| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,000 | |
|
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12,000 | |
|
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5,000 | -2,100 |
|
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2,000 | -9,300 |
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1,400 | -2,300 |
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1,400 | |
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1,200 |
David Chiu made it 300 preflop and was called by the short stack of the table. Another player in late position three-bet the action to 1,350 total. Chiu made the call and the short stack moved all in for 1,175 total.
The flop fell 
and Chiu checked. His opponent moved all in and Chiu mucked his cards. The two players left in the hand turns up their hands:
Player 1: 
Player 2: (all in): 
The turn and river came 
and the short stack made a full house, eights full of jacks, to triple up back to around starting stack of 4,500. This hand knocked Chiu down to roughly 4,500 as well.
After a raise to 225 preflop, Matt Affleck and the players on the button and in the big blind made the call. The flop fell 
and after one check to Affleck, he bet the pot, leaving himself with only 175 behind.
The table folded around and Affleck scooped the pot, bringing him up to around 2,200, but still looking for a double up.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Action folded to Joel Merwick in the cutoff seat and he raised to 250. The button called the raise and then Ronald Lee reraised to 1,100 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button and he reraised to put Lee all in. Lee called all in for 1,550 total and tabled the 
. His opponent held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Lee's hand held up. He moved to 3,450 in chips.
We've lost our defending champion Tex Barch. Barch was all in on the 
flop against three other players. At the end of the hand, after the turn and river ran out with the and 
, Barch's 
couldn't beat one of the players' 
and he was eliminated.
After a preflop raise of 300, Bill Chen made it 1,150 total. His opponent asked how much Chen had behind before making the call.
The flop fell and Chen's opponent checked to him. Chen declared he was all in for his remaining 900 and his opponent laid his hand down. This brings Chen up to about 4,000 in chips plus his 3,000 worth of add-on's.
Jason Mercier is one of the players still left in Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship and has left this event to go over and get in on the restart. He did very well over here though in the first little bit of things, building his stack of 4,500 up to 19,400 before leaving.
Josh Brikis was all in preflop for his last 1,225 from his first bullet in this event. He had two callers, Matt Stout and Oliver Gill. Gill and Stout still had chips left and Gill would have to act first post flop.
The flop came down and Gill checked. Stout potted to put himself all in and Gill folded. Stout showed the 
. Brikis held the 
.
The turn brought the to give Brikis even more outs, but the fell on the river and completely missed him. Brikis lost the pot and tossed in his two remaining rebuy/add-on chips to jump back to 3,000. Stout has 10,000 and Gill has 5,600 after the hand.
Action folded to one of the lovely PokerNews video hostesses Nicki Pickering in the cutoff seat. She limped in before action was on Kevin Saul on the button. Saul raised to 325. The small blind called, the big blind folded and then Pickering called.
The flop came down 
and everyone checked to see the fall on the turn. Action checked to Saul on fourth street and he bet 550. The small blind called and then Pickering called.
The 
on the river paired the board and the small blind checked. After he did so, Pickering moved all in for 1,250. Saul folded and then the small blind followed suit, allowing Pickering to pick up the pot and move to 5,475.
