| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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69,500
49,800
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49,800 |
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Busted | |
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Joseph Bowers started short, has just doubled up, and is still on the short side but alive and in with a chance.
Bowers was all in preflop with 
, and Jesse Yaginuma looked him up with 
.
The board ran out 
which was good to give Bowers a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
19,200
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19,200 |
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35,000
24,100
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24,100 |
Madhava Wimalaratna was looking to double up with all his chips in the middle and holding 
. Brad Ruben was looking to bust him with his 
.
The board ran out 
. Wimalaratna was drawing dead on the turn, and soon he headed for the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
46,200
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46,200 |
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|
Busted | |
Former November Niner Bruno Politano got all his chips in against Casey Carroll on a flop of 
.
Politano: 
Carroll: 
Politano had the lead with his set of nines, but he had to dodge clubs in order to double up. The 
on the turn kept Politano in the lead and the 
on the river meant the pot was his.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
45,800
|
45,800 |
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92,500
41,300
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41,300 |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
With about 15,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Andy Margolis checked from the small blind and the big blind bet 7,000. Gary Bolden, in the cutoff, went into the tank for about half a minute and ultimately called. Margolis folded.
The fell on the turn and the big blind checked. Bolden moved all in for about 18,000, the big blind quickly folded, and Bolden took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
500
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500 |
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Jonathan Zarin finished 21st in Event #18: Pot-Limit Omaha just a few days ago, cashing for $7,443. He tangled then and he has tangled again in this tournament with Igor Sharaskin from Russia who finished third in the same event for $102,045.
Sharaskin and Zarin got into a preflop raising war with Zarin getting in the last bet and saying, “Igor, we’re going to do it again? Really?”
Not this time though, as Sharaskin quietly folded to wait for a later hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
500
|
500 |
|
63,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
Jason Wheeler raised from the button to 4,200 and Yashuo Chin three-bet to 14,500 out of the small blind. Wheeler called.
The flop came 
and Chin bet 18,000. Wheeler raised to put Chin to a decision for the remainder of her stack and she quickly called.
Chin: 
Wheeler: 
Chin had the lead with trip kings, but she had to dodge Wheeler's flush draw in order to double up. The on the turn made Wheeler's flush, but it also gave Chin kings full of fours and left Wheeler drawing dead. The river was a 
and Chin took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
42,200
|
42,200 |
|
41,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
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Four players put in 4,700 to see a flop of 
.
Timothy Woodson committed the remainder of his chips which was just 15,000. Two players folded but Daniel Spencer called.
Timothy Woodson: 
Daniel Spencer: 
The turn 
and river saw Spencer finish with the bigger boat and he gobbled up the last of Woodson’s stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With a substantial pot already brewing and the board reading 
, Jon Lane had the button and got his entire stack in the middle against Justin Gardenhire, who was in middle position.
Lane: 
Gardenhire: 
Both players flopped straights, but Lane had the best of it with the queen-high straight to Gardenhire's jack-high straight. However, Lane still had to dodge spades, jacks, and eights which would give Gardenhire a flush or full house. The on the turn was a safe card for Lane, but the river wasn't and Gardenhire took the pot with a flush to eliminate Lane.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000
101,500
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101,500 |
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Busted |
