With the last elimination of JJ Liu, the tournament has now entered hand-for-hand play. All except one of the remaining 40 players will be awarded a min-cash of $2,276
William 'Twooopair' Reymond won the first of four World Series of Poker online events this summer, so he certainly takes the spotlight of our 888 Poker Online Update.
On the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play both Frank Kassela and Abdel Hamid found themselves all in and at risk. Kassela shoved blind versus blind with a 
and drew a 
but his opponent had tabled a 
and drew a to best Kassela.
On the other table, a three-way pot saw Hamid at risk and falling to an opponent's 
with Hamid managing just a 
hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Robert Mizrachi opened from middle position to 4,00. Daniel Weinman didn't take to long to shove all in for 30,000 to put Mizrachi at risk. Mizrachi snap-called and both players quickly stood pat. Weinman showed 
to bust Mizrachi in 38th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
20,450
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20,450 |
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Busted | |
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It was unclear how the betting went but Jon Turner was all in and at risk in a three-way pot involving Maria Ho and James Morgan. Morgan stood pat while Ho and Turner each swapped one.
Morgan and Ho checked and Morgan tabled a . Ho revealed a , drawing an 
and Turner turned over a with a live draw but his day would end with a pair, pulling a .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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124,000
53,650
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53,650 |
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16,000
-33,300
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-33,300 |
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Busted |
Ray Henson opened to 3,000 from under the gun. Daniel Weinman and Stuart Rutter both called. Henson drew two, Weinman drew one, and Rutter opted to draw two.
Henson checked and Weinman put out a bet of 12,000. Rutter went into the tank before electing to fold, Henson released his hand into the muck as well and Weinman took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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41,125
-4,425
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-4,425 |
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39,000
39,000
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39,000 |
Daniel Weinman opened under the gun to 3,000 and Maria Ho called from the big blind. Maria drew one with Weinman deciding to stand pat. Maria thought for a bit before putting out a bet of 5,500. Weinman thought for a minute before deciding to muck and Maria adds the needed chips to her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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27,000
11,000
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11,000 |
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break while the T-25 chips are raced off.
Illya Trincher opened to 3,200 on the button, James Alexander put in a three-bet from the small blind to 11,200. The betting wasn't finished however as Matt Szymaszek then put in a four-bet to 21,600. Trincher didn't need too long to decide on a call with Alexander reluctantly folding. Szymaszek drew one with Trincher standing pat. "Ten," said Trincher showing the which was good and Szymaszek mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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189,600
83,600
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83,600 |
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38,925
-21,600
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-21,600 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 400
