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Binh Nguyen made it 5,200 to go from the cutoff, Sandra Naujoks moved all-in for an additional 6,825 from the big blind and Nguyen called.
Nguyen 
Naujoks 
Naujok's pocket aces held up on the 
board and she doubled back to her starting stack of 30,000. Nguyen is down to 21,000.
J.C. Tran opened for 800 from middle position, Dan Heimiller called from the button, and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 2,800 from the big blind. Tran called, and Heimiller called all-in for 1,475.
Negreanu led out for 3,500 on the 
flop and Tran folded.
Heimiller 
Negreanu 
Negreanu hit top set but he still had to sweat the turn and river as Heimiller flopped an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and the river was the , Negreanu making queens full to send Heimiller to the rail.
Negreanu is up to 75,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
With the board reading 
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on the turn, Humberto Brenes checked from the big blind and the cutoff made a pot-sized bet of 12,000, leaving himself only 5,000 behind. Brenes tanked for a minute or so before moving his entire stack in the middle, and the cutoff called.
Brenes 
Cutoff 
The river blanked out and Brenes raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 49,000.
On a flop of 
, the action was checked to Johannes Strassman on the button. He bet 1,150 and his fellow Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko called. Kravchenko checked again when the hit the turn and Strassman bet 3,325. Kravchenko called. Both players checked the 
on the river.
Kranchenko turned over 
for trips and Strassman mucked. Kravchenko is up to 47,000 while Strassman is still quite healthy with 58,000.
Joe Hachem made it 800 to go from under-the-gun, an early position player flat-called, and Amnon Filippi raised to 3,500 from the cutoff. The button folded and Justin Bonomo made a pot-sized raise from the small blind. Hachem and the early position player folded and Filippi re-potted all-in. Bonomo called.
Filippi
Bonomo
Bonomo was looking good all the way through the turn, but a queen spiked on the river to make Filippi a set and double his stack to 33,000. Bonomo is down, but not out with 16,000.
With 13,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, Shaun Deeb fired out 6,000. His opponent had about 14,000 behind and tanked for several minutes before folding.
Deeb showed for nothing but air and took down the pot. He's up to 62,000.
We picked up the flop of 
as Justin Smith and Randall Flowers checked. Dwyte Pilgrim fired out 1,200 chips, Eric Froehlich called from the button, and Smith called from the small blind. When it came back to Flowers, he snuck in a check-raise to 5,450 and Pilgrim quickly folded. Froehlich, however, reraised all in to 17,000 straight. Smith folded, and Flowers called to put Froehlich at risk.
Showdown
Flowers:
Froehlich:
E-Fro was on the draw, and the on the turn gave him another nine outs to the flush. The river was a big blank , though, and Froehlich was unable to connect with his outs. He's out of chips as a result, and that pot moves Flowers up to about 45,000.
On a flop of 
, Joe Serock led out from the big blind, betting 1,000 into the 1,200 pot. Layne Flack called and a middle position player called. The turn was the and Serock checked over to Flack, who bet 3,200. The MP player folded and Serock called. Both players checked the 
on the river.
Flack turned over for top pair, but Serock had him out-kicked with 
and took down the pot. He's up to 33,000 while Flack is down to 21,000.
When you register late for a $10,000 event, you can expect to find yourself in some elite company. Check out this last table full of players that just squeaked in under the deadline:
Table 282
Seat 1: Toto Leonidas
Seat 2: Dan Heimiller
Seat 3: Phil Ivey
Seat 4: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 5: Brandon Adams
Seat 6: Vanessa Rousso
Seat 7: JC Tran
Seat 8: --empty--
Seat 9: Mikael Thuritz
Yikes.
