Blair Hinkle just won a pivotal race as he called Keith Donovan's all in raise after a series of raises preflop. The two players showed their cards, and it was another classic race situation.
Hinkle: 
Donovan: 
The board ran out 
, and Hinkle's flopped pair of queens was good enough to take the pot and boost his stack to 82,000.
We caught the action as the flop came out 
. Andrew Badecker check called Kenneth Auker's 5,100 bet. When the turn came the 
, Auker checked, and Badecker decided that he liked the 5,100 bet so much that he'd do it too. Auker called, and also check called Badecker's bet of 9,000 after the river came the 
. Badecker showed 
for a turned full house, and Auker mucked, dropping him to 10,500. Badecker's stack has been boosted to 74,000.
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Michael Finstein opened to 1,500 preflop and Soren Kongsgaard made it 4,250 from the cutoff. Finstein then four bet to 10,200 and Kongsgaard moved all in, Finstein quickly called and we had the classic match-up.
Finstein:
Kongsgaard: 
The board came 
and Finstein had exactly his starting stack (45,000) and doubled up just over the 90,000 mark. Danish wunderkind Kongsgaard was left with about 12,000 or so.
Jean Gaspard has doubled back up to around 40,000 after getting all in with against Joe Ebanks 
. It's unclear whether the money went in preflop or post flop on the 
board but Gaspard's double up to 40,000 has left Ebanks with about 20,000 remaining.
David Peters has just gotten his table down to eight handed after he knocked out Jarod Ludemann. The two players got the money in preflop, and it was yet another race situation.
Peters: 
Ludemann: 
The flop was a disaster for Ludemann as it came 
. The turn came the and Ludemann was drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 
, and Peters scooped the pot to get up to 100,000.
We are two levels in, meaning that players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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Erik Cajelias made it 2,000 preflop and Lucas Greenwood shoved for his last 7,000. Action folded back around to Cajelais, who tossed in the call, only to find out he was dominated.
Cajelais: 
Greenwood:
Cajelais took a big lead on the flop when he caught his three outer as it came 
. Greenwood couldn't catch up, as it came 
and . Cajelais took the pot, and has upped his stack to around 130,000.
For the third time in just over two hours of play, Amit Mahkija has gotten pocket aces in a large pot, and for the second time, he has doubled up with them. Mahkija shoves his last 14,000 in after Noah Sandler raised to 2,000. Action folded back around to Sandler, who made the call.
Mahkija: 
Sandler: 
The board ran out 
, and Mahkija has doubled back up to around 32,000 after being knocked down to around 5,000 earlier in the tournament.
