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Tom Marchese pushed his entire 154,000-chip stack in the middle preflop after Erik Seidel raised on the button. Seidel called and was dominated.
Marchese: 
Seidel: 
Seidel failed to catch up on the 
board and Marchese doubled to 340,000 chips. Seidel still sits with 800,000 in his stack.
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Max Lykov opened to 40,000 with the button and Will Molson defended his big blind. Both players checked the 
flop and the turn brought the 
. Molson led for 60,000 and Lykov called.
The river was the 
and Molson led again - this time for 125,000. Lykov again called.
Molson opened 
for a winning pair of kings and Lykov mucked his hand. Molson is now atop the leader board with 940,000 chips.
Action folded to Matt Marafioti on the button who raised to 48,000. Max Lykov surrendered his small blind and then Jason Mercier moved all in for effectively 324,000. Marafioti snapped it off.
Marafioti:
Mercier: 
Mercier couldn't crack kings as the board ran 
and Marafioti doubled to 668,000 chips. Mercier is down to 710,000.
Action folded to Tom Marchese who moved all in for effectively 240,000 from the small blind. Shander de Vries called all in from the big blind and the hands were tabled.
Marchese: 
De Vries: 
The board ran 
and de Vries doubled to 486,000 chips. Marchese is not in a world of hurt with 235,000 chips.
Jaosn Mercier opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Max Lykov defended his big blind. The flop came down 
and Lykov led for 52,000. Mercier called.
The dealer burned and turned the . Lykov led for 111,000 and Mercier again called.
The 
rivered and Lykov led for a third time. The bet was 217,000 this time and Mercier called for a third time.
Lykov opened for a jack-high straight and Mercier opened 
for the same hand. Mercier flopped the straight whereas Lykov got there on the turn, but regardless the two chopped the pot.
Tom Marchese opened to 46,000 from under the gun and the action folded all the way to Erik Seidel who called in the big blind. The flop fell 
and both players checked.
The turn was the and Seidel check-called 58,000 from Marchese.
The river brought the 
and Seidel checked a third time. Marchese opted to fire another bullet - this one was worth 137,000. Seidel again called and Marchese instantly mucked his hand. Seidel opened 
for a pair of nines and was shipped the pot.
Marchese dropped to 470,000 chips while Seidel chipped up to 930,000.
Action folded to Max Lykov on the button who min-raised to 40,000. Jason Mercier three-bet to 111,000 from the small blind and Will Molson four-bet shoved for 407,000 more from the big blind. Lykov quickly folded, but Mercier went into the tank.
"$#!T," he eventually muttered. "Wish I made it smaller. What's your range, bro?"
"What do you have?" Molson asked with a grin.
"I don't think I'm allowed to tell you," Mercier said, turning to a floorperson. They smiled and shook their head 'no.'
After a few more minutes of deliberation Mercier mucked his hand and Molson was awarded the pot.
Jason Mercier raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Matt Affleck went all in for 93,000 total from the cutoff. Action folded back to Mercier and he called.
Mercier: 
Affleck: 
The board ran out , pairing Mercier to give him the pot. With the win, Mercier is up to about 1,135,000.
Affleck takes home $92,490 for his 12th-place showing.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
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