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John Racener raised to 1,800 from under the gun, Felipe Ramos reraised the pot from the small blind, Racener reraised, and Ramos called all in for 8,300.
Racener: 
Ramos: 
The board came down 
, giving Ramos the second-best low to go along with his aces to win the pot.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Limits: 2,000-4,000
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Felipe Ramos got his stack in on a flop of 
against Rock Howard, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Ramos: 
Howard: 
Both players had the nut low, but Howard also had top two pair, which left Ramos drawing thin for the high half, especially since all the aces in the deck were already out. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing, and Rock took three-quarters of the pot to leave Ramos with half of his previous stack.
PLO-8
As relayed to us, Matthew Smith raised from under the gun, and Sam Farha called from the big blind.
They checked to the turn of a 
board, where Farha bet 3,000. Smith called, the river was the 
, and Farha bet his remaining 3,500 or so. Smith called.
Farha showed 
for trip kings, but Smith tabled 
for a flush to eliminate Farha.
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With about 5,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading 
, Stacey Vaughn checked from the big blind, a player in middle position checked, and Phil Hellmuth bet 3,000 from the cutoff. Vaughn called and the middle-position player called as well.
The turn brought the 
and Vaughn lead out for 9,000. The middle-position player folded, Hellmuth folded as well, and Vaughn took the pot.
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As recapped to us by Allen Kessler and fellow players at his table, Kessler raised from the hijiack and Alex Luneau called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and a flurry of action resulted in Luneau all in for roughly 70,000. Kessler had him barely covered.
Kessler: 
Luneau: 
Kessler held the nut straight and second best low, while Luneau held top set with the nut low.
An turn and river completed the board, giving Kessler the high with his eight-high straight and the low with a wheel, eliminating Luneau in what was easily the largest pot of the tournament.
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Following a flop of 
, Rebecca Thompson was all in from under the gun with 
against Alex Luneau in the hijack with 
.
The turn and river completed the board, giving Luneau an ace-high flush to eliminate Thompson.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800-1,500 Limits: 1,500-3,000
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