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Mastorakos: needing some energy after that workout
Jim Mastorakos went through the highs and lows of tournament poker in back-to-back hands just before the dinner break.
Mastorakos took out David Chilcott after Chilcott moved all in with but couldn't outdraw the of Mastorakos on a board that read .
David Saab then doubled through Mastorakos in the very next hand; Saab moved all in with pocket jacks and was flipping for his tournament life against Mastorakos' .
The board ran out eight-high and after all the action, Mastorakos is on 660,000.
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The money was all in on a board that read ; Kevin Sproule had made a last-minute attempt to double up, moving all in with but ran into the of Harrison Kaczka.
The river was a meaningless , eliminating Sproule and sending Kaczka's stack up to 610,000.
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A very active Mitchell Carle has recently been eliminated from the tournament by Vincent Wan in what amounted to a +650,000 pot.
Carle opened the pot with a raise to 28,000 from early position and Wan flat-called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Wan checked to Carle who fired a 35,000 continuation bet. Wan then kicked it up to 100,000 and Carle moved all in for 300,000 on the nose. Wan made the call and tabled for trips, having Carle's pocket nines in deep trouble.
The turn and river filled out , giving Wan the nut full house to send former big stack Carle to the rail.
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Short-stacked, Jarred Graham moved all-in for his last 82,000 and was called by Brad Rawiller:
Graham:
Rawiller:
Graham stole the lead on the turn as the board filled out , but the spiked on the river giving Rawiller a set to win the hand, sending Graham to the rail.
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Peter Aristidou started this hand with about 300,000. When Brent Thomas was done with him, he was left with none. The chips went flying all in preflop and these were the cards that were shown:
Aristidou:
Thomas:
The flop dropped the and . The turn, , was no help to Aristidou and putting the final nail in the coffin was the on the river.
Thomas now has 970,000 in chips and Aristidou hit the rail.
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Facing a preflop raise of 27,000, Tim Marsters moved all in for a total of 226,000. Action then folded around to Jarred Graham in the big blind and he too moved all in, isolating Marsters. The initial raiser folded and Marsters and Graham tabled their cards:
Marsters:
Graham:
The ensuing board ran out and Marsters' queens held, knocking Graham down to 85,000 in chips.
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Bradley Styles moved all in for his last 66,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Harrison Kaczka who called from the small blind.
Kaczka:
Styles:
The board was spread ; despite a very scary turn, the river queen was enough to see Styles double up to 145,000.
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"We can go to the tropics... sip piña coladas, shorty I can take you there."
Sorry... wrong Kingston. The subject of this post is Anthony Kingston, who just doubled through former big stack Semon Deeb and now has 420,000 in chips.
Kingston opened the pot with a raise to 45,000 and Deeb came back over the top with a 90,000 three-bet. Kingston then moved all-in for about 100,000 more and Deeb made the call:
Deeb:
Kingston:
A king-high board with no imminent spade threat followed and Deeb was drawing dead by the turn.
After the hand, Deeb was left with just 28,000 in chips and was eliminated from the tournament a few hands later by Jim Mastorakos.
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but couldn't outdraw the 
of Mastorakos on a board that read 
.
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and Matthews' with 
and Matthews' ace-queen held up to take down the pot, sending him up to 330,000 in chips.
; Kevin Sproule had made a last-minute attempt to double up, moving all in with 
but ran into the 
of Harrison Kaczka.
and Wan checked to Carle who fired a 35,000 continuation bet. Wan then kicked it up to 100,000 and Carle moved all in for 300,000 on the nose. Wan made the call and tabled 
for trips, having Carle's pocket nines in deep trouble.
, 
, but the 
spiked on the river giving Rawiller a set to win the hand, sending Graham to the rail.
, but the 
fell on the river giving Edmonds two pair, queens and deuces, to win the pot.
. The turn, 
and Marsters' queens held, knocking Graham down to 85,000 in chips.
