After winning a series of smaller pots, Bradley Ruben battled with Charles Sinn to seventh street.
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Ruben called a pair of bets before leading out on sixth street, earning a call from Sinn. Both players checked seventh, and Ruben said "Ten" as he turned over 10-8-5-4-3 to scoop the pot and take over the chip lead.
After the three remaining players sat near even in chips, a pair of back-to-back hands have put Matt Grapenthien on the short stack.
First, versus Charles Sinn with boards reading:
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Grapenthien called bets from Sinn on fourth and fifth streets. Bradley Ruben, who had also called a bet on fourth, folded on fifth.
On sixth street, Sinn continued to improve against Grapenthien, who was forced to fold to another bet.
On the following hand, Grapenthien faced off against just Ruben.
By sixth street, their boards read:
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Grapenthien bet on fourth street with his eight-seven and was called by Ruben, who took the betting lead on fifth and sixth streets after improving his board on both streets.
Grapenthien called on fifth, but folded on sixth after catching the queen, leaving himself with half of what he had in chips just two hands before.
Bradley Ruben tangled with Charles Sinn in back-to-back pots, getting the best of Sinn both times.
In the first hand, the two traded bets until seventh street when Ruben turned over his 7-6-5-4-2 as Sinn mucked.
The next hand also went to showdown, with Ruben again turning over the winner with 9-5-4-2-A. "I'm running so pure right now," Ruben said as he scooped another big pot.
Charles Sinn got to heads-up play with a very aggressive style, but a recent hand has put him in trouble versus Bradley Ruben.
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After Sinn bet fifth street and got called by Ruben, Sinn continued firing on sixth despite picking up a and Ruben a . Ruben raised Sinn's bet, and Sinn folded.
Ruben now has over 75 percent of the chips in play.