Lee Grove was sent home just a few spots off the money when he came up short in a hand against Ali Tabatabai. The exact action is unclear but when it was all said and done, the players showed:
Grove:
Tabatabai:
Grove was sent to the rail and Tabatabai climbs to about 29,000 on the hand.
John Martin is doing his part to get into the money. He was just on the winning end of a hand that saw two players make their exits. Michael Bertolini and Gary Lent were all in against Martin and both came up short. By the river, the players showed:
Martin:
Bertolini:
Lent:
John Martin now sits on a stack of roughly 37,000.
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Dale Pinchot is our bubble boy. Eliminated in 49th place, Pinchot's exit was courtesy of Barry Greenstein. Pinchot commented that Greenstein had to go runner-runner-runner to beat him, and apparently Barry did just that.
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