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Registration has been closed, the money has been counted and the prize pool has been verified. The 1,604 entrants generated a $2,165,400 prize pool that will pay out the top 162 finishers. A min-cash is worth $2,706 and an appearance at the final table will lock up $56,300.
The bracelet winner will receive $454,835 with the top four all earning six figures.
A player opened to 450 from the cutoff position and action folded over to Andy Frankenberger in the small blind, who re-raised to 850. The big blind got out of the way and the original raiser called to see a flop, which came 
Both players checked to see a turn, which brought the 
. This time, Frankenberger led out for 1,000 and his opponent immediately raised to 4,000. Frankenberger tanked for a bit and then slid his cards into the muck. His opponent slammed down 
, but Frankenberger, who is wearing ear buds and sun glasses, didn't seem to notice.
During the next hand, Frankenberger asked, "Did he show a bluff?"
"Yes," a fellow tablemate said.
"Niiice," Frankenberger replied.
Frankenberger is down to 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,000
-500
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-500 |
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Phil Ivey has an unattended stack in this event that has been blinded down to 2,100. He's currently busy down the hallway in the Amazon Room with a near 100,000 stack in Event 15 $5,000 Seven Card Stud HiLo and is second in chips.
With his stack and this event going on dinner break, we don't expect to see Mr. Ivey over here any time soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100 | |
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Of course as soon as we proclaim that we won't see Phil Ivey for another couple hours he just came walking by our desk. He's taken his seat and we'll try to catch some of his action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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37,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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23,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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22,000 | |
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18,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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17,000
7,300
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7,300 |
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15,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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9,000
2,300
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2,300 |
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7,000
-4,400
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-4,400 |
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7,000 | |
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4,400
-2,600
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-2,600 |
|
Busted | |
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We missed the action but we found Dan Fleyshman getting paid off on the river. Fleyshman had 
in front of him and the board showed 
. His opponent held pocket nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,200
6,300
|
6,300 |
So Phil Ivey has already left our tournament. According to his tablemates, he sat down for two orbits and shoved blind five times. He went 4-4 in his shoves and chipped up to over 15,000, the other blind shove he collected the blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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15,475
13,375
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13,375 |
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Player are now on break for dinner. Cards will be back in the air in 90 minutes.
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The players, and bloggers, have been fed and are ready to play four more levels before they end for the night.