James Nelson has just secured a double-up in spectacular fashion after hitting quads. He was all in with pocket fours, and up against his opponent's 
, the board ran out 
to move him up to 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000
88,000
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88,000 |
Todd Dalrymple shoved all in from the hijack and Jim McCrink was up next to act. McCrink decided to also shove with the bigger stack. The rest folded.
Todd Dalrymple: 
Jim McCrink: 
The board ran out 
for the queens of McCrink to hold and eliminate Dalrymple from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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326,000
102,000
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102,000 |
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Busted |
Tommy Townsend had gone all in from mid-position and was at risk as he was called by Jean-Paul Pasqualini in the cutoff with the bigger stack.
Tommy Townsend: 
Jean-Paul Pasqualini: 
The board ran out 
to give Townsend a straight draw on the flop and the two pair on the river to double up for the 406,000 he had in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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836,000
622,000
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622,000 |
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250,000
-332,000
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-332,000 |
Andreas Dassopoulos and Frank Sundey were the first two players to be eliminated today before catching the pay jump to $5,063.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Ron Bishop raised to 25,000 from the cutoff, and Rachel Delatorre moved all in for 104,000 after the button had folded. Start of day chip leader Bishop made the call and saw he was behind.
Rachel Delatorre: 
Ron Bishop: 
Board: 
Delatorre held with her pocket nines to secure a double, as Bishop was knocked off the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800,000
-286,000
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-286,000 |
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230,000
105,000
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105,000 |
Gus Hansen has been playing predominately high stakes cash games. However, he makes his debut appearance at 2018's World Series of Poker for the Poker Players Championship event. Sasha Salinger of PokerNews catches up with what Gus Hansen has been up to and what inspired him to register the Poker Players Championship event. Does playing high stakes mixed cash games put him at an advantage or a disadvantage in a field full of professional poker players who play many high roller tournaments a year?
Rachel Delatorre has just eliminated Michael Lang with 
on the 
board. Delatorre is now sporting a stack of over 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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430,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Busted |
William Wilkinson had Jeffrey Miller, and Stephen Roselius covered when all three players were all in for a pot worth 1.7 million.
William Wilkinson:
Stephen Roselius:
Jeffrey Miller: 
The flop and turn came down all low cards, and Miller was set for a triple up, but when the river was revealed to be an ace, Wilkinson won both the main and side pots to send both players to the rail and become the new chip leader in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
686,000
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686,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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