Anton Smirnov has a massive stack of 480,000 and looks to be the chip leader here in the Mixed Max.
This is Smirnov's fifth cash of the summer. His largest (for $10,140) was his reward for a 14th-place finish in the Ante-Up event last week.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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480,000
411,100
|
411,100 |
Take a look at the players who finished in 37th through 42nd place and picked up $6,969 for their efforts:
| 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 | |
We walked up to Hunter Cichy and Jeremy Joseph in the blinds preflop. Cichy was facing a reraise from Joseph and thought for a moment before moving all in. Joseph then went into the tank, eventually making the call.
Cichy: 
Joseph: 
The board ran out 
and Joseph hit the rail in 35th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The action passed to Kevin Buck in the small blind and he raised all-in for around 30,000. Johan Guilbert quickly called to put Buck at risk of busting.
Buck: 
Guilbert: 
The 
flop was safe for Guilbert's nines, as was the 
turn. The 
improved Guilbert to an unnecessary full house and Buck exited the tournament area to collect his money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
Nick Grippo and Felix Trau got it all-in preflop. This spelled bad news for Grippo, who had 
versus the of Trau.
The board ran out 
and Grippo was gone in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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352,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
440,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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370,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
350,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
255,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
250,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
240,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
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|
210,000
171,200
|
171,200 |
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207,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
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200,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
200,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
170,000
-156,000
|
-156,000 |
|
140,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
125,000
-132,000
|
-132,000 |
|
125,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
|
112,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
73,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Mark Herm raised to 12,500 from under-the-gun and Jared Jaffee three-bet to 28,000 from the button. The action folded Back to Herm, who mulled over his options for around 90-seconds. Herm finally settled on an all-in bet of 120,000. Jaffee took a look at his cards and called.
Jaffee:
Herm: 
Another coinflip would determine the fate of a tournament poker player. The 
flop kept Jaffee's nines ahead, but gave Herm plenty of outs to win. The 
turn was a complete blank, but the 
on the river double paired the board and counterfeited Jaffee's nines, leaving Herm to win the large pot by virtue of his ace kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
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|
250,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
These players were recently eliminated and each received $8,164:
| 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 |
Xiao Peng raised to 12,000 from the button and Jared Jaffee defended his big blind. Jaffee checked the 
flop and Peng checked behind.
Jaffee then checked the turn, Peng bet 14,000 and Jaffee check-raised to 30,000. Peng called. Jaffee led for 40,000 on the 
river and Peng let her hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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610,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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335,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
