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Kenny Nguyen's stack has slid all afternoon.
After the departure of Humberto Brenes, Kenny Nguyen took up the slack as not only the loudest player in the field but the one having the most fun as well. Nguyen and Taylor Shpur built a pot north of 10,000 going to the flop of . Shpur checked, Nguyen bet out 4,500 and Shpur check-raised to 9,400.
Nguyen sat back in his chair for some thought. He folded his hand and said, "I'll lay this down," as he mucked his hand.
It might be the first hand we've seen him lay down in hours.
We came across a very tense situation over on table 367, where Keith Uchima and Casey Kelton were involved in a massive preflop betting war.
Uchima raised from early position but Kelton came back with a reraise from next door. The action folded around back to Uchima, who four-bet it to more than 20,000, but Kelton returned fire with a five-bet shove, sending Uchima deep into the tank.
"Sorry guys, it's a big hand," Uchima announced to the table. After about three minutes, he turned his attention back to Kelton. "Will you show me if I fold?"
Kelton agreed, and after another 30 seconds Uchima open-folded . Kelton was true to his word, rolling up !
Jeffrey Papola continues to add chips to his growing stack. He raised from the button preflop to 5,000 and was reraised by the player in the small blind to 12,600. Papola made the call and the flop ran out .
Both players checked the flop and the fell on the turn. The player in the small blind checked and Papola bet 12,500. His opponent folded and Papola picked up the pot.
We found this hand developing on the turn. The board read and Jeffrey Papola had checked and Robert Lipkin bet 8,100. Papola called and the river fell . Papola checked again and Lipkin bet 14,400. Papola quietly called and mucked when Lipkin showed .
After a massive preflop raising war, John Hewitt and Eric Appel went heads-up to a flop that read . Appel open-shoved and Hewitt snap-called, quickly tabling for trips, much to the embarrassment of Appel, who showed .
The on the turn gave Appel a glimmer of hope, but the river was not what he was looking for and he paid the ultimate price for his aggression.
"What a way to go, huh?" Appel lamented as he left the Amazon Room. No worries for Hewitt though - he's clearly our new chip leader!
The cry of, "All in and call" went up from table 367 where we saw Kyle Shigano all in for the last of his chips with and looking in great shape against Stefan Hendrickx, who had called with .
However, Hendrickx hit bottom set on the flop of , which held after the turn and river ran out , .
Nicholas Rampone continues to grow his chip stack after the dinner break. A player opened up the betting by raising to 5,100 and Rampone reraised to 10,300. The player in the big blind reraised to 23,700. The original raiser folded and Rampone called.
The flop ran out . Both players checked the flop and the came on the turn. The player in the big blind checked, Rampone bet, and his opponent folded.
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. Shpur checked, Nguyen bet out 4,500 and Shpur check-raised to 9,400.
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fell on the turn. The player in the small blind checked and Papola bet 12,500. His opponent folded and Papola picked up the pot.
and Jeffrey Papola had checked and Robert Lipkin bet 8,100. Papola called and the river fell 
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for trips, much to the embarrassment of Appel, who showed 
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on the turn gave Appel a glimmer of hope, but the river 
was not what he was looking for and he paid the ultimate price for his aggression.
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, which held after the turn and river ran out 
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