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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
After Stuart Gelwarg opened for the standard raise Mike Sandler made a creative play and smooth called with his 
. The ploy worked to perfection when Bruce Yamron made a massive three-bet shove for about 215,000, and after Gelwarg got out of the way, Sandler snapped the bet off with his pocket rockets.
Yamron could only muster 
for an overmatched underpair, and after the board came down 
he made an abrupt exit from the tournament in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
Busted |
to put him at risk. The final board ran out 
and Sandler called the right side of the coin to notch the knockout, sending Jeffrey to the rail with a 13th place finish.
to find himself crushed by Yilmaz and his 
(giving Correro's folded walking sticks a set for good measure), but the turn card came 
and with that the first elimination of the day occurred, leaving Yilmaz with a 14th place finish.
in the hole, but of course two more bullets hit the board and he won yet another early pot.
