Paluszek: 
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Mizzi: / 
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Brown: / 
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Joining the action on fifth street and Jim Paluszek bet out, Sorrel Mizzi raised and Chad Brown called. Paluszek then made it three bets, Mizzi called, as did Brown. When Mizzi paired the board, he led out, Brown folded but Paluszek called, this pattern repeated itself on seventh and Mizzi showed 
for a boat, while his opponent flashed 
for the flush.
Nguyen: / 
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Schulman: / 
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McCormick: / 
FOLDED
Men Nguyen brought in, Nick Schulman called, Tom McCormick completed and both other players called. On fourth Nguyen bet and only Schulman stuck around. The action was the same on fifth and sixth while both players checked on seventh. Nguyen showed 
for two pair which was good as Schulman mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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105,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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Mercier: /
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Kostritsyn: //
Greenstein: /
Alex Kostritsyn was the bring in with the . Barry Greenstein completed with the , but Jason Mercier raised with the . Both Kostritsyn and Greenstein called Mercier down until sixth street when Kostritsyn's board paired. He checked, as did Greenstein. Mercier bet, but saw Kostritsyn put in a raise. Greenstein got out of the way, watching Mercier check seventh street. Kostritsyn bet, sending Mercier into the tank for a good two minutes before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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163,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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52,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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George: 
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Habib: / / 
Christopher George had put out bets on sixth and seventh, getting called both times and showing queens and sevens. Habib sweated his final card needing a nine, ten or jack to make a better two pair, "It's paint..." he said, meaning George was now a slight favourite for the hand. But Habib flipped it and it was a jack to give him the pot.
George was stunned and quite upset by the sweat, saying he wished Habib hadn't sweated the last card and just wished he'd flipped it straight away. Nevertheless Habib took a decent chunk out of the former chip leader and moves up to a more comfortable stack.
Mizzi: / 
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Brown: / 
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Sorel Mizzi raised showing the and Chad Brown put in three bets with the . Brown fired every street which MIzzi calling him down but Brown showed 
for aces up after seventh to scoop the pot.
Level: 16
Limits: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Greenstein /
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Tryba: /
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Barry Greenstein completed third street, but was raised by Chris Tryba. Greenstein called and then check-called bets on fourth and fifth street. On sixth street, he got the rest of his chips in and showed down cards of for a straight, while Tryba showed 
for aces up.
Tryba failed to fill up on the river, securing the double for Greenstein to about 100,000.
Brown: / 
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Mizzi: / 
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We caught up with the action on fourth where Chad Brown bet and Sorel Mizzi called. Brown bet again on fifth only to get raised by Mizzi which he called. Brown went back to betting when he paired on sixth and Mizzi called with the action was the same on seventh. Brown showed 
for two pair and Mizzi mucked.
The next hand however, Mizzi picked some chips back up when he won a hand off Ville Wahlbeck where Mizzi bet third, fourth and fifth when Wahlbeck finally folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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230,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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We've now not lost a player for nearly 90 minutes now. The play has almost ground to a halt as the players' stacks have gotten fairly deep and at this moment no-one is particularly running away with the tournament as can often be the case.
The level went up around fifteen minutes though so it surely is only a matter of time the numbers start to drop again.
We missed the action but found Steve Zolotow exiting the tournament at the hands of Bertrand Grospellier. We can confirm that Zolotow has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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