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A short-stacked player moved all in preflop, and Daryl Katz had an easy call when he looked down and saw 
. His opponent turned over 
, and the dealer rolled out 
. Katz's aces held without a sweat, and he is up to 235000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
We came up just as the dealer was shipping Hoyt Corkins the pot. He had 
on a 
board and his opponent held 
. Two pair was good enough to win the pot and eliminate a player in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
Mere moments after failing to felt John Strzemp with 
, James Miller managed to do the deed with a much stronger hand.
Holding the , Miller opened for 11,000 and Strzemp, perhaps cluing in Miller after he showed down rags, looked him up with . On the 
flop, Miller made a small bet, and Strzemp took the bait, moving all-in over the top.
If he could call with three-four, a pair of tens was surely good enough, and Miller pushed his chips forward to put the 1997 WSOP Main Event runner-up at risk.
Two bricks completed the board, and Miller's pair was good over Strzemp's ace-high hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
A player in early position moved all in with 
and Robert Varkonyi woke up with 
in late position. He also moved all in and everyone else got out of the way.
The board came 
and the Former Main Event Champion is holding on in search of his second bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
|
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Check out a video of PokerStars Team Pro Mickey Peterson speaking to Kristy about implied odds and how this concept applies to poker.
Donnacha O'Dea has been a force in the poker world since before many participants in year's World Series were born. He's made two Main Event final tables and has a bracelet in pot-limit Omaha. Poker seems to run in the family, as in 2011 his son Eoghan made a Main Event final table as well.
Today, however, he's been flying under the radar, quietly accumulating chips. Unfortunately for O'Dea, he was recently on the wrong end of two coolers. Four limpers entered the pot preflop, and O'Dea checked his option in the big blind. The flop came 
. Three players checked and a player bet 6,500. Alex Kunichoff called, and then Pablo Estrada raised to 21,500 from the small blind. After tanking for a couple minutes, O'Dea raised to 50,000. Action folded around to Estrada, who thought for minute. He asked O'Dea if he held pocket fours, and then decided to call. Estrada turned over 
for a full house, and O'Dea held 
for trip fours. O'Dea was drawing to a single out, which never materialized, and the poker great lost a large chunk of his stack.
Soon after, O'Dea held pocket kings against Robert Varkonyi's pocket aces, and he's been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
94,400
|
94,400 |
|
Busted | |
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|
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Our remaining seniors have departed the Amazon Room in search of sustenance, and they will return in one hour to resume play.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Dinner break is over and play in Event #26 has resumed.
On a flop of 
, Kimberley Kilroy bet 25,000 Beth Gains raised to 60,000. Kilroy tanked for a minute, and eventually announced that she was all-in. Gains called and turned over 
for a flush draw, while Kilroy held 
for an overpair and a straight draw. The turn was the 
, giving Kilroy a set, and also giving Gains outs to a chop if a four or nine fell on the river. The river was actually the , no help to Gains. Kilroy doubled up, and Gains was knocked down to 30,000.
With the big blind now at 6,000. Gains was very short-stacked. She got all her chips in the middle preflop a few hands later, but her was dominated by , and the board again offered no help, eliminating her from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
301,300
|
301,300 |
|
Busted |
