Michael Aron is sitting on a stack of about 1,130,000 after sending yet another player to the rail.
A series of raises preflop led to his opponent all in for about 170,000 with 
. Aron held 
and took the lead when the flop came down 
. While his opponent picked up a flush draw, it never came as the 
turn and 
river gave the pot to Aron.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,130,000
300,000
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300,000 |
Each earned $8,728.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
A player in middle position moved all in for about 53,000 and was called by Matthew Wierzel in the small blind.
Wierzel tabled 
, slightly trailing the of his opponent. However, the board rolled out 
to give the pot to Wierzel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Thomas Miller opened the action with a bet to 18,000 and was quickly called by Erik Cajelais from the cutoff. Thomas Phillips pushed out a three-bet to 38,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Miller who shook his head and mucked. Cajelais opted to tag along, however.
The dealer showed the two a flop of 
and Cajelais checked. Phillips continued out for 33,000 and Phillips grabbed a handful of chips while announcing a raise. Cajelais made it 90,000 to go.
After about twenty seconds, Phillips announced that he was all in and Cajelais hand snapped into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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432,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
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165,000
-90,000
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-90,000 |
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We caught up to find Soi Nguyen all in holding 
against his opponent's 
.
The board fell 
and Nguyen was able to double up to roughly 57,500.
John Nelson opened with a raise in early position and Erik Cajelais shoved from the small blind for about an additional 150,000.
Nelson gave it some thought before calling with 
. Cajelias trailed with 
and wasn't able to catch up as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
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Busted | |
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Each earned $10,436.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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We caught up to the action to see 120,000 being pushed into the middle each from both Carter Phillips and JC Tran. Thomas Miller opted to get out of the way, only committing about 60,000 on the flop. The board read 
and Phillips and Tran both saw a turn of .
Phillips wasted no time putting a bet of 145,000 in the middle and JC Tran went into the tank for over five minutes. The clock was called on him and about thirty seconds into his time bank Tran meekly moved his cards into the muck.
The huge pot was pushed the way of Carter Phillips who is sitting on about 660,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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660,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
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290,000
-400,000
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-400,000 |
After Drew Crawford raised in the cutoff, Joe Cada went all in for 70,000 from the small blind.
Crawford called with , trailing Cada's 
. The board ran out 
to give Cada a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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252,000
-68,000
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-68,000 |
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152,000
81,500
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81,500 |
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The players are on their final 20-minute break of the day.
