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Michael Nasserazad opened for 9,500 in early position and action folded around to the player in the big blind, and he called. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn came 
, the big blind checked and Nasserazad bet 10,500. The big blind folded and Nasserazad added to his tournament leading stack.
We caught up with the action to find the board reading 
. Joe Phelps and another player checked to Jacob Petersen who bet out 12,000. Both Phelps and the other player made the call.
The river brought the 
. Phelps and his opponent checked once again and Petersen continued his aggression, betting 45,000. Phelps quickly made the call and the final player went into the tank for about a minute before mucking his hand. Petersen flipped up 
for the ace-high flush and Phelps could only shake his head.
"That's so sick," said Phelps as he threw his hand at the muck. Petersen scooped up his pot with a smile on his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
175,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
The field has been sent on a one hour dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at around 7:20 p.m. CST.
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The players are back from the dinner break. We'd like to thank the IP buffet for their delicious crab legs.
We found this hand on the turn with the board reading 
. Chris Parsons checked, Danny [Removed:376] moved all in for 78,000 and Parsons tanked.
He eventually called with pocket tens and [Removed:376] turned over 
. The river was a blank and an exasperated Parsons left the table after counting out the call.
The field is one player away from the money and they're playing hand-for-hand.
A unique system was used at this stop, instead of hand-for-hand the tournament director had the field play round-for-round due to short handed tables. We had one player, Jeremy Drewery, that provided both knockouts.
The first one was a four-way pot with one very short-stacked player. Scott Weinberg only had 10,500 and the opening raise was 15,000. The active players checked it down and the board read 
. Weinberg tabled and Drewery held 
.
The next hand saw Drewery and Chris Bolek get it all in preflop. Bolek held and Drewery had 
. The board ran 
and Bolek was eliminated.
Weinberg and Bolek will split the 36th place payout.
During round for round play, Matthew Selman was involved in a big hand where he three-bet preflop while holding 
. His opponent shipped into him and he snap called. His opponent tabled 
and Selman was ahead by quite a bit.
The flop came down 
and Selman held his lead. The 
struck the turn and gave his opponent a few more outs. Unfortunately for Selman, the hit the river, giving his opponent trip sevens and a winning hand. This hand crippled Selman, and once the money bubble burst, he moved his stack in with 
. He was called by an opponent's 
and failed to improve.
With guaranteed money, the short stacks are busting fast.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
