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We came to the action as the the chips were being counted and saw a board of 
. Matthew Moore had the 
for the nut flush and Brandon Yu was paying him off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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345,000 | 95,000 |
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195,000 | -245,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Action started with an early position player raising it up to 12,000. Two spots over, Cody Slaubaugh reraised it to 29,000. It got back around to the original raiser, and he made a massive all in move of around 200,000. Slaubaugh had about 230,000 himself, so it was for nearly all his chips, and he made the call.
Slaubaugh: 
Opponent: 
The winner of this race was going to vault into the top five in chip counts, and you know by the title that Slaubaugh's queens held, as the board ran down 
. After winning that hand, Slaubaugh jumped up to 440,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000 | 251,000 |
We heard the rail behind Kerstetter calling for an ace. By the time we got over there the cards were being shuffled but Kerstetter was stacking a nice pile of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | 82,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger had just been moved to Garry Gates's table, and within a few minutes, he was out. Lichtenberger started the action by raising to 13,000 from the cutoff. Gates made the call out of the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Gates check called a bet of 15,000 from Lichtenberger, and the hit the turn. Gates checked again, and Lichtenberger fired out 24,000, leaving himself about 80,000 behind. Gates tanked for a bit before check raising all in, putting Lichtenberger to a decision for all his chips. He called it off, and saw that he was drawing very slim.
Lichtenberger: 
Gates: 
It was the perfect flop for Gates, who flopped bottom set to Lichtenberger's top pair. Gates would only lose the hand if a four came on the river, but that didn't happen, as the 
came. After that hand, Gates is up to 427,500, and is in the top five chip counts with just 50 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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427,500 | |
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Busted |
The money was all in preflop between Jamie Kerstetter and her opponent.
Kerstetter: 
Opponent: 
Kerstetter found her ace right on the 
flop. The 
turn and 
river meant Kerstetter was getting a much a needed double up. She still has work to do as she is sitting on a below average chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000 | 21,000 |
Allen Cunningham raised to 12,000 from middle position and the player in the cutoff made it 30,000 to go. When action came back to Cunningham he called.
Both players checked the 
flop. Cunningham check-called the player in the cutoff's bet of 22,000 on the 
turn. Cunningham appeared to like the 
river as he led for 39,000. His opponent took a while but eventually called and mucked his hand once Cunningham showed his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
258,000 | 140,000 |
On the first hand back from dinner, Garry Gates added another bounty to his collection. He and his opponent got in a preflop raising war that saw all of his opponent's chips go into the middle.
Gates: 
Opponent: 
It was a classic race, but Gates shot out to the lead when the flop came 
. Gates was now looking to just fade two queens or runner runner straight, and the turn was the . The river gave Gates an unnecessary full house, coming the , and after winning that hand, Gates is now up to 339,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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339,000 |
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The players are in their seats again, and the cards are in the air.
