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Level: 12
Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds
2-7 Triple Draw
Lloyd Frensemeier bet from the big blind after the first draw and Dzmitry Urbanovich called on the button.
Both players drew one and Frensemeier checked to Urbanovich, who bet. Frensemeier called and they each drew one again, and Urbanovich then bet. Frensemeier again called.
Urbanovich showed 8x7x4x3x2x, and Frensemeier mucked.
In the 982nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are joined by Matt Savage at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas.
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2-7 Triple Draw
Small blind Brad Owen was all in for a pot of around 20,000 against Ryan Miller in the cutoff. He drew two on the second draw, with Miller standing pat behind.
Owen again drew two on the final draw. Miller remained pat, and the players showed.
Brad Owen: 7x4x3x 
Ryan Miller: 8x7x6x3x2x
Owen was drawing slim, and he pulled QxQx to officially be eliminated.
Seven Card Stud
John Racener: XxXx/10♣3♣Q♥4♣/Xx
Maxx Coleman: XxXx/8♥6♠4♦10♥/Xx
More than 50,000 was already in the middle as John Racener and Maxx Coleman went to fourth street. Racener then bet, and Coleman called.
Racener continued betting on fifth and sixth. Coleman called him down, and they both checked on seventh.
Racener showed K♣10♠9♣ for a pair of tens, andn Coleman mucked as he was left with less than a big bet.
No-Limit Hold'em
Anderson Ireland bet 6,000 from the hijack on a board of 5♥3♣4♣3♦, Phil Hellmuth moved all in for 20,500 under the gun, and Ireland called.
Hellmuth showed K♦Q♦, while Ireland was ahead with A♣Q♣ for ace-high with a flush draw. The J♠ fell on the river, and Ireland remained in the lead to win the pot and send Hellmuth to the rail.
"I'm coming in an hour dressed as Superman," Hellmuth said as he headed off to prepare for his traditonal Main Event entrance.
2-7 Triple Draw
Paul Volpe in the small blind, Ofir Mor under the gun, and Jack Germaine on the button each drew two cards on the first draw. Volpe then led out with a bet, which Mor and Germaine both called.
The trio then all took one card, and the action checked to Germaine afterward. He bet, seeing both opponents call. On the final draw, Volpe and Mor still took one card each. Germaine remained pat, and he bet his last 500 after the draw.
Volpe check-folded, but Mor could not resist the pot odds and check-called. Germaine showed 7x6x4x3x2x, leagues ahead of Mor's Jx7x6x5x2x to take the pot.
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