On a board of 
and the pot around 110,000, we found Ronnie Bardah betting out 84,000 into his opponent in the big blind.
Bardah's opponent went into the tank for a minute before eventually releasing his hand to see Bardah climb to 335,000 in chips.
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We came upon a three-way hand involving a middle position player, Dutch Boyd (button), and Alexandre Chieng (big blind), with all three having contributed preflop to create a pot of about 40,000.
The flop came 
, and Cheing responded with an all-in push for 76,000 total. The player in the middle folded, then Boyd thought for a while as he counted out the calling chips, then counted what remained to see it was 39,000.
Finally Boyd let his hand go, and now he and Chieng sit with stacks of less than 150,000.
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Darryl Ronconi opened the button to 16,000 and Michael Ferguson called from the small blind to see a 
flop fall.
Ronconi continued for 23,000 and Ferguson check-called as the 
rolled off on the turn and he check-called 35,000.
The river landed the and Ferguson pushed out 25,000 which was followed by a quick muck from Ronconi as he slipped to 165,000 while Ferguson climbed to 428,000 in chips.
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The action started with Greg Mueller opening from under the gun plus one, as the table folded around to Dyler Denson in the small blind. He opted to move all in, for an additional 217,000. Mueller contemplated for a minute, before making the call.
Mueller: 
Denson: 
“It’s the hand I went bust in the One Drop with,” said Mueller, after tabling his cards.
The flop came down 
, keeping Denson in front, but giving Mueller extra outs.
The 
and 
were no help for Mueller, as he dropped down to 255,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
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After losing some chips in a previously posted pot, Boyd continued his slide.
Herbert Farber bet 22,000 on a board of 
, and Boyd exchanged some friendly words with him before calling. The river came a 
, and Farber checked. Boyd checked it back, and Farber took the pot with 
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Boyd has just a handful of big blinds left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
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Ivan Demidov has just found a lucky double after finding himself all in holding 
against Mikolaj Zawadzki's .
The board ran out 
to see Demidov hit his two-outer to stay alive with roughly 185,000 in chips.
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88,000
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42,000
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Rupert Elder was all in and at risk for roughly 200,000 on a flop of holding 
. Unfortunately for the Brit, Keanu Tabali had him at risk with for bottom set, and the turn and river bricked , respectively.
"Nice hand, man," Elder told Tabali. "Good luck, everybody."
Tabali now sits with around 900,000 chips, and received a little rubbing from Jonathan Jaffe after the hand. Apparently, Tabali tanked for a considerable amount of time during the hand, and Jaffe warned Tabali that he would call the clock in the future.
Tabali didn't seem too phased. "That's your right," he said.
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Vladimir Geshkenbein opened with a raise to 13,000 from the button. SImon Lam flatted from the small blind, and Webber Kang shoved for 75,000 from the big blind. Geshkebein quickly called, and Lam elected to four-bet to 225,000. Geshkebein moved all in and Lam instantly called, creating a three-way pot worth more than 1.1 million.
Kang:
Geshkebein: 
Lam: 
The board ran out an uneventful 
, and Lam eclipsed the 1 million mark for the first time. Geshkebein was left with 820,000, and Kang made his way to the payouts table.
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803,000
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500,000
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