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Jeff Shulman opened for 420,000, Joe Cada raised to 1,200,000 and Shulman called.
The flop was . Cada checked, Shulman bet 1.4 million and Cada called. The turn was the and Cada checked again. Shulman checked behind. The river fell the and Cada led out for 2 million. Shulman tanked for about two minutes before laying his hand down. Cada dragged the massive pot and is up to 9.3 million. Shulman fell to 7.4 million.
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Our 18 remaining players are seated and ready to go. Here's a look at the new lineups:
Main Feature Table
Seat 1: Phil Ivey
Seat 2: Ian Tavelli
Seat 3: Steve Begleiter
Seat 4: Antoine Saout
Seat 5: James Akenhead
Seat 6: Eric Buchman
Seat 7: Joe Cada
Seat 8: Jamie Robbins
Seat 9: Nick Maimone
Secondary Feature Table
Seat 1: Ben Lamb
Seat 2: Kevin Schaffel
Seat 3: Jordan Smith
Seat 4: Andrew Lichtenberger
Seat 5: Jeff Shulman
Seat 6: Darvin Moon
Seat 7: James Calderaro
Seat 8: Billy Kopp
Seat 9: Ludovic Lacay
Shamus
Over on the secondary feature table, all folded around to Ben Lamb who raised to 410,000 from the small blind, and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind.
The flop came . Lamb promptly fired out 500,000, and Schaffel didn't waste much time letting it go.
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Every pot, from here to the final table, will be carefully and cautiously contested. Billy Kopp, with the weight of his tournament-leading stack behind him, will be trying to control the flow as much as he can. He opened a recent pot to 375,000 preflop and was called by Ben Lamb on the button and Jordan Smith in the big blind.
All three players quietly cheched an all-middle-card flop of . The turn fell and brought a bet of 700,000 from Smith, the first player to act. That bet folded both of Smith's opponents, enabling him to drag the pot.
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Steven Begleiter made it 400,000 to go from the cutoff and Antoine Saout called on the button before James Akenhead came in with a reraise to 1,460,000. Both players folded and Akenhead took it down. He's up to 8 million in chips.
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Steven Begleiter opened for 425,000 and Nick Maimone called from the small blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Maimone led for 400,000. Begleiter called. The river was the . Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter called.
Maimone showed for top pair, but Begleiter had him out-kicked with . Begleiter won the pot, taking his stack up to 18,000,000. Maimone was left with 10,000,000.
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Steven Begleiter opened for 425,000 from UTG, Eric Buchman reraised to 1,150,000, and Begleiter came back over the top for 3,000,000 total. It was enough to get Buchman to fold and Begleiter took down yet another pot, taking his stack up to 19.7 million.
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Andrew Lichtenberger - 18th Place
Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger wasn't lucky enough to ride his deep run in the Main Event into a berth in the November Nine. He opened his last pot preflop for 400,000 and was called by Darvin Moon in position.
The flop was all small cards, . Lichtenberger had to act first and bet 680,000 chips. Moon raised that bet to 1.5 million, then called when Lichtenberger moved all in!
Lichtenberger:
Moon:
Lichtenberger was drawing at the last two jacks in the deck. Neither the turn nor the river was one of them. He's out in 18th place.
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Phil Ivey made it 420,000 to go and Steve Begleiter called from late position.
The flop came down and Ivey led out for 600,000. Begleiter made the call and they went to the turn which fell the . Both players checked the on the river as well.
Begleiter showed for busted straight and flush draws. Ivey turned up and took down the pot to a raucous chorus of "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" He's back up to 6.8 million.
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. Cada checked, Shulman bet 1.4 million and Cada called. The turn was the 
and Cada checked again. Shulman checked behind. The river fell the 
and Cada led out for 2 million. Shulman tanked for about two minutes before laying his hand down. Cada dragged the massive pot and is up to 9.3 million. Shulman fell to 7.4 million.
. The turn fell 
and brought a bet of 700,000 from Smith, the first player to act. That bet folded both of Smith's opponents, enabling him to drag the pot.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Maimone led for 400,000. Begleiter called. The river was the 
for top pair, but Begleiter had him out-kicked with 
. Begleiter won the pot, taking his stack up to 18,000,000. Maimone was left with 10,000,000.
. Lichtenberger had to act first and bet 680,000 chips. Moon raised that bet to 1.5 million, then called when Lichtenberger moved all in!
nor the river 
and Ivey led out for 600,000. Begleiter made the call and they went to the turn which fell the 
. Both players checked the 
for busted straight and flush draws. Ivey turned up 