Shamus
Following a flop of , two players checked to Nick Binger who bet 40,000 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called, and the others folded.
The turn brought the . Binger checked, and his opponent pushed all in, prompting Binger to fold. Binger has now slipped to 137,000.
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Action passed to Paul Wasicka in the small blind. He opened the pot to 17,000. His opponent in the big blind re-raised to 120,000, which was more than Wasicka had left. Wasicka reluctantly folded, preserving his stack at 95,000. He'll need to make a move soon if he hopes to stay in this Main Event.
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We picked this hand up on the turn with a board of .
Michael Graydon checked the action to Phil Ivey who moved all in. Graydon made the call for his last 106,000 and showed for second pair, putting him way behind Ivey's .
When the river brought the , Graydon found no help and made his way to the rail. Ivey has now joined the million chip club.
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Michael Merichko was all in preflop for his last 134,000 and had one foot out the door holding when the first four community cards were spread as his opponent Reed Hensel showed down .
However the river was the and Merichko is saved by the king to double up to 275,000. It hasn't been a good level or so for Hansel since he burst the bubble as he's back to 300,000.
Shamus
Justin Bonomo raised before the flop from middle position, and it folded back to Kirk Banks who reraised for 100,000 more from the small blind. Bonomo thought for awhile, then let it go.
Banks is at 345,000 now, while Bonomo slips to 135,000.
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Paren Arzoomanian - Out
A player in the hijack raised to 16,000 to open the pot, and Paren Arzoomanian moved all in for 124,000 in the next seat over. The button folded, but Ryan Gifford re-raised all in from the small blind. That was enough to fold the original raiser and put the two men heads up for Arzoomanian's tournament life. He tabled and he was in bad shape versus Gifford's .
The flop was a bit promising, but the board ended up blanking off as it ran . With his kings up, Gifford takes care of Arzoomanian and works his stack up to 415,000.
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We passed by Kelly Kim's table and saw him tanking for his tournament life. With 125,000 chips up for grabs, and playing about 105,000 chips behind in his stack, Kim was facing a bet of 78,000. Kim and his opponent were at the river, .
"Ahhh," said an exasperated Kim. "I should have got it in on the flop." He tanked for another minute before folding face-up.
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With a board reading , David Wickham checked to Phil Ivey who bet 70,000. Wickham made the call and checked the river, which brought the .
When Ivey bet 120,000, Wickham fell into the tank for more than a minute before finally releasing his hand.
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Eugene Fouksman raised to 16,000 and Phil Ivey re-raised to 45,000 from the button. He got called by Bernard Perner from the big blind and Fouksman folded.
When Perner led for 30,000 on a flop of , Ivey decided not to tangle with the only player who has him covered and mucked his hand.
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Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck put in a raise under the gun, making it 14,000 to play. The betting folded all the way around to the big blind where Dumitru Filipescu reraised to 31,000. Affleck called, heads up the rest of the way.
The flop came out . Filipescu stuck in a healthy bet of 100,000, and Affleck moved all in with the big stack. Seeing no choice, Filipescu quickly called off his remaining 250,000 chips to put his tournament life in jeopardy.
Showdown
Affleck:
Filipescu:
Filipescu's aces were in the lead and Affleck was drawing to fill his open-ended straight draw. The turn card ended all the drama right there as the made Affleck the unbeatable straight to the jack. The river was a meaningless , and Affleck draws lucky to eliminate Dumitru Filipescu from the Main Event. He's up to 1,450,000 now, breathing hard down the necks of the chip leaders.
, two players checked to Nick Binger who bet 40,000 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called, and the others folded.
. Binger checked, and his opponent pushed all in, prompting Binger to fold. Binger has now slipped to 137,000.
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for second pair, putting him way behind Ivey's 
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, Graydon found no help and made his way to the rail. Ivey has now joined the million chip club.
when the first four community cards were spread 
as his opponent Reed Hensel showed down 
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, David Wickham checked to Phil Ivey who bet 70,000. Wickham made the call and checked the river, which brought the 
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