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A short stacked Sam Smith moved all in for his last 63,000 and was called by Chris Hochscheid. Smith held 
and was racing against Hochscheid's 
. The board would run safe for Smith's small pair as it came 
to double him up to 140,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
It was folded to Sam Smith who limped in from the button. John Moe raised it to 26,000 from the small blind and was called by Smith. "Check in the dark," said Moe and the dealer put out a flop of 
. Smith checked behind.
The tun was the 
and both players checked. Moe checked after the dealer flipped over the 
on the river and Smith made a bet of 35,000.
Moe thought for a moment and tossed in the call saying "any pair is good." Smith turned over 
and Moe tabled 
for the winner with ace high.
"Sick call," said one of the players at the table as Moe smiled, obviously happy with his play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
125,000
-164,000
|
-164,000 |
A short-stacked Greg McCurry moved all in for approximately 25,000 and it was folded to Tony Sansone who also moved all in. The action went to Josh Burdick who made the easy call with 
. McCurry held 
and Sansone 
.
The flop came 
to give McCurry a pair of queens. He would move into the lead on the turn and would score a full triple up when the river was the . Burdick won the side pot to eliminate Sansone in 16th place for $2,588.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
460,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
90,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
|
Busted |
In unseen action, Daniel Gilmer was eliminated in 17th place and Mark Parrish was eliminated in 18th place, each received $2,588.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Jesse McEwen opened for 15,000 and Akihiko Ura moved all in for 76,000 total. McEwen made the call with 
and was facing Ura's 
. A queen would hit the flop and Ura would be eliminated in 19th place for $2,277.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
They're back at it here with the final 19 having their eyes on the nearly $50K first place prize money. There's still a lot of poker left to play and it should be an interesting evening (and morning).
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
524,000
80,500
|
80,500 |
|
|
424,500
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
397,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
||
|
|
318,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
289,000
-53,500
|
-53,500 |
|
|
265,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
258,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
246,500
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
213,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
189,000
-141,000
|
-141,000 |
|
|
174,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
|
151,500
61,500
|
61,500 |
|
131,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
|
128,500
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
|
112,000
-163,500
|
-163,500 |
|
96,500
-53,500
|
-53,500 |
|
|
88,500
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
80,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
47,500
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
