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Ferguson: 
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Kravchenko: 
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Chris Ferguson was all in against Alex Kravchenko on fourth street, but was well behind and failed to catch up as the board ran dry on him. While Ferguson will have to sit the rest of this tournament out, his chips will likely be put to good use by Kravchenko, who now has 16,800
Andre Akkari: (XXX) / 
Opponent: 
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We caught up with the action right at the tail end of the hand. Akkari's opponent dwelled up for a while before betting. Akkari dwelled up for a while before calling, and then mucked immediately to his opponent's two pair.
So reduced to just 500 chips, and with 100 of that going in as the ante, Akkari called all in to completion and a call in front of him. As the two other players in the hand continued to fight it out, Akkari sat quietly, peering at his down cards from time to time. Eventually all betting was complete and all three turned their cards face up - and Akkari's pair of nines was good enough to take the main pot to more than triple up.
"You're a brave man," one of the other players in the hand told him, eyeing up Akkari's hand:
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However, Akkari's comeback was short-lived - he and his exceptionally garish orange hoodie were seen exiting the tournament area not long after.
Jean Gaspard has had an up and down evening, but this latest pot with Rodney Pardey has him back up towards the chip lead once more.
Gaspard: 
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Pardey: (X-X) 
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We arrived on sixth street just in time to see Pardey calling a bet from Gaspard. He would do so once more on seventh street, but mucked after Gaspard tabled a set of fours.
As we head towards the last level of the night, these are the folks to beat, chip-wise:
Scott Seiver - 35,000 [EDIT - Seiver seems to have increased to 42,000 a few minutes after posting]
Christin Pietsch - 32,000
Jon Turner - 25,000
Jean Gaspard - 25,000
Carlos Mortensen - 23,500
Level: 8
Blinds: /
Ante:
Dwan: 
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Seat 1: 
(X-X) /
Tom Dwan is back up to about 11,000 in chips after hitting a flush against an opponent at his table. Dwan called bets on third and fourth streets, but led out with bets on fifth, sixth, and seventh street. He got called the whole way and scooped in some much-needed chips.
When asked if he had the flush the whole time, he simply shrugged his shoulders and let out a tiny smirk.
Dan O'Brien has picked up a small but always helpful pot, after he found himself with a pair of tens up on fourth street. He duly bet, his opponents Chip Jett and Richard Ashby duly folded, and O'Brien is up to 9,500.
Sorel Mizzi had two players all in by fourth street and it looked as though he might metaphorically kill two proverbial birds with one manner-of-speaking stone.
In the event, though, the bigger of the two all-in stacks won the hand, and Mizzi took a smallish hit to put him at 12,000.
Seat 1: (X-X) / 
Gaspard: 
(X) / 
Jean Gaspard couldn't have asked for a better hand to run into quads with. He eliminated an opponent in Seat 1 when they both hit quads. Gaspard simply called a bet on third street, but each subsequent street was capped until Gaspard's opponent was all in on sixth street.
When the player in Seat 1 turned up his quads he looked to Gaspard's cards. One of the threes was partially covered over, and only seeing trips, Seat 1 said "Those won't do." Gaspard then looked down, saw that his last card wasn't visible, uncovered his final three and said "That'll do."
