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Marcos Neves opened a pot pre-flop for 3,800 and was called only by big blind Paul Testud. Testud checked the ten-high flop, 
, then moved all in after Neves continued for 4,500. Neves quickly called with the flopped nuts, 
. That was bad news for Neves, who sheepishly opened just a gutshot straight draw, 
. The 
on the turn took any remaining drama out of the hand as it gave Neves a full house. Testud is busto; Neves has about 90,000.
A moment to recognize those recently eliminated:
Jonathan "therookieqq9" Plens
Amit "Amak316" Makhija
John Orr
Joel Patchell
Joshua Bergman
Pablo Ubierna
Steven Merrifield
Jason Paster
Jeffrey D'Ambrosia
Hungcheng Hung
Patrick Madden
We passed by Getty Mattingsley's table with all of the community cards already on board, 
. His lone opponent, Aftab Ahmed, had first action and, after about a minute, bet 15,000. Mattinsgley didn't call immediately, but he also didn't take as long to think it through as Ahmed had done. Mattingsley did call, but mucked when he saw Ahmed's straight, 
. The loss pushed Mattingsley all the way down to 7,000.
Even small hits can be costly for the short stacks, especially at this stage of the tournament, with the money bubble looing every larger. Terrence Chan defended his big blind to the under-the-gun raise of Andrew Rosskamm. Both players checked the 
flop. When the turn came 
, Chan led out for 7,000 and was called by Rosskamm. Both players checked the 
river, with Rosskamm's pair of eights, 
, good enough to claim the pot.
Chan is down to 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
278,000
40,900
|
40,900 |
|
235,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
222,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
205,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
198,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
||
|
192,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
160,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
155,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
147,000
84,400
|
84,400 |
|
117,000
49,300
|
49,300 |
|
115,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
||
|
115,000
16,300
|
16,300 |
|
115,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
115,000
51,400
|
51,400 |
|
112,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
104,000
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
|
101,000
-6,900
|
-6,900 |
|
94,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
90,000
29,600
|
29,600 |
|
86,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
85,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
80,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
70,000
46,600
|
46,600 |
|
70,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
The field is about a third fewer as we head into the first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Terrence Chan and Rickey Fohrenbach were both recently eliminated. Their former table, 368, is a bit short-handed while waiting for a table to be broken so that new players can take the vacated seats.
We were counting chips at Table 374 when a pot broke out in front of us. It was heads up between James Akenhead and Jared Hamby, and there was a flop of 
on board. Akenhead check-called a bet of about 10,000 there, and that brought them to the turn. Akenhead checked again, and Hamby fired out about 20,000. Akenhead moved all in, and Hamby sighed heavily and called all in for about 55,000 total to put himself at risk.
Akenhead sheepishly turned up his 
, still on the draw. Hamby made a good play with 
, and he was rewarded with a blank 
on the river. That secures his double up all the way to 145,000, and Akenhead has fallen close to that with about 158,000.
A water bottle being thrown at (and missing) a garbage can drew our attention to Table 367, where we witnessed David Plastik ducking under the rail and heading for the door of the Amazon Room. "God!" he said in disgust as he streamed out. A quick check of Table 367 revealed Alex Kravchenko stacking Plastik's chips.
