From under the gun, Jeff Papola raised to 40,000. Bryan Colin called out of the small blind and Eddie Blumenthal folded in the big blind. Colin and Papola saw the flop come down 
and Colin checked to the preflop aggressor. Papola fired 50,000 as his continuation bet, but was met with resistance in the form of a check-raise to 122,000 from Colin. Papola gave it up and Colin won the hand.
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David Vamplew is increasing his chip lead even further, now out to 2.56 million after taking another pot off Anthony Spinella.
Vamplew raised to 43,000 from the button and Michael Spinella called from the big blind to go heads-up to a flop that read 
. Spinella check-called both Vamplew's bets of 59,000 after the flop and of 133,000 after the turn of the 
.
Spinella then checked to Vamplew again on the river of the 
; this prompted Vamplew to announce that he was all-in.
"Sigh. Nice play," Spinella muttered before throwing his hand away. Spinella is down to 585,000.
Bryan Colin has been riding the poker rollercoaster, but he's back up to 760,000 after a couple of big hands played out over on table 280.
Earlier, Colin went heads-up to a flop of 
with Jeffrey Papola; both players checked their option after the flop, as well as on the turn of the before Papola opened for 130,000 on the river of the . Colin thought about it for a moment and then let his hand go.
A short time later, we caught Colin heads-up in a flop with George Palkotzy with a board that read 
with around 180,000 in the middle. Jalkotzy led out for 110,000 after the turn and Colin called before the dealer produced the 
on the river.
Palkotzy checked, but quicky folded after Colin fired out down a bet of 200,000. Jalkotzy is now on 535,000 while Papola is up to 1,485,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Ravi Raghavan raised to 52,000. Action folded to Anthony Spinella in the big blind and he reraised all in. Raghavan folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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520,000
520,000
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520,000 |
From the small blind, Anthony Spinella raised to 50,000. It was Ravi Raghavan's big blind and he gave it up. Allowing Spinella to pick on him some more.
After George Jalkotzy raised from the button to 53,000, Bryan Colin made it 115,000 from the small blind. Everyone folded and Colin scooped the pot.
On the next hand, Colin min-raised to 40,000 from the button and everyone folded. He showed the 
, but looked upset he didn't get any action.
Both Bryan Colin and Jeff Papola checked the 
flop with Colin acting first. The turn brought the 
and Colin checked to Papola. He bet 50,000 and Colin made the call.
The river was the 
and Colin checked. Papola increased his bet sizing to 125,000 and Colin folded, dropping back to 790,000.
Action folded to Anthony Spinella in the small blind. He has been picking on Ravi Raghavan a good amount lately and stayed with that trend by raising Raghavan's big blind to 52,000. Raghavan made it 145,000 to go from the big blind to counter. Spinella thought and then moved all in. Raghavan called.
Spinella: 
Raghavan: 
As you can see, Raghavan was severely dominated by Spinella and needed help. The flop came down 
and made things look even more bleek for Raghavan. After the turn brought the , he was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
Raghavan was eliminated in eighth place for $47,174. The remaining seven players will now redraw to one table and move to the secondary feature table area to ride this train to the end.
The clock has been paused while the remaining seven players transfer their stacks over to the secondary feature table area. We'll have the seating assignments and chip counts coming for you in just a little bit once they get settled.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
