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We missed the exact action, but Brandon Cantu eliminated Yarron Bendor in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Busted | |
Joe Tehan recently tangled with Brandon Cantu and was primed to get all his chips in on fifth, save one purple T500 one. Unfortunately for Tehan, sixth would tripped him up and force him to fold his hand and try for the old poker hail mary . . . "a chip and a chair."
Cantu: (x-x) / 
Tehan: (x-x) / 
Unfortunately for Tehan, he was all in with the ante on the next hand and did not win the hand.
JoeTehan Joseph Out in 23rd place. Was really card dead at the end of the night. Razz is definitely a frustrating game. Gl @BigRiskky
June 10 2012
Shortly thereafter, a short-stacked Ron McMillan was sent to the rail in 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Phil Hellmuth completed and received a call from Jonathan Spinks, who then bet the turn. Hellmuth made the call and both players checked fifth street. "Ah, I thought I had you drawing dead on that one, that's why I checked," Hellmuth admitted in regards to fifth street after Spinks checked sixth. Hellmuth then put out a bet and Spinks made a hesitant call, leaving himself just 12,000 behind
Hellmuth: 
/ 
/ (x)
Spinks: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Spinks checked for a third time on seventh and watched Hellmuth put out another bet. This time Spinks just shook his head and tossed his cards to the muck. Hellmuth then showed . "You knew I had it," he said as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,000
-33,000
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-33,000 |
Brandon Cantu started Level 17 with 4,000 chips. At the time, that was four antes, Now, a level and a half later, he's our chip leader.
Incredible.
| Brendan Taylor |  / / |
| Cantu | /  / |
When we reached the table on fifth street, Cantu tossed out a bet. Taylor called. Cantu fired again on sixth, Taylor again called, and both players checked on seventh. Taylor showed for a queen-nine low, but Cantu's was best for a queen-six low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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275,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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120,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
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Jonathan Spinks got the remainder of his chips in on third street holding / . Gerald Ringe had him at risk with / . Spinks caught a on fourth street, but then was dealt running kings on fifth and sixth. Ringe made a jack-low by sixth, so Spinks was drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000 | |
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Busted | |
| Jeff Mitseff | / / |
| JJ Pruitt | /  / |
| Brandon Cantu | /  / |
We caught the action on fifth street, where Pruitt was already all in. Cantu bet, and Mitseff called. Cantu slowed down, check-calling a bet on sixth, and both players checked on seventh.
Mitseff tabled for a ninety-eight, Cantu mucked, and Pruitt fanned for a ten-seven, eliminating him from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Vladimir Shchmelev completed wand received calls from Jeff Mervis and Michael Chow. When Mervis took the lead on the turn, he bet, Chow called and Shchmelev called off his last 3,000. The rest of the street saw side action between Mervis and Chow, but it became apparent that Shchmelev wasn't going to survive as his hand got progressively worse.
Shchmelev: (x-x) / / (x)
Mervis: (x-x) / / (x)
Chow: / /
Shchmelev was up out of his seat and on the way to the payout desk in 19th place even before Chow revealed his nine low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
The clock has expired and players are now bagging and tagging their chips. We'll grab all the counts in a moment, so stay tuned for those and our recap.
Before the tournament clock read 0:00, Scott Clements was crippled by Brendan Taylor.
| Clements | / / |
| Taylor | / / |
Clements led on fourth street, Taylor called, and then Taylor led out on fifth, sixth and seventh, Clements called him down, then mucked when Taylor fanned .
Clements lost another pot to Brandon Cantu, but doubled through Scott Fischman to bring his total to around 30,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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298,500
23,500
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23,500 |
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288,500
58,500
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58,500 |
|
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||
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287,500
37,500
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37,500 |
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||
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189,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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183,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
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155,000
55,000
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55,000 |
|
149,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
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115,500
-14,500
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-14,500 |
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111,500
-23,500
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-23,500 |
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94,500
49,500
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49,500 |
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93,000
11,000
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11,000 |
|
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91,500
16,500
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16,500 |
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57,500
-102,500
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-102,500 |
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54,500
-20,500
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-20,500 |
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54,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |
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50,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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28,000
-17,000
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-17,000 |
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20,000
-75,000
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-75,000 |
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