| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
222,000
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222,000 |
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Randolph Koepsel raised from the hijack position to 18,000 and the player in the small blind put in the last of his chips, 9,000.
Small blind: 8♠9♣
Randolph Koepsel: 3♣3♦
The board came out with A♥Q♣K♦10♦4♥ and Koepsel's pair of treys was the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
12,500
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12,500 |
Action picked up on the flop in a hand between Arie Kliper, who was under the gun and the player in the cutoff.
With roughly 50,000 in the pot and the board reading A♦A♥Q♦, Kliper check-called a bet of 11,000.
Kliper check-called again on the 10♠ turn, this time for 35,000. The J♥ river went check-check and Kliper tabled A♠3♠, for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
185,500
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185,500 |
As hand for hand play occurred, PokerNews was flagged over to follow an interesting development among one table.
Thomas Connors had a single 1,000 chip left as he was on the big blind, soon to be all in from the small blind.
However, the most intriguing part was that Connors' seat remained empty for Day 2.
Luckily, the bubble burst shortly before Connors was all in for his last 1,000 securing him the $2,000 min cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Players just received the good news that the bubble has burst and 1,193 players remain. Those remaining have locked up a minimum of $2,000 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Action was caught after the turn came 6♥2♦J♣9♦ and Steven Bates led out for 10,000 from the small blind.
Jeffrey Russell raised to 25,000 from the big blind.
Bates was quick to fold and Russell showed J♥Xx as he took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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184,000
152,500
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152,500 |
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115,000
22,500
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22,500 |
Julie Lang