As we were watching a big hand that put Brandon Cantu back in contention (which we'll be writing about next), a short-stacked Ted Forrest was eliminated by Scott Fischman. We're not sure of the latter's hand, but we do know that it was better than Forrest's eventual 
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Forrest won this event back in 1993, but his elimination in 30th place means Barry Greenstein is the last former champ remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Brandon Cantu had a stack of just 4,000. He managed to double that and then took down another pot to get up to 32,000, and there was no looking back from there. You see, it was at that point that Cantu completed with a and was called by Ron McMillan. Calvin Anderson then raised, Cantu three-bet and McMillan got out of the way. Anderson made the call and then the two proceeded to get Cantu's stack in on the turn.
Cantu: 
/ 
/ 
Anderson: 
/ 
/ (x)
We didn't get a look at Anderson's last card, but it didn't matter as Cantu made an eight low to chip up to 75,000. From there, Cantu went on to bust Michael Noori in 29th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
96,000
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96,000 |
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21,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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Busted | |
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Sam Grizzle completed with a , Scott Abrams raised with an , and Grizzle moved all in. Abrams called, and the boards ran out like this.
Grizzle: / 
Abrams: 
/ 
Abrams turned over a on seventh to give him an unbeatable eighty-seven low. Grizzle turned over a , and the last words he said were, "I finally got a good card."
Grizzle finished in 27th place and followed Larry Wright, who was eliminated in 28th place, to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
43,500
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43,500 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
allenbari Allen Bari Min cash razz.. Busto 23rd, really tired of seeing people try and light it on fire and being rewarded.. #skillgame
June 10 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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"Nice hand," we heard Peter Brownstein say before making a hasty exit to the payout desk. We headed over and saw that he was drawing dead headed into seventh against Brandon Cantu.
Brownstein: / / (x)
Cantu: / /
With that, Cantu has went from 4,000 to 172,500 in just 40 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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172,500
72,500
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72,500 |
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Busted | |
| Phil Hellmuth |  / / |
| Vladimir Shchmelev | / / |
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Hellmuth check-called a bet from Shchmelev. Hellmuth check-called bets on fifth and sixth as well, then check-raised on seventh. Shchmelev called, and was very unhappy to see Hellmuth's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
98,000
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98,000 |
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55,000
58,500
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58,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
46,000
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46,000 |
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| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Greenstein | 45,000 |
| 2 | Scott Fischman | 160,000 |
| 3 | Jared Bleznick | 75,000 |
| 4 | Don Zewin | 130,000 |
| 5 | Scott Abrams | 82,000 |
| 6 | Vladimir Shchmelev | 70,000 |
| 7 | Jeff Mervis | 135,000 |
| 8 | Michael Chow | 75,000 |
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Wallace | 150,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Spinks | 45,000 |
| 3 | Gerald Ringe | 120,000 |
| 4 | Ron McMillan | 6,000 |
| 5 | Phil Hellmuth | 180,000 |
| 6 | David Rosenau | 110,000 |
| 7 | Chris Viox | 80,000 |
| 8 | Calvin Anderson | 38,000 |
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Tehan | 26,000 |
| 2 | Yarron Bendor | 17,000 |
| 3 | Jeff Misteff | 100,000 |
| 4 | JJ Pruitt | 58,000 |
| 5 | Dan O’Brien | 47,000 |
| 6 | Scott Clements | 215,000 |
| 7 | Brendan Taylor | 108,000 |
| 8 | Brandon Cantu | 180,000 |
Level: 18
Limits: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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180,000
7,500
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7,500 |
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180,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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|
160,000
94,500
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94,500 |
|
150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
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|
135,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
130,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
120,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
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|
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
108,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
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||
|
|
100,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
82,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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80,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
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75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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|
75,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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|
|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
58,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
47,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
45,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
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|
45,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
38,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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|
26,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
17,000
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
6,000
96,000
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96,000 |
