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Jesper Hougaard opened with a raise from early position, then Daniel Adelson, sitting to Hougaard's left, reraised all in. It folded to Erik Wilson who reraised again with his last 76,500.
The others folded and after a long think Hougaard got out as well. Adelson turned over , and Wilson . The flop came , and a crestfallen Adelson slapped the side of the table. The turn was the , giving Adelson hope for a backdoor flush, but the river was the , and Adelson is out.
Wilson is up to 175,000 after that one, and Hougaard is sitting with about 145,000.
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Tim Phan was all in before the flop for his last 65,000 holding . Action came from Dave Williams who made the call with , and the race was on for Phan's tournament life.
The flop was money for Phan as it came out to give him top set and a hammer lock on the pot. The turn was the , which was a clever card, and the that hit the river left both men playing the board straight. No double for Phan, he's still at 65,000.
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Another coinflip and another dream shattered as Ritchie Crocker goes all in with against Joseph Cada's with nines seemingly flopping sets for fun in the Amazon blue section. The board came and that was that.
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The action has been unrelenting in the Blue Section to start Day 4. In the last few minutes Catherine Hearn was busted by Joe Luht, and Ilia Lekach's pocket jacks came up short against David Patent's pocket aces, sending Lekach to the rail.
But that's not all! Acting quickly also earned victims' scalps for Ben Jensen, whose four-flushed Bo Magne's when four spades hit the board, and Vitaliy Lunkin, whose made short work of Kinesh Pather's .
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No luck at all for Spencer Mohler, he got it in as good as he could possibly hope with against Jensen Benjamin's but a largely audible groan could be heard from the table when the board came to bust him.
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It's been a profitable few minutes for John Monnette. He first doubled up after he committed his last chips on a flop of . His opponent, Michael Kinney tabled , but Monnette was well in front with his . The turn was the and river the and Monnette doubled to 220,000 chips.
A few moments later Monnette was again all in, and again was in a commanding position. The board read as Todd Hunter got himself into a tangle with and Monnette was able to gain maximum value with his . The river was the and suddenly Monnette finds himself with 440,000 chips!
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Benjamin Pollack was first into the pot, and he shoved his remaining stack of about 60,000 in. Next door, Brent Catalano made the call, and the rest of the table folded out of the way. Pollack tabled , and he was not looking so good versus Catalano's .
The flop came down . "Ohhh, a little sweat!" said Pollack, seeming to enjoy this all-in predicament. He grinned and leaned in as the dealer burned and turned the . "Oh. No sweat anymore," he realized. The river was a meaningless , and Catalano will enjoy the knockout and his Jack Link's prize pack full o' beef jerky.
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Phil Hellmuth raised to 16,000 from late position and Kenny Hsiung made the call from the button.
Hellmuth bet 20,000 on the flop and Hsuing made the call. On the turn Hellmuth tried 30,000 but was called again and the two saw a river.
This time Hellmuth checked and folded to a 75,000 bet, showing as he did so. Hsuing flipped .
A few hands later Hellmuth saw his small blind raise be reraised by Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque for an additional 30,000. Hellmuth called and then called a 50,000 bet on the flop of . Both players checked the turn before Hellmuth bet 80,000 on the river.
He was immediately called by Rebenaque's and Hellmuth mucked and is now down to just 240,000.
, and Wilson 
. The flop came 
, and a crestfallen Adelson slapped the side of the table. The turn was the 
, giving Adelson hope for a backdoor flush, but the river was the 
, and Adelson is out.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Action came from Dave Williams who made the call with 
, and the race was on for Phan's tournament life.
to give him top set and a hammer lock on the pot. The turn was the 
, which was a clever card, and the 
that hit the river left both men playing the board straight. No double for Phan, he's still at 65,000.
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against Jensen Benjamin's 
and river the 
and Monnette doubled to 220,000 chips.
as Todd Hunter got himself into a tangle with 
and Monnette was able to gain maximum value with his 
. The river was the 
and suddenly Monnette finds himself with 440,000 chips!
flop and Hsuing made the call. On the 
as he did so. Hsuing flipped 
. Both players checked the