Christopher Bowen shoved for around 4,000,000 from middle position and Patrick Pilko was the one to put him at risk.
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and the aces held for Bowen to eliminate Pilko in 14th place for $8,424.
Christopher Bowen shoved for around 4,000,000 from middle position and Patrick Pilko was the one to put him at risk.
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and the aces held for Bowen to eliminate Pilko in 14th place for $8,424.
After an open from Todd Saffron under the gun to 1,300,000, Zyad Qasem three bet to 4,000,000 from the hijack. It folded to Andrew Grombacher in the small blind who moved all in for his last 4,200,000 chips. Saffron folded and Qasem called.
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Grombacher flopped a set of sevens on the ![]()
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flop but the
turn gave Qasem the straight and the
river didn't improve Grombacher, sending him out in 15th, good for $8,424.
Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Manuel Bravo Martins open-shoved for around 4,800,000 and Zyad Qasem called him two seats over.
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The ace flopped in the window during the ![]()
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rundown to send Martins packing in 16th place.
After an open from James Todd in early position to 950,000, Caleb McGinn moved all in from the small blind for around 3,000,000 chips and was called by Todd.
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board gave Todd two pair and knocked McGinn out in 17th, good for $8,424.
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Bravo Martins | 4,600,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Richard Stranis | 4,400,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Zayd Qasem | 21,000,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Gerardo Amezola | 4,600,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Richard Alati | 6,600,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Caleb Mcginn | 3,000,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Andrew Grombacher | 2,900,000 |
| 1 | 8 | James Todd | 31,000,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Todd Saffron | 10,700,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Patrick Pilko | 14,000,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Maximo Martinez | 4,600,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Nicholas Sena-Hopkins | 11,100,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Brett Coltman | 13,825,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Elias Neto | 8,400,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Christopher Bowen | 4,000,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Randy Levin | 5,500,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Rigoberto Rodriguez | 6,200,000 |
While the other tables were already waiting on the redraw to two tables, the first and only hand played on the outer table took the better part of ten minutes and ultimately resulted in the bustout of Matthew Vaughan.
It was Rigoberto Rodriguez who opened with a raise to 950,000 in the cutoff, Matthew Vaughan called on the button, and Zyad Qasem called from the big blind. The flop was ![]()
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and Qasem and Rodriguez checked to Vaughan, who bet 950,000. Qasem check-raised to 2,500,000, Rodriguez folded, and Vaughan called after some thought.
On the
turn, Qasem shoved all in, putting Vaughan to the test for his final 4 million in chips. Vaughan spent minutes in the tank before the clock was called on him. The seconds were ticking away as Vaughan was mulling over his decision.
With one second left on the clock, he decided to call it all off but instantly received the bad news.
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Vaughan did have some outs but the
river wasn't one of them, ending his deep run early on Day 3.
Scott Shafman got it all in from early position and Patrick Pilko was the one to look him up.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Pilko improved to aces-up to eliminate Shafman from the tournament in 19th place for $6,839.
Marco Petrusch got his last 5,000,000 into the middle and James Todd was the one to go for the knockout.
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and Todd held on with a pair of nines to eliminate Petrusch in 20th place for $6,839.
Allan Dancer got it in for around 4,500,000 and Brett Coltman was the one to put him at risk.
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The board ran out with no help for Dancer and the aces held to eliminate him in 21st place for $6,839.