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In his heads-up match, Ralph Shannon had the button and he opened with a raise to 5,000. Nick Binger came back with a second raise, making it 22,000 straight. Shannon wasn't deterred though, re-reraising to 55,000. Binger wanted to show it down, five-betting all in over the top, just slightly covering his opponent.
Shannon considered his options carefully before getting rid of his hand and choosing to battle it out in a better spot.
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With the blinds climbing, Srinivasa Yarlagadda decided was good enough to risk his last 27,000 chips with. Jan Skampa looked at in the big blind and decided it was good enough to call with.
When neither player improved on the board of , Skampa won the hand with ace-king high.
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Franco Brunetti was all in holding against the of Joseph Cutler. The board ran , and Cutler's pair of tens was enough to eliminate Brunetti and put himself heads up with Petr Jelinek for a spot at tomorrow's final table.
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Brandon Wong - Advances
We're down to nine tables remaining as Brandon Wong has defeated Robert Fikac in heads-up play.
The players got all of their chips in preflop with Wong holding vs. Fikac's . When the flop came , Wong took the lead. The kept Fikac alive on the turn, but the was not what he was looking for on the river.
Wong is now guaranteed at least $13,609 when he returns for tomorrow's final table.
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Gary Tang - Out
Our last four-handed table is four-handed no more. Before the flop, Gary Tang was all in with , but he ran head-first into the of Andrew Margolis who had him covered.
The board ran out , and Margolis' set of aces was plenty good to do the trick. He has eliminated Tang, and that table is finally three-handed.
Andrew Margolis - 285,000
Jan Skampa - 130,000
Ronnie Chin - 35,000