Phillips The Cleaner
Steve Phillips just joined the tournament at the dinner break after winning his seat via satellite, He wasn't sure whether he wanted to start the tournament now, or come back tomorrow and start at level one of Day 1b.
Eventually he elected to start play tonight and he just eliminated two players. Unfortunately for Phillips, he wasn't able to double up, but he did add 10,000 chips to his stack and it's sent him in the right direction.
Blake Barnes opened the action by putting his last 3,125 all in and was immediately followed by another player shoving all in for 7,250. Phillips was in the big blind and, after getting a count, he called with pocket fives, 
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His opponents had 
and 
. Barnes was holding the .
The board ran out 
and it kept getting better for Phillips who rivered a straight to eliminate both players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000 | |
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Busted |