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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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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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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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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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On a flop of Kevin Farry checked from the small blind, Scotty Nguyen bet 70,000 from the big blind, Farry raised to 145,000 and Nguyen called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Farry bet 250,000 and Nguyen folded.
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30th Place - Jason Koshi
On the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises from late position to 175,000, Jason Koshi moves all in from the button for 945,000, and Tran quickly but casually calls with . Koshi shows and he needs to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes , and Tran retains a big lead with his pocket aces. Koshi needs something runner-runner to survive.
The turn card is the , and Koshi is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the .) Kenny Tran wins the pot with a pair of aces.
Jason Koshi is eliminated in 30th place, earning $285,678.
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After doubling up Raymond Rahme when his Kings ran into Rahme's Aces, John Armbrust won some of those chips back when he raised to 200K from late position and Rahme called from the small blind. After the flop Rahme checked and Armbrust took down the flop with a 350,000 bet.
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The dashing Stefan Mattson playing on Day 5
Stefan Mattson is a professional poker player from Stockholm, Sweden. Amazingly, he is on a short list of players who have made the top 60 in the money in the WSOP Main Event in back to back years. Last year, Stefan finished in 57th place and this year, he is still going strong with 29 players remaining. His sponsor is Team ParBet, and Stefan plays a lot of poker online-- as he lives in a country where online poker is totally legal.
In the audience rooting for Stefan today are two of his friends, Markus and Heinrich, who flew out to Las Vegas to support their friend in the world's largest poker tournament. Stefan is quite handsome, young, and is single (you hear that, ladies?)
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Jon Kalmar
On the Featured Table, Jon Kalmar says "Raise" from middle position, but throws in more than half a raise but less than a full raise -- regardless of his originally intent, he is required to make the minimum raise to 120,000. Daniel Alaei reraises from the button to 540,000, and Kenny Tran thinks things over for a minute in the big blind before he folds.
The action is back to Kalmar, he moves all in for 1.69 million, and Alaei calls with . Kalmar shows , and as the shorter stack, he'll need them to hold up to stay alive. (Tran says that he folded pocket jacks.)
The flop comes , and Kalmar flops a set of kings for a dominating lead. Alaei needs something runner-runner to win the hand.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Jon Kalmar wins the pot with his three kings, doubling up to about 3.4 million in chips.
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. 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.
. 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.
Kevin Farry checked from the small blind, Scotty Nguyen bet 70,000 from the big blind, Farry raised to 145,000 and Nguyen called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
. Koshi shows 
, and Tran retains a big lead with his pocket aces. Koshi needs something runner-runner to survive. 
, and Koshi is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 
.) Kenny Tran wins the pot with a pair of aces. 
, Yang bets 1,000,000, and Childs folds K-K face up. Jerry Yang takes the pot.
. Kalmar shows 
, and as the shorter stack, he'll need them to hold up to stay alive. (Tran says that he folded pocket jacks.) 
, the river card is the 
, and Jon Kalmar wins the pot with his three kings, doubling up to about 3.4 million in chips.