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Claudio Rinaldi - 16th Place
It was Doyle Brunson who did the deed, making a pair of queens for high and an 8-7 low to send Claudio Rinaldi to the rail in 16th place.
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Dan Heimiller - 15th Place
Almost immediately after Claudio Rinaldi left us, Dan Heimiller became our 15th place finisher. All in against Perry Friedman, Heimiller made aces up, but Friedman caught trip sixes on sixth street to bring Heimiller's tournament to an end.
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Anthony Rivera scooped a big three-way pot with three queens. Lyle Berman and Doyle Brunson both whiffed on their low and flush draws. Berman was dropped all the way down to 9,000. The hand put Rivera up to 430,000.
A few hands later, Berman doubled up to 60,000 and then a few hands after that was all in once more. He made a full house this time around and is now up to 190,000, meaning he's gone from 9,000 to 190,000 in just a matter of minutes.
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Richard Anthony - 14th Place
The bad news is that Richard Anthony was just eliminated from the event in 14th place. The good news is that he made another tier in the prizepool for a few more thousand bucks in his pocket.
Anthony couldn't beat Yan Chen's two pair, queens and deuces, and was eliminated from the tournament. He'll take home over $28,000 for his finish.
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After dropping down to 9,000 chips, Lyle Berman has been on a run. He just made eights full of aces against Anthony Rivera's nine-high straight to gain another 90,000 chips and moved up to 280,000.
Yuval Bronshtein completed on third street, Abe Mosseri raised and Bronshtein called all in. By the river, Mosseri made fives full of tens and with neither player making a low, Mosseri scooped the pot and sent Bronshtein home in 13th place.
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Chip leader Abe Mosseri
With 12 players remaining, play has been halted short of reaching a final table and our survivors will all return tomorrow at 1 p.m. to play down to a new bracelet winner. Abe Mosseri holds the overnight chip lead with about 950,000, followed by Jeff Lisandro with 786,000.
Today we saw 98 players eliminated, including Day 1 chip leader Tuan Le, who exited only two spots before the money. Also missing out on a cash were Howard Lederer, John Hennigan, Greg Raymer, David Benyamine, John Juanda, and Erik Seidel.
Here's a look at the official chip counts:
Abe Mosseri 950,000
Jeff Lisandro 786,000
Doyle Brunson 525,000
Farzad Rouhani 494,000
Yan Chen 476,000
Perry Friedman 378,000
Lyle Berman 333,000
Scotty Nguyen 298,000
Frank Mariani 267,000
Justin 'Boosted J' Smith 237,000
Mike Wattel 96,000
Anthony Rivera 92,000
Keep it here on PokerNews and join us again tomorrow at 1 p.m for continuing coverage of this event. From all of us here at the Rio in Las Vegas, good night and good luck.