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Peter Darvill - 31st Place
Peter Darvill opened up for a 180,000 raise from the button. Bill Edler re-raised from the small blind to 480,000. Darvill called. The flop was . Edler moved all in for 2,100,000. Darvill went into the tank. He turned to a friend on the rail and said, "Got my bag there? Get the bobble head out."
Darvill's friend handed him a Phil Hellmuth bobble head doll and he put it in front of Edler.
"Look him up and down for me Phil," Darvill joked.
Darvill made the call with . Edler flipped over . Darvill was ahead. The turn was the and the river was the . Edler took down the pot with a pair of nines and Darvill was eliminated.
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After Raymond Rahme raised to 200,000, Ron Kluber re-raised an additional 500K. Rahme called and they saw a flop of . Rahme bet 200,000 and Kluber moved all-in for 2 million in total.
Because of the similarly-colored chips it took the dealer some time to count down Kluber's stack, and not long after Rahme began thinking about his response Kluber called the clock on him. Rahme surrendered his hand and Kluber showed . Rahme said he folded A-Q, which leads one to wonder what might've happened had Kluber given Rahme more time to think things over.
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On the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises from the button to 175,000, Lam reraises from the small blind to 525,000, and Tram thinks for about a minute before he folds.
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Jason Koshi
In the audience at the ESPN Featured Table are Jason Koshi's parents and his brother. Jason is in Seat 1 with $1,175,000 to start. His parents are Harry and Carol Koshi, who both taught school in the Los Angeles area for nearly 40 years. In fact, Carol taught famous boxer Oscar de la Hoya at Ford Blvd. Elementary School in East L.A. She laughed and said she taught him how to box during recess. Jason's brother David is here as well to support him as well today.
Jason's parents told us that he has his own company with a partner and is a CPA. He must be pretty good with figures then, and his parents laughed at that suggestion and told us "Jason knew his multiplication tables in kindgergarten!"
Jason's parents were away a couple of days ago-- they had to go home to California to take care of Jason's dog Rusty, as Jason didn't want to board him in a kennel.
Jason is engaged to be married and is trying to win a little money to spend on a new house and his upcoming wedding. Best of luck to Jason today and kudos to his family for being so supportive.
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After one hour of play, the Featured Table was in the middle of their 14th hand. That's a little over four minutes per hand, and we've played several raise-and-take-the-blinds hands to bring the average down.
Whether it's the stakes involved or the fact that their every move is being recorded by ESPN, most of these players are taking their time with every decision.
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William Spadea
William Spadea raises to 200,000 from middle position and Kevin Farry reraises to 800,000 from the cutoff. It is folded back around to Spadea, who moves all in. Both players have a mountain of multi-denominational chips that all look the same. Farry goes into the tank. He is looking at Spadea's stack, trying to calculate how much it will cost him. He eventually shrugs and makes the call.
William Spadea has
Kevin Farry has
The flop comes and Farry will need to catch one of the two remaining nines, running diamonds to win - or running sixes to chop.
The turn and river don't deliver and Spadea wins the hand.
The dealer starts to count the chips, and it turns out that Spadea has 4,500,000.
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Lee Childs
On the Featured Table, Lee Childs raises from late position to 180,000, and Jerry Yang calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Yang bets 400,000, and Childs thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the , Yang checks, Childs bets 825,000, and Yang thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Lee Childs takes the pot worth 1.28 million in chips.
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You might notice that all of our chip counts have been recently updated with the exception of a few players at the ESPN Feature Table. It has literally been impossible for us to count these players' stacks due to the positioning of the cameras and the incredibly similar colors of the various chip denominations. We apologize for the inconvenience, but will get updated counts for you at the next break.
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Slezak opened the betting by raising to 180,000 from late position, and after Jeff Bryan called on the button David Tran re-raised to 600K from the big blind. Slezak then moved all-in for an additional 1.54 million and both Bryan and Tran folded their hands. That lifted Slezak up to 3 million and dropped Tran down to 8.7 million.
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On the Featured Table, Tuan Lam limps from the cutoff for 60,000, and Jon Kalmar checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Kalmar checks, Lam bets 175,000, and Kalmar folds. Lam takes the pot.
No, there wasn't a lot of action on this hand. But this is the most action we've seen in several hands.
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. Edler moved all in for 2,100,000. Darvill went into the tank. He turned to a friend on the rail and said, "Got my bag there? Get the bobble head out."
. Edler flipped over 
. Darvill was ahead. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Edler took down the pot with a pair of nines and Darvill was eliminated.
. Rahme bet 200,000 and Kluber moved all-in for 2 million in total. 
. Rahme said he folded A-Q, which leads one to wonder what might've happened had Kluber given Rahme more time to think things over.
and Farry will need to catch one of the two remaining nines, running diamonds to win - or running sixes to chop.
don't deliver and Spadea wins the hand.
, Yang bets 400,000, and Childs thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the 
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, Kalmar checks, Lam bets 175,000, and Kalmar folds. Lam takes the pot.