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Boris Kravets
Boris Kravets moves all in from middle position with a small stack of 6,100. Actions folds around to Daryll Fish in the small blind and he makes the call, the big blind folds.
Fish shows and Kravets shows . Kravets is going to need to win this hand to stay alive in the tournament.
The door card is the , which looks good until the and follow. Fish's ace-high is still good.
The turn brings the and the river the and Kravets can't improve and must exit the tournament.
Fish is looking strong as he increases his chip stack to around 60,000.
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Four players limped into the pot before Tim Vance's turn to act on the button. Vance had 5,800 left and several players were stating, "You almost have to shove with anything." Vance looked down and emphatically put all his chips in the middle.
Two players called and Michael Andrews started tanking. Vance exclaimed, "I only want one caller. Shove!" Andrews made the call immediately.
The flop of was checked. When the fell on the river, it was checked to Andrews declared all in. Everyone else folded.
Vance:
Andrews:
Vance started shouting, "I need an ace or a four! Four!"
The river was the . Everyone at the table let out a collective, "Wow."
After the pot, Vance moved up to around 30,000 in chips.
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Jon Nathan recently was moved to a new table, and he wastes no time looking for action. In early position, he makes a raise to 3,200, and Marc Fratter makes the call.
Nathan checks dark, and the dealers spreads out . Action is on Fratter, who makes a bet of 7,500. Nathan pops it up to 15,500, and Fratter moves all in with a covering re-raise.
Nathan counts his short stack down, lets out a big sigh and announces, "Well, I guess it's time to go home... I call." The cards are turned over, with Nathan's trailing the of Fratter.
The turn rags off with the , but lightning strikes the river, as the saves Nathan from elimination, and doubles him up to around 60,000.
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Jimmy 'Tran'quilized
Jimmy Tran fought his way through day one, but didn't have too many chips left to play with to begin day two.
A few hands into the day, Tran raises all in from the cutoff seat with the . Lee Wilson wastes little time in calling the all-in bet with .
Tran is looking great to double up on a board of , until the river brings the and Tran is eliminated in an unlucky fashion. All Tran can is say "Wow, that's that," as he leaves the room.
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Jonathan Little, on the button, and Clint Shafer, in the big blind, get all their chips in preflop. Little flips over . Shafer is covered, but has the best hand with .
However, his lead in the hand doesn't last long. The flop comes , giving Little a set, and putting Shafer on the brink of elimination. The and that follow don't allow Shafer to catch back up, and he is eliminated.
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Co-leader Lou Esposito has started the day in his aggressive mode, and his chipstack has been suffering as a result. Two pots in a row, he came in raising to 3,100 and folded to a big re-raise each time.
In the latest pot, he again came in for 3,100, but this time the big blind, Soren Eriksen, flat called, and the two players saw a flop of . Eriksen checked, and Esposito fired a continuation bet of 4,600.
Eriksen grabbed hold of his whole stack, and slid it forward, check-raising to 21,900 and all in. Esposito went into the tank for almost five minutes, before finally relinquishing his hand, and sending more than 7,000 chips to the other end of the table.
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Doug 'Rico' Carli
Doug 'Rico' Carli moves all in after a bet from John Ryan. Carli shows the Q-J and Ryan shows K-10. The board is K-A-A-2-3 and Carli is eliminated.
Carli had been attempting to post a record 35th cash on the WSOP circuit; he holds the current record of 34.
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Akram Ali went all in preflop against Jim Pritchard. Pritchard snap called with ; Ali tabled . The board ran out giving Pritchard the nut flush and sending Ali to the rail.
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Jason Brice raises to 7,000 from early position. Dana Diephouse calls from middle position and then Paul Prudhomme moves all in on the short stack from the big blind. Three players see the flop and one is all in.
The flop goes check, check between Brice and Diephouse on a board. The turn brings the and Brice moves all in. Diephouse folds.
Brice shows 6-6 and Prudhomme shows . The river is the and Prudhomme is eliminated.
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On the first pot of the day, Michael Cohen raises to 3,000, and short-stacked Matt Brady pushes his last 6,100 chips in, showing the . Cohen has the , and on a board of , Brady is eliminated early.
On the adjacent table, also on the first hand, Jonathan Little and Robert Jones get it in before the flop, and Little's pocket nines hold up to send Jones packing.
and Kravets shows 
. Kravets is going to need to win this hand to stay alive in the tournament.
, which looks good until the 
and 
follow. Fish's ace-high is still good.
and the river the 
and Kravets can't improve and must exit the tournament.![[user42991]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
was checked. When the 
fell on the river, it was checked to Andrews declared all in. Everyone else folded.
. Everyone at the table let out a collective, "Wow."
. Action is on Fratter, who makes a bet of 7,500. Nathan pops it up to 15,500, and Fratter moves all in with a covering re-raise.
of Fratter.
saves Nathan from elimination, and doubles him up to around 60,000.
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and Tran is eliminated in an unlucky fashion. All Tran can is say "Wow, that's that," as he leaves the room.
. Shafer is covered, but has the best hand with 
, giving Little a set, and putting Shafer on the brink of elimination. The 
and 
that follow don't allow Shafer to catch back up, and he is eliminated.
giving Pritchard the nut flush and sending Ali to the rail.
