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Bryan Powell has just doubled up through Steven Van Zadelhoff. The big blind fired out 500 on the 
turn, Steve Van Zadelhoff made the call and small blind Powell check-raised all in for about 2,400. The big blind passed and Van Zadelhoff made the call with 
against Powell's 
.
"I still have outs..." said the Dutchman, but the river was the 
and Powell doubled up to about 6,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,800 | |
|
8,500 | |
|
8,100
5,300
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5,300 |
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7,200
-1,800
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-1,800 |
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4,800
2,800
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2,800 |
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4,300
1,100
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1,100 |
|
3,600 | |
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3,600
-3,700
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-3,700 |
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3,500
-3,500
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-3,500 |
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|
700 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
We walked up to a 
board just in time to see Maxim Lykov putting out a bet of 1,125 into a pot of about 3,000. He was heads-up, and his opponent tanked and raised to put Lykov to the decision for the 1,600 chips he had left behind. He didn't waste much time calling, and his opponent said, "I can't win."
Lykov turned up 
, and jacks up earns him the double-up to about 8,800.
Across at Randal Flowers' table, they were waiting for a ruling. A short-stack had moved all in for 2,125 with a call behind and with the dealer wanting to make sure on whether Flowers had moved all in or just called. The dealer had not been sure on whether Flowers' bet had been one or two separate actions but Flowers himself was adamant it was the former.
Satisfied, the floorman ruled in Flowers' favour and, the caller of the short stack's all in also called Flowers all in.
Flowers showed 
to the caller's 
and the short stack's 
, the board coming 
and Flowers is up to a chunky 20,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,900
8,200
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8,200 |
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8,700
200
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200 |
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6,200
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
5,700 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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A player in middle position got himself all in for 1,725, and Humberto Brenes reraised to 10,000, isolating himself against the at-risk player. They were flipping.
Showdown
Brenes: 
Opponent:
The board ran out safe for the sharkballs, coming 
to give Brenes the knockout. He's up to about 20,000 now, and he's all smiles over there in the White section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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24,000 | |
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21,300 | |
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21,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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19,000 | |
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16,000 | |
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13,500 | |
|
13,000 | |
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12,000
-900
|
-900 |
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11,300
7,000
|
7,000 |
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10,000
4,300
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4,300 |
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9,900 | |
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8,650
-50
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-50 |
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7,500
1,200
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1,200 |
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|
7,200 | |
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6,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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5,100 | |
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4,600
1,600
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1,600 |
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3,700 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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It's hard to find noteworthy action in a field of this size, but we do notice the chatter as we walk in between the tables.
There was a large rumble of thunder here inside the Pavilion a few minutes ago, and word is spreading on Twitter about a downpour outside. We've seen a few players dash out the door to catch a peek, while nearly everyone else inside the room is talking about this first shower of the 2011 WSOP. It's doing good work knocking down some of the smoke from nearby wildfires that's been hanging in the Las Vegas air today.
