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After several minutes of hand-for-hand action, we have finally reached the money.
Aaron Coulthard made it 8,000 to go preflop and Humberto Kim moved all in. Coulthard made the call and showed , while Kim showed . Kim appeared to be in great shape, especially after flopping a king. But when the board ran runner-runner 10-J, it gave Coulthard a straight to eliminate Kim on the bubble.
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This hand happened just before the bubble burst, as Michael Brummelhuis' pocket queens held up against Jacobo Fernandez's pocket nines. Brummelhuis doubled to 160,000 while Fernandez saw his stack dwindle to an almost-identical 165,000.
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This hand happened just before the bubble. Under the gun Eric Baldwin raised to 7,500 and Steve Brecher called in the big blind. The flop came and Brecher check-called Baldwin's 5,200 bet. The fell on the turn, Brecher again checked, and when Baldwin bet 13,500 Brecher check-raised to 40,000. Baldwin called, and when the hit on the river Baldwin moved all in. Brecher thought a good while before releasing his hand, and losing that pot left him with 48,000. Baldwin is now up to 148,000.
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Rayan Nathan raised preflop to 8,000 and Sam El Sayed moved all in. El Sayed had Nathan covered, but Nathan called and showed pocket aces to El Sayed's A-J. The board ran bricks for El Sayed and Nathan is up to 70,000 after the hand.
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David L McCollum moved all in preflop and Steve Gross moved all in as well for his remaining 70,000. Action folded around, which pitted Gross versus McCollum for McCollum's tournament life. McCollum held pocket kings while Gross held A-Q. The board was no help for Gross, and after the hand McCollum is up to 65,000.
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The following players were eliminated after the button and each won $9,619:
72nd: Jan Heitmann
71st: Rocco Lazazzaro
70th:
69th: Dag Palovic
68th: Peter Granlund
67th: Christopher Miranda
66th: Amato Galasso
65th: Keven Stammen
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Jared Okun raised to 7,000 and Robert Zoellner moved all in for his last 26,000 from the small blind. Okun made the call with to Zoellner's . It looked like Zoellner would get the double-up when the flop came K-Q-5 and the turn brought a seven, but Okun spiked an ace on the river to take the pot away and eliminate Zoellner.
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All the money went in before the flop with Van Fleet's pocket sixes racing Brummelhuis' . Van Fleet made a straight as the board ran out and that brought an end to Brummelhuis' day.
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Singer moved all in for 19,800 on the button and Scott Freeman called from the big blind. Singer held to Freeman's , and the flop was a good one for Freeman-- . The on the turn gave Freeman his flush and eliminated Singer. Freeman now has 170,000.
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, while Kim showed 
. Kim appeared to be in great shape, especially after flopping a king. But when the board ran runner-runner 10-J, it gave Coulthard a straight to eliminate Kim on the bubble.
and Brecher check-called Baldwin's 5,200 bet. The 
fell on the turn, Brecher again checked, and when Baldwin bet 13,500 Brecher check-raised to 40,000. Baldwin called, and when the 
hit on the river Baldwin moved all in. Brecher thought a good while before releasing his hand, and losing that pot left him with 48,000. Baldwin is now up to 148,000.
to Zoellner's 
. It looked like Zoellner would get the double-up when the flop came K-Q-5 and the turn brought a seven, but Okun spiked an ace on the river to take the pot away and eliminate Zoellner.
. Van Fleet made a straight as the board ran out 
and that brought an end to Brummelhuis' day.
to Freeman's 
, and the flop was a good one for Freeman-- 
. The