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. Shawn Luman looked down at 
in the big blind and pushed out a 550K bet. Graves didn't take long to move all-in, and that prompted Luman to take a nice long visit to the tank. He stayed there for about five minutes before giving up his hand and a big chunk of his stack.
and called when Graves re-raised with 
. Both players paired their Ace on the 
flop, and Luman chose to call Graves' bet. He also called when the 
turned, which gave Luman a flush draw and Graves top two pair. The 
hit on the river and again Graves led out, and after thinking it over Luman chose to call once again. And after seeing that he'd trailed the entire hand Luman's stack was reduced to 960,000.
Michael Graves made a 400K bet on the river holding two pair with 
. Theo Tran called Graves on the flop and turn with 
, and as Graves made the bet Tran started stacking and restacking his chips, trying to decide what to do. Folding didn't seem to appeal to him as he looked over the board, looked at Graves, and looked back at his cards.
and Luman looked down at 
. Running low on chips there was only one move to make and Luman pushed in his stack, and after Theo Tran folded Graves made the call and saw that he was dominated. 
flop gave Graves a gutshot straight draw, and after the 
turned Luman had to watch as the dealer peeled the 
off the deck and send him crashing out of the tournament. It was a cruel way for the day to end for the former chip leader, but Luman takes home $224,249 for finishing today in third.
and Tran called with 
. The flop came 
and Graves bet 350,000. Tran moved in, Graves called and looked to be drawing dead to a four. But the turn and river came 
and those cards played along with the Eight on the board to negate Tran's bigger kicker. The two players chopped the pot instead of Tran doubling up.
and Tran called with . The flop gave Graves a pair and an open-ended straight draw and Tran a gutshot draw along with his overcards. Graves bet 375,000, and as soon as Tran announced he was all-in Graves made the call.
on the turn and 
on the turn missed Tran's hand and Michael Graves, who came to the table with the chip lead and laid low early on before making his move, won the tournament, the World Series of Poker bracelet, and $742,121. Theo Tran, who played a creative and aggressive game and made some remarkable plays down the stretch, takes home $387,193 as our runner-up.
Event 52 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys
Day 3 Completed
