Roberts Back From the Brink
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Christian Roberts: XxXx / 10x6x10x - folded on fifth street
Joao Vieira: XxXx / 2x5x3x
Christian Roberts called and then called again when Joao Vieira completed. Roberts called a bet on fourth street before folding fifth to drop to around 140,000.
Christian Roberts: XxXx / 2x8xQx - folded on fifth street
Brian Rast: XxXx / Ax5x3x
Two hands later, Brian Rast completed and called when Roberts raised. Rast caught well on fourth and fifth street, and folded out Roberts to his final big bet.
Christian Roberts: 10xAx / 2x10x9x6x / Xx 
Maksim Pisarenko: 6x5x / 2x9xKx4x / 4x
Nikolay Ponomarev: Ax - folded third street
On the next deal, Nikolay Ponomarev called before Maksim Pisarenko completed. Roberts raised all-in for his last 47,000 with Pisarenko being the only caller.
Pisarenko ended up with 9-6-5-4-2 by seventh. Roberts was behind going into seventh with a ten-nine low, but was still drawing live. He celebrated triumphantly when he peeled a 5x to make the superior 9-6-5-2-A
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,325,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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725,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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700,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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160,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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