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Qinghai Pan - 13th Place
The table folded around to Qinghai Pan who pushed his last 124,000 from the small blind with . Antoine Berube called from the big blind with .
The board came , and for the second time in short succession, Berube had eliminated an opponent with a worse starting hand, rivering a flush both times.
Pan is out in 13th place, and Berube now has 480,000.
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Brett Switzer - 14th Place
After Shawn Glines had taken most of his stack, Brett Switzer pushed his last 83,000 in the middle from the button with and Antoine Berube called him from the small blind with .
The flop looked benign to Switzer -- . But the on the turn wasn't his favorite card to see. And the on the river was just rude.
Berube's flush gives him a total stack of 350,000 at the moment. Meanwhile, Switzer is out in 14th place.
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Another double up, this time Shawn Glines through Brett Switzer. Glines' held up against Switzer's when the board came nine-high, and Glines is up to 680,000. Switzer is now the tourney's short stack with 85,000.
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Oktay Altinbas just doubled up through Angel Guillen. All of his chips went in the middle on a flop of . Altinbas had and Guillen . But the spiked on the river, giving Altinbas the hand and about 390,000 chips. Guillen still has a big stack of 920,000.
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Roland de Wolfe - 15th Place
Keven Stammen opened with a raise to 41,000 from under the gun. Seemed a little unusual, since the minimum raise would have been to 40,000.
Roland de Wolfe, sitting to Stammen's left, raised an eyebrow. "You got aces?" he asked. Stammen replied that he didn't realize the blinds had just gone up (from 8,000/16,000 to 10,000/20,000).
De Wolfe then decided to raise more than an eyebrow -- he reraised all in! And when it folded back to Stammen he quickly made the call. As it happened, the answer to de Wolfe's question was yes:
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De Wolfe
The community cards were dealt -- -- and de Wolfe hits the rail in 15th place.
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Philip Sousa - 16th Place
The table folded to Philip Sousa who pushed his stack of 185,000 chips into the middle from the cutoff, and Garrett Beckman called from the big blind.
Beckman turned over pocket sixes, while Sousa showed A-4. The board came , and Sousa is out in 16th place.
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Kirill Gerasimov - 17th Place
A series of preflop raises ended with Kirill Gerasimov all in with against Angel Guillen's .
The board came , and Guillen's aces held. Gerasimov is out in 17th place. Meanwhile, it looks like Guillen is our first million-chip man, taking the chip lead with 1.1 million.
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Bahador Ahmadi put in a preflop raise from under the gun, and Philip Sousa called from the cutoff. The flop came and both checked. The turn was the . Ahmadi bet 70,000, and Sousa called.
The river was the . This time Ahmadi bet 120,000, and Sousa again called. Ahmadi showed , and Sousa mucked.
Ahmadi is now the chip leader with 850,000. Sousa has 205,000.