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After a 4-5-6 flop, Matt Graham and Chris Ferguson got all the chips in the middle, with Graham turning over for the flopped straight to crush Ferguson's pocket queens. Adding insult to injury, a meaningless queen fell on the river, much like what had happened to "Jesus" in a previous hand, when he rivered a straight, only to lose to his opponent's four-card flush. Graham has 155,000 while Ferguson has slipped to 76,000.
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Allen Kessler passed along a message to us that he doubled up in a hand with David "Raptor" Benefield. Allen had , Benefield had A-J, and the board came all baby cards. Kessler now sits with 70,000 before him.
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Was it good?
We picked this hand up on the turn, with the board reading . Eli Elezra fired 42,500 into the pot, sending his opponent, Mark Newhouse, into the tank. Newhouse ultimately elected to fold.
"This is the winner," said Elezra, as he flashed the . "I did have another 6. Was it good?" he asked.
"Nice hand, Eli," was Newhouse's only reply.
After the hand, Elezra was up to 274,000 while Newhouse slipped to 180,000.
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The two players got all the money in preflop, with Ferguson showing and Sprengers . The flop didn't help Ferguson, but the gave him an inside straight draw with his overcard. That card also gave Sprengers a flush draw and when the fell on the river both players hit their hands, with Sprengers's flush taking down the pot. He's now at 56,000, while Ferguson fell to 112,000.
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Tommy Vinas raised from the button to 9,500. The small blind, Jerri Thomas, moved all in for 17,500 total, and Vinas made the call.
Vinas showed and Thomas showed .
The flop paired both players, , but Vinas' kicker was in the lead. The turn was the and then the river brought the to keep Thomas alive in the tournament.
Thomas has doubled back to 35,000, while Vinas dropped to 39,000.
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The "Poker Pixie"
Nenad Medic opened for 8,500 from the button, Anna Wroblewski moved all in for 22,000 from the small blind and Medic called.
Wroblewski
Medic
The board ran out , and the Poker Pixie was eliminated, as Medic's stack grew to 275,000.
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From the cutoff Greg Hopkins raised to 9,000 and Mario Silvestri moved in for his last 18,000. Sitting in the small blind, Raphael Zimmerman reraised to 40,000 and that chased Hopkins out. Silvestri turned over while Zimmerman held the . Zimmerman hit on the flop, and when Silvestri failed to spike a seven on the turn and river he was eliminated.
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Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman got the rest of her stack in the middle before the flop, holding J-J to Chris Bell's A-K. An ace on the flop and another on the river sealed the deal for Harman, and she hit the rail.
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Benyamine=Busto
A middle-position player opened for 8,000, Joe Patrick reraised to 28,000 from the button, David Benyamine flat-called from the small blind and the MP player folded. The flop was . Benyamine moved all in and Patrick made the call.
Benyamine
Patick
The turn was the , the river was the , and Benyamine doubled up to 98,000.
Only a few hands later, Benyamine and Patrick tangled again, in a three-way preflop all-in with David Benefield, who had both of them covered.
Benyamine
Patrick
Benefield
The flop was , but Benefield picked up a flush draw when the fell on the turn.
"Don't do it!" implored Benyamine as the dealer burned and turned the river card... the , which made Benefield's flush and eliminated Benyamine, as well as Patrick.
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for the flopped straight to crush Ferguson's pocket queens. Adding insult to injury, a meaningless queen fell on the river, much like what had happened to "Jesus" in a previous hand, when he rivered a straight, only to lose to his opponent's four-card flush. Graham has 155,000 while Ferguson has slipped to 76,000.
, Benefield had A-J, and the board came all baby cards. Kessler now sits with 70,000 before him.
. Eli Elezra fired 42,500 into the pot, sending his opponent, Mark Newhouse, into the tank. Newhouse ultimately elected to fold. 
. "I did have another 6. Was it good?" he asked. 
and Sprengers 
flop didn't help Ferguson, but the 
gave him an inside straight draw with his overcard. That card also gave Sprengers a flush draw and when the 
fell on the river both players hit their hands, with Sprengers's flush taking down the pot. He's now at 56,000, while Ferguson fell to 112,000.
, but Vinas' kicker was in the lead. The turn was the 
and then the river brought the 
to keep Thomas alive in the tournament.
, and the Poker Pixie was eliminated, as Medic's stack grew to 275,000.
while Zimmerman held the 
. Zimmerman hit on the 
. Benyamine moved all in and Patrick made the call. 
fell on the turn. 
