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Harman - up
Jennifer Harman is not giving up.
Daniel Alaei raised and she reraised; a call and they saw a flop -- but not before Alaei had checked in the dark. Nevertheless he called Harman's bet.
Harman bet again on the turn though, and this Alaei decided he couldn't make the call. Alaei drops a little to 265,000, and Harman shifts up to 175,000.
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Action's not really slowing down any yet as the bubble approaches.
Jody Garaventa raised form the the cutoff and Maria Ho re-popped him from the small blind. He called, and then called Ms. Ho's bet on the flop too. Ho then eased off, merely check-calling bets from Garaventa on the turn and river until they reached a showdown.
Ho flipped for two pair -- and it must have been good as Garaventa mucked his hand.
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We've just witnessed another massive pot with the action capped preflop three ways between a blogger's nightmare combination of Soheil Shamseddin, Matt Hawrilenko and Michiel Brummelhuis.
The flop was and Brummelhuis fired a bet with both opponents making a call.
The same action went down on the turn with Brummelhuis leading the betting and both opponents making the call.
The landed on the river and Brummelhuis slowed down and checked to Shamseddin who took the lead with a bet. Hawrilenko made a reluctant fold with Brummelhuis making the call.
Brummelhuis showed but he'd been outflopped by the of Shamseddin who took down the monstrous pot. He's now up with the leaders on around 475,000.
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Well, in so far as limit hold'em can produce such things. Biggest pot of the tournament so far, anyway.
Chad Brown raised in early position and Soheil Shamseddin called on the button. Over to Matt Hawrilenko in the big blind who re-popped, two calls, and a flop.
Flop:
Hawrilenko bet out and was met with a reraise from Brown. Shamseddin called -- and then Hawrilenko three-bet. Two calls, and a turn.
Turn:
Hawrilenko bet out again, but his opponents backed off a little -- they just called this time.
River:
Once more Hawrilenko bet out and Brown now passed; Shamseddin called though, and mucked when Hawrilenko turned over pocket .
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Steve Zolotow
Steve Zolotow is another player who is more than happy to nurse a short stack as we've witnessed for the past few levels, however he's just met his demise within sight of a cash result.
Zolotow's last chips were in the middle preflop with against the of Kenny Shei and although Zolotow took the lead briefly on the flop, it was all over when the hit the turn to give Shei an unbeatable flush.
The river was the and Zolotow's evening comes to an end with Shei up to 195,000.
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A Rapp on the knuckles for Stefan, er, Rapp -- his pocket kings were no good when Phil Tom flopped a set of fives, and while Tom is up to 145,000, the unfortunate Rapp hits the rail.
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flop -- but not before Alaei had checked in the dark. Nevertheless he called Harman's bet.
turn though, and this Alaei decided he couldn't make the call. Alaei drops a little to 265,000, and Harman shifts up to 175,000.
flop too. Ho then eased off, merely check-calling bets from Garaventa on the 
turn and 
river until they reached a showdown.
for two pair -- and it must have been good as Garaventa mucked his hand.
and Brummelhuis fired a bet with both opponents making a call.
turn with Brummelhuis leading the betting and both opponents making the call.
landed on the river and Brummelhuis slowed down and checked to Shamseddin who took the lead with a bet. Hawrilenko made a reluctant fold with Brummelhuis making the call.
but he'd been outflopped by the 
of Shamseddin who took down the monstrous pot. He's now up with the leaders on around 475,000.
.
against the 
of Kenny Shei and although Zolotow took the lead briefly on the 
flop, it was all over when the 
hit the turn to give Shei an unbeatable flush.
and Zolotow's evening comes to an end with Shei up to 195,000.
and Bonyadi led out with a bet before McGowan raised. Tom folded and Bonyadi moved all in with McGowan making the call.
to eliminate Bonyadi from the tournament.
