Table 402 is the final table to arrive at heads-up play. Jason Papastavrou was the player to hit the rail with a min-cash, while Ian Johns and Hooman Nikzad will now fight it out for a spot at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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65,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Busted | |
With the flop reading 
, Victor Ramdin fired out a bet. Justin Bonomo quickly called and the turn brought the 
. Ramdin check-raised Bonomo on this street, and Bonomo called once again.
The 
came on the river and Ramdin bet out once again. Bonomo raised and Ramdin quickly called.
"Kings and eights," said Bonomo, flipping up 
.
Ramdin let out an unhappy grunt and showed 
.
"Unbelievable, buddy, unbelievable," said Ramdin. Ramdin had Bonomo down to very few chips before this pot. Bonomo now has a few more chips to work with in his battle against Ramdin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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116,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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35,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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Brock Parker has overcome his heads-up opponent Brandon Meyers to make it through to the final table. We came to Table 410 with a flop showing 
and Meyers short stacked against Parker. A check from Parker and Meyers would bet. Parker made the call and a 
hit the turn. This time Parker would lead and Meyers would commit the rest of his chips. Parker flicked in enough to call and the two players turned their hands over.
Parker: 
Meyers: 
Meyers was in trouble, needing a club to survive and when the 
hit the river, it was all over. Parker heads to the final table with 164,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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164,500
49,500
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49,500 |
|
Busted |
When heads up play began at table 404, Millie Shiu had a commanding chip lead. Having just vanquished a top limit hold'em player in the form of Matt Matros, it looked like Shiu was on an easy cruise to the final table.
However, as the past hour or so of play has worn on, her opponent, Preston Derden, has battled back and gained the chip lead. In fact, Derden currently sits where Shiu was when heads up play began. The two have swapped spots with Derden sitting on 115,000 to Shiu's 45,000. Shiu is the last remaining woman in the field today and will have to win this match to give women everywhere a hope of taking down a gold bracelet for the ladies in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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45,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
When we were over at Justin Bonomo's table recently he had a stack of more than 70,000 and was edging ever-closer to Ramdin. However he recently lost a pot when he and Ramdin played a hand that saw a 
board spread out and Ramdin scooping up the chips when he turned over 
at showdown. Despite losing that hand, Bonomo is still in great shape compared to just 20 minutes ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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49,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Here is how the heads-up battle is traveling over on Table 14 at the moment. As you can see, Christopher Hartman is currently holding slightly less than a 2-1 chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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98,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
58,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Over at Table 403, Ian Johns is trailing behind Hooman Nikzad. We recently caught up to find Johns raise preflop and receive a call from Nikzad.
The flop fell 
and Nikzad check-raised a bet from Johns. Johns called and the fell on fourth. Nikzad kept the pressure on, pushing out another bet. Johns peered at his cards, gave a sigh, and sent them to the muck.
Nikzad has a dominating chip lead with about 123,000 in chips to Johns' 36,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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123,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
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36,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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Level: 6
Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Darin Thomas currently holds quite the chip lead over Daniel Walker over on Table 405. One of these players will be heading to the final table and one of them will be going home with a min-cash for all their hard work.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000
33,000
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33,000 |
|
45,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
After a grueling heads up match, Victor Ramdin was able to defeat Justin Bonomo. Ramdin had Bonomo against the ropes several times, but Bonomo just refused to go quietly into the good night. Bonomo was able to river a king twice against Ramdin, both times when Ramdin had pocket pairs. We caught the instance where Ramdin held earlier in the blog and Ramdin told us it happened again when he held pocket tens.
During the final hand, the two players got it all in preflop. Ramdin was slightly ahead holding the 
against Bonomo's 
. Bonomo failed to improve and Ramdin was able to lock down a seat at tomorrow's final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,500
60,500
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60,500 |
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Busted | |
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