pushed all in on three straight hands -- and received no callers. His short stack is getting a little taller, and he now has about 215,000.
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, and Obser shows 
. Obser will need his hand to hold up to stay alive. 
, and Obser takes the pot with his pocket queens, increasing his stack to 283,000. Outhred drops down to 77,000.
, [Removed:327] checks, Phan bets 75,000, and [Removed:327] folds. Phan takes the pot.
, Matusow bets 26,000, and Porter calls. The turn card is the 
, Matusow bets 60,000, and Porter calls. The river card is the 
, and both players check. Porter shows J-10 for a pair of tens, and Matusow quickly mucks. 
, and Porter's ace high holds up to win the pot, and he doubles up to about 300,000 in chips. Bolotin drops down to 380,000.
