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The bust outs have slowed down quite a bit as the players are becoming aware of the fact that they are extremely close to cashing in the event.
One player yelled to the floor, "How many left?"
Another player responded, "I need to feed my kids, I wanna know how many are left as well."
On a flop of , Bryan Devonshire led into Rod Pardey with a bet. The two-time bracelet winner, Pardey, made the call. The turn was the and Devonshire led out again. Pardey called again.
The final card completed the board with the . Devonshire bet one last time, but Pardey folded, giving Devonshire the pot.
What a hand on Brasilia #191. Let's see if we can get all of the action for you.
Lana Maier brought it in. The action was completed by one player, who was called by Eric Kurtzman and a second player before Lacey Jones raised. All four other players called for a five-way pot on fourth street.
Jones retained the lead on fourth. She bet all in and was once again called by everyone. On fifth street, action passed to Maier. She bet out, inducing one fold before Kurtzman raised. That raise was cold-called by the other player remaining in the pot before Maier called as well.
On sixth street, Maier checked out of turn. She tried to bet when the action checked in front of her. Kurtzman protested, drawing a floor to the table. The floor ruled that the check had to stand. All players checked to the river.
On the river, Kurtzman's river card was dealt face up. The next player's river card was dealt face down. Before the deal could be completed, the floor was once again summoned. He ruled that all river cards must be dealt face up because of the dealer error.
The dealer then dealt an eighth card face up to the fourth player before dealing a face up card to Jones and Maier. Once that error was rectified (all cards were backed up), the fourth player still had three closed hole cards and in fact had mixed his cards together. He opened the top one up and everyone was satisfied.
With the deal finally complete, action checked to Maier. She bet and was called in two places. She opened in the hole for a 6-5 low and a straight to the 7. That scooped everything, eliminating Jones and crippling Kurtzman in the process.
Maier is now near the top of the counts with about 92,000 chips.
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With the tournament two places off the money and the pace of eliminations picking up slightly in the last fifteen minutes, the staff have elected to start hand-for-hand play two off the money.
"Are we playing Stud Hi?" Fabrice Soulier asked the dealer on fourth street. After she confirmed that the game was indeed Stud, Soulier called a bet from David Singer.
Singer bet again on fifth street, and again after Soulier checked sixth street. Both players checked the river, with Soulier turning up for trip threes and the winner.
"You always have a hand when I raise," sighed Singer.
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Cards are back in the air. 68 players remain. We play until 3am or the final table, whichever comes first. (Hint: it won't be the final table.)
, Bryan Devonshire led into Rod Pardey with a bet. The two-time bracelet winner, Pardey, made the call. The turn was the 
and Devonshire led out again. Pardey called again.
. Devonshire bet one last time, but Pardey folded, giving Devonshire the pot.
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for trip threes and the winner.
, Van Alstyne won with 
