With the bubble looming, here is another update for stacks around the room.
With the bubble looming, here is another update for stacks around the room.
Bret Beebe was just all in preflop from the big blind for 53,500 with ![]()
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from the cutoff.
The board ran out ![]()
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and Beebe secured the double up, bringing his stack to around average with less than 50 players needing to bust out before the bubble bursts.
A player raised all in from under the gun for 30,000 and action folded around to Phil Hellmuth, who announced he was all in for around 77,000. The players in the blinds folded and both players were off to the races.
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The board ran out ![]()
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, securing the knockout for Hellmuth. "Ah, the queen! Nice hand, Phil!" said his opponent as he got up from his seat. Hellmuth was silent as he raked in the pot.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
With around 100 eliminations remaining until the tournament is in the money, here are some more chip counts from around the room.
The tournament clock displays 540 players remaining as the last two hours of play are solidly underway.
Aaron Massey was just seen leaving his seat and exiting the tournament room. According to Jon Williams, Massey raised from middle position to 5,500 and Williams three-bet all in for 58,800 from the big blind. Massey called off his remaining 50,000 or so chips and the two were off to the races.
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flop came in Williams' favor and while the
turn gave Massey more outs for the double up, the river came a brick and the dealer sent the pot Williams' way.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Players are coloring up their T-100 chips and taking their final 15-minute break of the evening.
According to another player at the table, Matt Affleck just got mountains of chips all in preflop with ![]()
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and did not end up holding. After spending most of the day near the top of the leaderboard, he now finds himself with a below average stack going into the final break of the night.