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It folded around to Gabriel Nassif in the small blind and he moved all in for just over ten big blinds. He probably wished he hadn’t when he heard, “Call.”
Nassif turned over 
and needed to beat 
.
The cards came out 
and Nassif’s two pair gave him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
23,000
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23,000 |
David Stamm had turned a small stack at the start into a decent weapon but his tournament life just came to an end after defending the big blind with the 
. Libson raised in middle position and then called the check-raise on the 
flop from 5,600 to 19,500.
On the 
turn, Stamm moved all in and Libson called with the 
. The 
river was a blank and Libson emerged as our new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000
127,000
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127,000 |
|
Busted |
Down to only 15,000, Goran Mandic moved all in from the cutoff and Nathaen Blankenship moved all in from the small blind. The big blind inquired about the breaking order and whether or not he may stay in his seat until the end of the day as it was the last table to break. He then folded.
Blankenship: 
Mandic: 
The 
board delivered no improvement for the Croatian and he has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Places 63 to 55 all went home with $3,706. The next pay jump is to $4,253.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Daniel Wickett just stood up and Simon Tse raked in the chips, the board was almost rushed away but we could still see the 
on the flop. Wicket had 
and Tse pocket deuces, the remaining stack went all in after the turn and Wickett could not hit the two outer anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
129,900
|
129,900 |
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Busted |
Will Givens lost a chunk of change late in the last level trying to bust a short stack but it hasn’t taken him long to repair the damage and then some.
Givens opened for 5,000 and the big blind Adil Sbai defended. It was heads up to a flop of 
rainbow. Sbai checked to Givens who bet 4,500 and got a call. The turn card was the which now put two clubs on board.
Checked to Givens again and he went for a bet of 11,000 which Sbai called and the river completed the board. Checked to Givens who bet for a third time, putting out 22,000. Sbai moved all in and Givens made the call with . All Sbai could show was the 
.
The more chips Givens gathers, the more relaxed he is at the table and he is talking up a storm to his opponents at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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Sergey Pomerantsev picked up 
from early position and Gabriel Nassif held 
in the big blind. The most obvious thing happened between the two short-stacks and all chips went in. Nassif scored the two-outer on the 
board and the Russian was left with only 900 chips.
Of those, 400 went in as ante for the next hand and he was forced all in for the last 500 chips with . He went into showdown against 
and the 
board was another punch right under the chin. Poker can be such a cruel game at times.
Just a few moments after that, Adil Sbai and Andrew Kloc headed to the payout desk. Sbai had lost the majority of his chips against Will Givens not that long ago and could not run up the remaining 13 big blinds anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Faraz Jaka’s stack has been up and down for most of the day, but it just took a healthy uptick when he called a shove with . He was pretty happy with his call considering he faced .
The cards came out 
and Jaka reached out and grabbed the chips to add to his own.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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All these four well-known names are (slightly) below average:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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95,000 | |
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45,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
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40,000
-40,000
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-40,000 |
Shelby Standley had opened and was called by Martin Finger. They got to the turn card of a board reading and Standley bet 21,000. Finger had just over 40,000 behind and was puzzling it out, trying to figure out what Standley was up to.
In the end, Finger let it go, but his curiosity was satisfied when Standley first showed him the and couldn’t resist showing him his second card 
.
“Pretty loose,” Finger said of the preflop action
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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42,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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