Ben Lamb and Jon Turner went to the draw with around 8,000 in the pot when Lamb bet 17,500 from the small blind. Turner called in the hijack.
Lamb had the goods, turning over 7x5x4x3x2x for a wheel to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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80,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Jon Turner raised to 1,800 from under the gun and was called by Walter Chambers in the hijack and Robert Wells in the cutoff.
Turner drew two and both Chambers and Wells took two off.
Action then checked through and Chambers revealed a lone 10x, which got a muck from Wells.
"No good," Turner said and he tabled 7x6x5x3x2x. Chambers sent his hand into the muck upon seeing it and Turner added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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112,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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62,000
62,000
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62,000 |
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60,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Hal Rotholz was all in for 23,000 from the hijack as Chance Kornuth put him at risk in the big blind.
Kornuth stood pat and turned over 8x7x4x3x2x, while Rotholz drew one holding 8x7x4x3x. Rotholz peeled another 8x to make a pair as Kornuth secured the pot to send Rotholz to the rail.
While Rotholz was making his exit, Phil Ivey was jumping into the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000 | |
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55,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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Busted | |
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Jonathan Park opened to 1,500 from under the gun and was three-bet to 6,200 by Philip Sternheimer, who was on the button. Action folded back to Park, who four-bet to 15,000.
Undeterred, Sternheimer announced he was all in and Park quickly let his hand go to award Sternheimer the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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55,000
8,000
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8,000 |
James Obst in the hijack and Jen Harman on the button went on a preflop raising war until both players had all their chips in the middle.
Both players stood pat and Obst showed 7x5x4x3x2x for a wheel. Harman flashed a 7-6 as she mucked. The stacks were counted down and Obst had 70,000 remaining. He barely had Harman covered, and Harman pushed the rest of her stack over to Obst as she made her exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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Busted | |
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Around 30,000 was in the pot as four players went to the draw. Action then checked around to Brian Breck and he bet 17,000 from the button.
Pedro Bromfman called under the gun, while Hye Park and Yehuda Buchalter both folded. Bromfman showed Qx8x7x5x4x and Breck also flashed a queen as he mucked, shooting up from his seat and walking away from the table for a moment while the pot was pushed to Bromfman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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110,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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65,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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50,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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40,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Christopher Claassen opened to 1,300 on the button and was called by James Obst in the big blind.
Both players drew two and then Obst led out for 3,000.
Claassen looked Obst up and Obst announced, "Sevens," — prompting Claassen to show 9x8x7x3x2x to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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135,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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23,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Players are going on another 15-minute break.
The tournament clock currently shows 93 entries, with 80 players remaining.
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Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 1,200
