Griffeth Doubles, Others Eliminated
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Kyle Arora opened to 33,000 in middle position and Roongsak Griffeth three-bet to 90,000 a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Arora who called to see a flop of 
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Arora checked to Griffeth who continued with a bet of 100,000 and Arora called. The turn brought the 
and Arora checked once more. Griffeth shipped all in for 349,000 and Arora asked for a quick count before calling.
Griffeth flipped over 
for a set of aces and Arora was down to just once out with 
for a set of nines. The river was the 
and Griffeth scored a big double up.
Meanwhile, Barry Greenstein, Kitty Kuo, and Danny Chang were all missing from their seats and have been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,480,000 | -1,718,000 |
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1,110,000 | 791,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
, but he was up against the 
and Lehr shipped a monster pot. For Moneymaker, it was the first major setback for him in four days.
showing and over 700,000 already in the middle, Lim jammed putting her opponents stack at risk. 
— keeping Prydvor best with his jacks and eliminating Prehm from contention.
flop but it also gave his opponent a gutshot straight draw. 
paired the board on the turn and Waxman faded the river as it fell the 
flop left Machina's chances looking slim, until the 
hit the turn to put him way ahead. The 
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on the turn. Both players checked and the 
