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07-11-2008 14:00 UTC-8

Hunter Becomes the Hunted

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At this stage of the tournament, it can be really tough to get away from a hand without a massive stack. On a flop of {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

, Justin Wald and Hunter Frey got it all in, with Frey the one at risk of elimination. He flopped top two with {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{J-Spades}

, but Wald had flopped a set of jacks. The board bricked out {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

; Wald's set was the boss hand.

After eliminating Frey and increasing his stack to about 420,000, Wald gave a very demonstrative (but completely silent) fist pump.