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Jeff Williams opened the pot with a 1,900 raise and got raised by the player in the big blind. Jeff went all in and got called.
Showdown:
Williams: 
Opponent: 
Board: 
Williams is now up to 36,000 and knocked one player out.
A player in late position opened with a mini-raise to 1,600, and Joshua Gibson called from the small blind. They took a heads-up flop of 
, and Gibson check-called a bet of 1,800. The 
landed on fourth street and drew checks from both players, and the 
filled out the board on the river, and Gibson checked again. His opponent fired out another bet, 2,600, and Gibson made a reluctant call with pocket queens. The other player turned over , dragging the pot and knocking Gibson down a peg to 47,000.
Lee Watkinson just ran his 
into an opponent's 
preflop, and things did not go well for him. The board rolled out 
, and he didn't have enough chips to survive that hit; Watkinson's been eliminated.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Stephen Chidwick is the latest victim of Event #9 after committing most of his chips to 
before the flop. After building a pot of more than 20,000 with Bob Oxenberg, Chidwick put his last 1,300 into the pot on the flop of 
. Oxenberg quickly called with 
, and Chidwick could not catch up.
The turn and river brick-bricked with the 
and 
, and Chidwick has been eliminated. Oxenberg is quite healthy with about 45,000 after that knockout.
Jared Hamby is out after racing his 
against a player with . A queen flopped, and the board of 
ushered Hamby out the door.
A few delicious chip counts for dessert.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | 14,000 |
|
48,000 | 2,000 |
|
37,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
32,000 | -21,000 |
|
30,000 | 15,000 |
|
22,000 | 11,000 |
|
22,000 | 9,500 |
|
19,000 | -7,500 |
|
19,000 | 2,000 |
|
19,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
16,000 | 10,000 |
|
15,000 | -17,000 |
|
13,000 | -2,000 |
|
13,000 | 1,500 |
|
12,000 | 4,000 |
|
11,000 | -4,000 |
|
10,000 | -3,500 |
|
2,000 | -12,500 |
|
Busted |
All the chips went in preflop and the Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis was facing the elimination.
Showdown:
Lex Veldhuis: 
Opponent: 
Board: 
and the Team PokerStars Pro is out of the tournament.
Joe Serock opened the pot with a raise to 1,200 on the button, and he got called by the player in the small blind.
Flop: 
and both players checked.
Turn: Serock bet out 1,800 chips after his opponent checked the action. He got called.
River: both players checked and Serock tabled 
taking the pot.
Serock is now up to 12,000 chips.
Humberto Brenes raised to 1,600, and he called an all-in reraise from a short-stacked opponent. The at-risk player tabled 
, and Brenes was racing for the knockout with .
The board ran out a counterfeit-y 
, and three pair is not so good for Brenes. He's given his opponent a double up, slipping to 13,000 in the process.
