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James Campbell just doubled holding against an opponent's . Campbell's hand held and he is now sitting with 150,000 chips.
James Campbell just doubled holding against an opponent's . Campbell's hand held and he is now sitting with 150,000 chips.
Short-stacked, Sam Trickett was all in for his last 109,500. Tom "durrrr" Dwan was his only customer and the hands looked like this:
Showdown
Trickett:
Dwan:
The board ran and Dwan's hand did not improve. Samuel doubled to 225,000 chips and "durrrr" dropped to 600,000.
A short-stacked Ross Myers got his chips in with before the flop, and Kyle Julius made the call with to race for another knockout.
And knock out he would.
Board:
Another player is out, and Myers is now squarely in second place with 532,000 chips.
Scott Hamilton was all in for his last 65,000 chips and Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim was his only contender.
Showdown
Hamilton
Hakim:
Hakim's deuces were in trouble after the flop fell , and they were drawing dead after the turn brought the . The on the river was but a formality, and Hamilton doubled to 153,000 chips.
Hakim dropped down to 346,000 chips.
Under the gun, Jacobo Fernandez open-shoved for just over 70,000 total. Yat Cheng made the call from middle position, and the race for Fernandez's tournament life was on:
Fernandez:
Cheng:
The flop was a good miss for Fernandez as it rolled out to give him another eight outs at his straight draw. The on the turn was a great card and a pair to pull him into the lead, and the river looked scary at first, but it filled Fernandez's straight and secured his double up to 158,000.
Cheng is down to a still-healthy 203,000.
Kyle Julius opened to 17,000 and James Harver three-bet all in for 63,000. Julius called and the hands were tabled:
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Julius:
Harver:
The flop gave Julius the advantage and Harver couldn't find the last nine on either the turn or the river sending him to the rail. Julius is still alive and well with 460,000 chips.
Under the gun and short-stacked, an unknown (and now irrelevant) player moved all in for about 60,000 total. Dwan made an isolating reraise, and he got himself heads up with a chance at another knockout.
Showdown
Dwan:
Opponent:
There was no funny stuff on the board that came , and that's another player out to Dwan. He's up close to 750,000 now and really starting to tighten the screws on his table.
Christopher Ajemian and Joseph Brattole got all the chips in the middle preflop and Ajemian was at risk.
Ajemian:
Brattole:
The board rolled out and Ajemian hit the rail while Brattole's stack increased to 350,000 chips.
Amnon Filippi opened with a raise, Tom Dwan three-bet, Filippi four-bet, and "durrrr" five-bet shoved. Filippi made the call, putting himself all in, and putting a huge pot in the middle of the table. The news was not at all what Dwan was hoping for:
Filippi:
Dwan:
The flop, however, was just what the durrrr ordered. It came out , binking his two-outer and pulling him into a huge lead in the hand with two to come.
The on fourth street put Filippi one foot out the door, and the river ushered him off to the payout desk with a big frown to keep him company.
Filippi's out, and Dwan has exploded to the top of the chip counts with an impressive 642,000 chips.
With the board reading , Tom "durrrr" Dwan led for 26,000 and Alex Bolotin called.
The river brought the , and again Dwan led, but for 62,500 this time. Bolotin called and quickly mucked when Dwan opened for a rivered flush.
Dwan is up to 270,000 chips while Bolotin is down to 200,000