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Mark Gregorich - 8th Place
Mark Gregorich's tenacious hold on this tournament has finally ended. He was all in again, this time for 24,000 preflop, and called by Josh Schlein and Mark Tenner. Tenner bet the flop and the turn before he drove Schlein out of the pot. At the river, on a board of , Tenner showed down for a full house, kings full of eights. That was finally enough against Gregorich, who showed just trip kings with . He's out in 8th place.
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Michael Keiner - 7th Place
Short-stacked Michael Keiner held on just long enough to earn a few extra dollars. Immediately after the elimination of Mark Gregorich, Keiner was all in against Derek Raymond with . Raymond's ragged hand, , was best on a board that came . He made jacks and eights to best Keiner's eights and fives, and like that -- Keiner is gone.
[user75032]
Players have agreed to take an 80-minute dinner break and then play three levels in a row once we come back. That will get us back on the "normal" break schedule.
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The clock has actually been started and then paused again while we wait for Fabio Coppola to turn up. Let's hope this excellent pace of bust-age continues when he returns though.
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Yes indeedy, Mr. Jeffrey Pollack is seated at the rail, largely playing with his Blackberry but also railing our final six. We are honored indeed.
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Blind on blind, Mark Tenner raised and Derek Raymond called.
They saw a flop -- -- which they both checked. They saw a turn -- -- on which Tenner bet out. Raymond called. Tenner bet out again on the river and this time there was a pause. Tenner turned over and reached for the chips -- but then it was pointed out that perhaps he should let Raymond act first.
[user46392]
Fabio Coppola and Mark Tenner made it all the way to the river of a board before Tenner showed . Coppola showed him an ace, a king and a three and mucked.
"Nice hand, Mark," he said, "I can't believe you have aces every time I have ace-king."