John Kurfman
Albert Kant raised from the button to 34,000 preflop. Ryan Perez folded in the small blind and John Kurfman wanted to see Kant's remaining chips.
After he saw the remaining stack, Kurfman called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Kurfman checked. Kant bet 32,000 and Kurfman called. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
Kurfman took down the pot when he led for 80,000 after the 
hit the river.
| Player |
Chips |
Progress |
John Kurfman
|
946,000
66,000
|
66,000
|
Albert Kant
|
164,000
-66,000
|
-66,000
|
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Albert KantJohn Kurfman
John Hayes just eliminated Zal Irani after Irani shoved 
and Hayes called with 
preflop.
The board ran out 
and Hayes won with a pair of jacks.
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Zal IraniJohn Hayes
Gerald Heckathorn eliminated Former MSPT Champion Jason Mirza when the two players got all in preflop.
Heckathorn raised and Mirza shoved all in. Heckathorn called with 
and Mirza was behind with 
.
The board ran out 
and Mirza's day was done. Heckathorn is now over one-million chips.
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Gerald HeckathornJason Mirza
Kyle Adams shoved all in for his last 112,000 and Albert Kant was in the tank with three players behind him.
After at least two minutes, Kant called and the three players folded, leaving Kant heads up with Adams.
Kant turned over and Adams 
.
"It's okay, I got the nuts," said Adams. The 
is apparently widely known as the "Ho-Chunk nuts."
Unfortunately for Adams, the "nuts" wasn't good enough when the board ran out 
. Adams was eliminated in 21st place for a pay out of $2,564.
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Kyle AdamsAlbert Kant
The players are on a ten-minute break. There are 21 players remaining.
Ryan Perez just left Eddie Blumenthal with the wind knocked out of him, and all his chips too.
The board read 
and Perez checked to Blumenthal. Blumenthal shoved all in for 270,000 more into the pot of 200,000.
Perez called and showed for a straight. Blumenthal couldn't believe it he flopped a set of nines 
and was now out of the tournament.
Perez just barely edged out John Kurfman for the current chip lead.
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Eddie BlumenthalRyan Perez
John Kurfman is the chip leader with over 800,000.
| Player |
Chips |
Progress |
|
John Kurfman
|
820,000
445,000
|
445,000
|
Lee Rzentkowski
|
482,000
-146,000
|
-146,000
|
Thomas Peebles
|
461,000
256,000
|
256,000
|
Joseph Miller
|
450,000
45,000
|
45,000
|
Andrew Rubinberg
|
290,000
11,000
|
11,000
|
|
Shane Thorne
|
174,000
-41,000
|
-41,000
|
Shawn Quinn
|
134,000
-103,000
|
-103,000
|
James Casement
|
110,000
-115,000
|
-115,000
|
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