The pace of play in a tournament varies from table to table. In your standard freezeout, the more aggressive tables end up with all the chips on them and a revolving cast of characters. Here, they just end up with more leg room sooner. Table 363 is moving at lightening speed so far. Brent Hanks, Maxim Lykov, and Josef Monro made quick work of Justin Smith, Joe McGowan, and Faraz Jaka to get to three-handed quickly. Heather Sue Mercer, Josh Tieman, and Danny Estes are also three-handed over on Table 362.
Neil Channing and Chris Moore did work even faster and are already heads up on their table. And bringing up the rear, one table is still six-handed with Stuart Rutter, Aaron Been, John Duthie, Eugene Katchalov, Ben May, and Julien Nuijten.
We've got our first heads-up match. Pablo Fernandez was all in preflop with and was covered by Neil Channing, who held . The board ran out . Channing rivered an unnecessary set to win the flip and eliminate Fernandez. Now it's just Channing and Chris Moore battling for a seat at the final table.
There have been three busts in the last couple of minutes.
The first victim was Chad Brown who was all-in preflop against Neil Channing. Brown's was behind Channing's and did not improve on the board.
The next victim was Aaron Gustavson who lost a race against Heather Mercer. Again the chips were in the middle preflop and Gustavson's ace-king could not improve and Mercer's wired nines held.
The third casualty was Joseph McGowan. Maxim Lykov acted as the executor, but we missed the action. For what it's worth, they got it in on the flop.
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and was covered by Neil Channing, who held 
. The board ran out 
. Channing rivered an unnecessary set to win the flip and eliminate Fernandez. Now it's just Channing and Chris Moore battling for a seat at the final table.
when the two got all the chips in the center. Estes held 
for top two-pair.
, and Estes eliminated Molson chipping up to 330,000 chips.
was behind Channing's 
and did not improve on the 
, Danny Estes check-called a 19,300-chip bet from Josh Tieman.
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