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Jordan Smith pushed all in with his last 875,000 from under the gun, and George Caragiorgas called from the cutoff. The others folded, Smith showed and Caragiorgas .
The flop came , giving Smith a pair but still leaving Caragiorgas ahead. But the turn was the , putting Smith in front.
The river was the , and Smith survives with 1.68 million. Caragiorgas slips to 1.15 million. Both players are sitting at the very bottom of the chip counts lists currently.
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Ryan Fair - 31st Place
Ryan Fair wasted little time in getting in on the action. He raised to 200,000 from middle position and then action folded over to Jeff Shulman in the big blind. Shulman made it one million to go. Fair then stood up from his seat and pushed all of his chips into the middle for over three million total. Shulman made the call.
When the cards were exposed, Shulman showed and Fair showed .
The flop was dealt . Robert Williamson III happened to be walking by the secondary feature table with three beers in hand and stopped dead in his tracks, turned to his friend, who was also carrying three beers, and said "Wait! Wait! Hold up! I gotta sweat this one!"
The dealer then dealt the turn -- the -- and that ended things. "Well that was uneventful!" Williamson exclaimed before proceeding to where he was going. The river then completed the board with the .
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Marc McLaughlin - 30th Place
First into the pot, Marc McLaughlin open-shoved all in for 1,120,000. A couple seats on down the line, James Akenhead made the call to put McLaughlin at risk as the rest of the table folded out of the way.
Showdown
McLaughlin:
Akenhead:
The board ran out uneventfully, coming . Chop it up.
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On the next hand, McLaughlin once again opened with an all in for his full stack of 1,210,000. This time, Ian Tavelli would quickly make the call, and McLaughlin was heads up for his tournament life for the second consecutive hand.
Showdown
McLaughlin:
Tavelli:
The flop was a clean sheet for the at-risk player, coming out . The turn was a different story altogether though. The ripped off the deck, drawing a big cheer from the rail and a pump of the fist from Tavelli. Drawing to just two outs now, the last card in McLaughlin's day was the , no use whatsoever.
With that, Marc McLaughlin becomes our 30th-place finisher, taking home more than a quarter-million dollars.
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Steven Begleiter opened for 200,000 from middle position, Nick Maimone called from late position and Ludovic Lacay called on the button.
The action was checked to Lacay on the flop. He bet 375,000, Begleiter folded and Maimone called. The turn came the 315,000 and Maimone led into Lacay for 315,000. Lacay called and they went to the river which fell the . Maimone fired out another 800,000 and Lacay folded.
"I put you on threes or fours. Am I right?" asked Lacay. "Show me one."
Maimone flashed the as he raked in the pot, his stack up to 4.4 million.
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From under the gun, Jonathan Tamayo raised and then Andrew Lichtenberger called from middle position. The flop came down .
Tamayo was first to act and bet 250,000. Lichtenberger took his time and then raised to 900,000 total, 650,000 more. tamayo then asked how much more Lichtenberger had left. After getting a ball park number, Tamayo announced that he was all in. Lichtenberger snap-mucked his cards and Tamayo scooped the pot.
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Antonio Esfandiari now a little lighter in the chip stack
With the betting folded around to the blinds, Darvin Moon came in with a raise to 325,000. Antonio Esfandiari was in the big blind, and he came along with the call.
The flop came out , and Moon tapped the table. Esfandiari took the opportunity to bet 480,000, but Moon was having none of it. He check-raised to 1,125,000, and Esfandiari went into the tank for a bit. After a couple minutes, he announced a re-raise, making it a total of 2,125,000. Within just a few seconds, Moon announced, "All in," and Esfandiari snap-mucked, shaking his head with a big frown on his face.
After that exchange, Esfandiari has plummeted back to 2,900,000, while Moon is up over the 12,000,000-chip mark.
Shamus
Players are back and the first hands of Level 29 are being dealt. We'll be playing until two more players are eliminated, then stopping for the night.
and Caragiorgas 
.
, giving Smith a pair but still leaving Caragiorgas ahead. But the turn was the 
, putting Smith in front.
, and Smith survives with 1.68 million. Caragiorgas slips to 1.15 million. Both players are sitting at the very bottom of the chip counts lists currently.
and Fair showed 
. Robert Williamson III happened to be walking by the secondary feature table with three beers in hand and stopped dead in his tracks, turned to his friend, who was also carrying three beers, and said "Wait! Wait! Hold up! I gotta sweat this one!"
-- and that ended things. "Well that was uneventful!" Williamson exclaimed before proceeding to where he was going. The river then completed the board with the 
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. Chop it up.
. The turn was a different story altogether though. The 
ripped off the deck, drawing a big cheer from the rail and a pump of the fist from Tavelli. Drawing to just two outs now, the last card in McLaughlin's day was the 
, no use whatsoever.
flop. He bet 375,000, Begleiter folded and Maimone called. The turn came the 315,000 and Maimone led into Lacay for 315,000. Lacay called and they went to the river which fell the 
, and Moon tapped the table. Esfandiari took the opportunity to bet 480,000, but Moon was having none of it. He check-raised to 1,125,000, and Esfandiari went into the tank for a bit. After a couple minutes, he announced a re-raise, making it a total of 2,125,000. Within just a few seconds, Moon announced, "All in," and Esfandiari snap-mucked, shaking his head with a big frown on his face.