Manish Patel Eliminated in 9th Place ($11,073)
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First into the pot from the hijack seat, Manish Patel shoved all in for the ~270,000 that he had left. Two seats over, Matthew Waxman squeezed out his cards and reraised all in, and the blinds dumped their cards into the muck to let Patel go heads up for his tournament life. He was a small favorite to double up:
Patel: 
Waxman: 
The flop was in Mr. Waxman's neighborhood as it came out 
to leave Patel dead to runner-runner. The turn 
ended any hopes of that, and the river 
is the last card Patel will see today. He's out in 9th place as the first casualty of Day 3, stopping by the payout desk to pick up $11,073 on his way out the door.
Waxman is the chip leader once again, closing in fast on the 2-million-chip mark. "That's for Geesy," he told us after the hand. So there you go, Geesy, just for you!