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Ali Sarkeshik raised UTG and Nam Le made it 3 bets from the small blind. Sarkeshik called and they both drew two, Le bet and Sarkeshik called.
Nam Le then draw one card and Sarkeshik stood pat, Le's check was met by Sarkeshik moving all in and Le called and drew one against a standing pat.
Sarkeshik flipped and Le flipoped meaning the latter needed a seven or an eight to bust his opponent, but he could only manage to draw the .
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Daniel Negreanu raised from the button, and Abe Mosseri three-bet from the small blind. Negreanu called and drew two cards with Mosseri taking one. Abe bet again, and Negreanu called.
Mosseri took one again before betting, and Negreanu drew two and called all in for his tournament life.
Both players would draw one card on the last round. Mosseri drew a nine to make 9-7-4-3-2, but Negreanu could do better. He pulled a six on the end, filling in his 8-6-5-4-3 nicely.
That's good enough for a Negreanu double up, though he is still low with 38,000. Mosseri has slipped to 175,000.
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On the second draw against John Juanda, Hasan Habib was all in for his last 5,000 before both he and Juanda both stood pat on the third draw.
Juanda flipped and Habib couldn't produce anything to beat it.
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Adam Ewenstein
Under the gun, Daniel Quach came in with a raise. Ryan Fisler called from the cutoff, and Adam Ewenstein called all in for his last 3,500 one seat over.
On the first draw, Ewenstein drew three and his opponents two each. Both live opponents checked, and Ewenstein and Fisler took two cards each. Quach took just one and made a follow-up bet. Fisler called and took one more card. Quach stood pat while Ewenstein drew two once again.
At showdown, Quach turned over 9-8-5-4-3, and that was good enough to beat Fisler for the side pot. In the man pot, Ewenstein lamented the fact that he broke the exact same ninety-eight to draw two cards. Leaving himself with 5-4-3, the first card was a beautiful eight. The second card was no good though for Ewenstein as the ace he pulled left him headed for the door in 19th place.
With 18 players remaining now, the field has been redrawn and recombined into three tables of six.
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Hasan Habib limped in from the small blind then called one extra bet when big blind Joseph Morrow raised from the big. Morrow would draw one on the first round before standing pat twice. Habib drew two-one-one, and he check-called bets on each round. In the end, Morrow tabled 7-6-4-3-2, and his second-nut low took down the pot.
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Masayoshi Tanaka and Dustin Sitar were heads-up with each other, and they were both all in after the first draw. The two men had exactly the same chip count, and it was double or nothing for them both. Tanaka was pat-pat, but Sitar was drawing one card to the end. Tanaka tabled 9-8-7-3-2 while Sitar already held four to the wheel. An untimely ace came his way on the last draw though, and he was unable to beat Tanaka's ninety-eight.
With that, Tanaka earns the "double", and the "nothing" side of that equation goes to Dustin Sitar, out in 21st.
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Abe Mosseri raised predraw and Adam Ewenstein made it three bets from the cutoff. Mosseri made it four bets and Ewenstein called.
Mosseri drew one, Ewenstein two followed by a bet and call respectively. The same pattern followed on the the second draw with a bet and a call once more.
Mosseri stood pat on the final draw and Ewenstein drew one. Both players checked and Mosseri turned over which was good, leaving Ewenstein short with just 12,000 left.
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Justin "Boosted J" Smith - Eliminated
Just before the break, Justin "Boosted J" Smith was eliminated in 22nd place. Blair Rodman drew to a 8-6-5-3-2, and Smith couldn't pull anything better to stay afloat.
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and Le flipoped 
meaning the latter needed a seven or an eight to bust his opponent, but he could only manage to draw the 
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and Habib couldn't produce anything to beat it.
