Hand #79-82: Small Exchanges
Level 23
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #79: Shankar Pillai raised from the small blind and Brett Apter folded his big blind.
Hand #80: Pillai raised to 85,000 on the button and won the blinds.
Hand #81: Pillai raised to 85,000 from the cutoff and Tommy Nguyen called from the big blind. The dealer spread a flop of 
and Nguyen checked. Pillai fired 70,000 and Nguyen check-called. The turn was the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Both players checked it again and Nguyen tabled 
to win the pot with kings and queens.
Hand #82: Nguyen limped from the small blind and Pillai checked. The flop was 
and Nguyen fired 50,000 Pillai folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,400,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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