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Erik Seidel raised to the minimum from the hijack, and Josh Arieh, who was next to act, called. Then from the small blind, Sean Snyder raised to 7,000. Seidel promptly moved all in for 22,450 total. That was enough to squeeze Arieh out of the hand, and Snyder called. Both players stood pat. Snyder's jack was way behind Seidel's 
, and Seidel doubled to 50,000. Snyder, who had been on a rush since the day began, was knocked back to 34,000.
Running over to just miss his big blind, Tom Dwan moved all in from the small blind the hand and flashed his 
to take down the big blind and antes.
"Return to your other tournament Dwan" commented the big blind Nicholas Brancato as the dealer began dealing out the next hand.
"I got 18 minutes" Dwan added before the action folded back round to him on the button and he pushed his last 6,525 into the pot.
Thomas Ricketts made the call from the big blind and stood pat as Dwan drew two - flashing his discarded and - with his .
Ricketts tabled his to give Dwan a good sweat to stay alive.
Finding the on his first drawn card, Dwan would unfortunately pair up with the to see him eliminated from the tournament.
At least he can now focus on Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em where he is chip leader with fourteen remaining.
Lyle Berman raised to 1,700 from the hijack, and Loi Phan called from the cutoff. Then in the big blind, Bernard Lee moved al in for another 1,800. Both opponents called. Lee and Berman each drew two and Phan took one. They checked to showdown, and Phan tabled a queen-nine. Berman beat it with a jack-nine, and Lee just mucked on his way out.
Scott Seiver started the day as one of the chip leaders. At his high point, he was up to 86,000. Yet in under an hour, he's down to 21,000. On the last hand, he doubled up Ari Dinov. Both stood pat, and Dinov showed . Seiver said he mucked a nine-seven-six. "How do I get notched every single hand?" he lamented. "This is unreal. It's insane." He looked down at his chips. "They're all gone!"
Dinov is up to 36,000.
Nick Binger opened to 1,800 and Alan Myerson moved all in for 2,675 with Binger making the call.
Both players stood pat with Myerson's 
being bested by Binger's as Myerson made his way to the rail.
The remaining 37 players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Level: 11
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,600 | |
|
83,000 | |
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|
56,300 | |
|
49,900 | |
|
49,500 | |
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|
45,300 | |
|
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|
44,000 | |
|
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|
41,700 | |
|
|
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|
41,075 | |
|
|
36,500 | |
|
36,500 | |
|
33,500 | |
|
33,000 | |
|
33,000 | |
|
|
32,800 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
|
27,500 | |
|
26,200 | |
|
24,000 | |
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|
22,800 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
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19,800 | |
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19,700 | |
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"Hallo! Hallo!" Chris Bjorin shouted at a spectator messing with the television near his table. "Some of us are watching that!" He's been fixated on the Philadelphia/Chicago game since it began and was worried that the guy was trying to change the channel. The man laughed, pointing to his shirt. He's wearing a Blackhawks jersey and clearly had no intention of turning away from hockey. He and Bjorin had a good chat about the game, at least until someone at the table reminded Chris he had to check his cards.
