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Raj Kattamuri was getting short stacked and desperate against David Benefield. Kattamuri got his money in on the turn holding 
. Benefield called holding 
on a 
board. Kattamuri needed a king or a nine to stay alive, but he bricked when it came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
144,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The first round of matches for today have all come to a close. The round of 32 begins at 4 p.m.
Level: 1
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
George Wolff vs Andrew Pantling
Julian Powell vs Cory Wood
Trevor Pope vs Gregg Merkow
Vojtech vs John Racener
Darren Kramer vs Leif Force
George Lind vs Jeremy Ausmus
Andy Seth vs Mike Sexton
Sampo Ryyannen vs Andy Frankenberger
Jason Koon vs Jonathan Clancy
Bryce Yockey vs Josh Arieh
Sebastion Saffari vs Matt Jarvis
Annette Obrestad vs Tres Davis
Simeon Naydenov vs Ashkan Razavi
Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs David Williams
David Benefield vs Victor Ramdin
David Schnettler vs. Scott Davies
Vojtech Ruzicka is up against John Racener this round and the two made it to the river in a hand where the board read 
. The pot had swelled to around 25,000 and Ruzicka bet 19,2000. Racener tanked for three minutes before releasing his hand.
Josh Arieh and Bryce Yockey also made it to the river in a hand. The board read 
and Arieh's 17,200 bet with 
was paid off by his opponent who held 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Mike Sexton has Andy Seth down to his last rebuy lammer. In the first 20 minutes he took his first lammer and right before the level change he took the other. Seth moved all in preflop and Sexton called.
Seth: 
Sexton: 
The board ran 
and Seth gave the dealer his last rebuy chip.
Sexton has incentive to play fast, he's also in Event 4 Stud HiLo with an average stack.
board. David Benefield set him and he snap-folded. Ramdin down to 19,000 and one lammer.
board. She tank-called but mucked when Davis opened 
for a full-house.
Victor Ramdin never recovered from disadvantaged position in his match against David Benefield. The latter is the first player through to the round of 16.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
288,000 | 144,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
