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Nenad Medic called a preflop raise from Nikolay Evdakov of 35,000 from the cutoff. Both players took the flop of and Evdakov led for 35,000. Medic made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked. After the river fell, , Evdakov checked and Medic seized control of the hand by betting 95,000. After some long thought, Evdakov folded.
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From the cutoff, David Benefield raised to 31,000 and from the small blind Ryan Young reraised to 95,000. Chris Bell then made it 300,000 to go from the small blind, which was enough to chase out Benefield. But not Young -- not when he held to Bell's . Young flopped a set and Bell was drawing dead by by the turn. Young now sits with 650,000 while Bell's stack dropped to 380,000.
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Seriously short-stacked Justin Newton got it all in with against Phil Laak's . But Newton's dominated hand outflopped Laak when the dealer spread the flop. And when the turn brought the and the river the , Newton doubled up to 240,000. Laak now sits (or squats, as he tends to do on his chair) with 440,000.
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Justin Newton's reprieve lasted just a few hands. He raised to 36,000 and Patrik Antonius reraised to 110,000. Newton moved in the last of his 210,000 and Antonius called with , which dominated Newton's . The board ran out and that sent Newton out of the tournament. Antonius now has 840,000.
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After seeing a flop of Bloch checked and called a bet from Mike Sowers. Both players checked the on the turn and when the came on the river Bloch check-called Sowers' 82,000 bet. Sowers turned over for the backdoor flush and took down the pot.
donpeters
It's almost one o'clock in the morning here at the Rio and the cards are in the air for level 19 of play. 14 players still remain and play will continue until we have reached the final nine.
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Phil Laak raised from the cutoff to 41,000. Chris Gildone announced, "All in" from the button and stuck his chips in the middle. The other players folded and Laak tried to tell the dealer that Gildone couldn't bet that much.
Laak took over the dealer's job and started to break down Gildone's chips to see how much the raise was and if it was over the size of the pot. After the other players and the dealer confirmed to Laak that the amount was allowed to be bet, 103,000 more, Laak went into the tank. Laak even counted out some chips, but then swapped out five of his own orange chips for one green chip from the pot, to which the dealer shook his head and the other players chuckled.
"This is how big stacks become small stacks," and Laak finally folded, showing only one card, the .
Laak then went on to tell Gildone, "I can't believe I folded that hand. Seven-handed with this stack, this late in the tournament...I should just go burn half my money and stop playing poker. That way, at least I'd be up in ten years."
and Evdakov led for 35,000. Medic made the call.
and both players checked. After the river fell, 
, Evdakov checked and Medic seized control of the hand by betting 95,000. After some long thought, Evdakov folded.![[user37786]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to Bell's 
. Young flopped a set and Bell was drawing dead by by the turn. Young now sits with 650,000 while Bell's stack dropped to 380,000.
. But Newton's dominated hand outflopped Laak when the dealer spread the 
flop. And when the turn brought the 
and the river the 
, Newton doubled up to 240,000. Laak now sits (or squats, as he tends to do on his chair) with 440,000.
, which dominated Newton's 
. The board ran out 
for the backdoor flush and took down the pot.
.
