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Paul Lieu raised to 15,000 from the small blind, Brian Tatum reraised to 35,000 from the big blind and Lieu called. The flop was . Lieu checked, Tatum bet 30,000 and Lieu called. The turn was the . Lieu checked, Tatum bet out again, Lieu moved all in and Tatum called all in for less.
Lieu
Tatum
The river was the and Tatum dragged the pot, doubling up to 500,000. Lieu was left with 340,000.
[user75032]
A big pot between Justin Sadauskas and Alfredo Fernandez didn't lead to anyone's elimination, but it did lead to a complete reversal of fortune for both men. We caught up with them on the turn, the board showing . Sadauskas was all in for 488,000 and Fernandez, who had him covered, made the call. Sadauskas was well ahead, with for two pair against Fernandez's for top pair, top kicker. The river was a harmless .
After the hand, the two men basically traded chip positions -- Fernandez fell to 560,000, while Sadauskas moved up to 1,080,000.
Shamus
Evelyn Ng
With 75,000 already in the pot and the board showing , Evelyn Ng bet 33,000, and Craig Marquis raised to 73,000. Ng then reraised to 145,000 total. Marquis then pushed all in for 74,000 more, and Ng made the call.
Ng had , and Marquis . The turn was the and the river the , and Ng slips back down to 170,000. Marquis is now at 950,000.
[user75032]
Garth Paul and Theodore Harris were all in preflop. Paul had Harris covered; he also had Harris dominated. Paul's were a big favorite over Harris' . Harris couldn't connect with a board of and has been eliminated from the Main Event.
[user40108]
Marcelo Dabus
The exact action is unclear but Marcelo Dabus moved his last 125,000 chips into the middle before the flop and sent his lone opponent, Clint Schafer, into the tank. Schafer eventually called and the players showed:
Schafer:
Dabus:
It was a race situation and Schafer won when the community cards came out . Dabus was eliminated and Schafer increased his stack to about 1,300,000 chips.
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William Burdick
William Burdick was all in for his last 65,000 with and was up against the of Anthony Zinno.
The flop looked good for Burdick when it fell to give him a set of tens, but remarkably the turn was the and river the to give Zinno a running full house with kings full of aces to overcome the tens full of kings for Burdick.
An unfortunate ending for Burdick sees Zinno up to nearly 600,000 chips.
Shamus
Lots of chips on these tables, even after the recent color-up. The average stack at the moment is over 450,000. Lots of chips means big pots, and we just had one again over at David Saab's table.
James McManus raised to 18,000 preflop, Brian Hansen called, Eric Tom called, then Saab raised to 60,000. McManus folded, Hansen reraised all in for 480,000 total, Tom folded, and Saab called.
Hansen
Saab
"I'm gonna have to win races to win the World Series," exclaimed Saab. Tom then said he had folded ace-king. "I'm against four outs!" said Saab.
The board ran out , and Hansen is out. Saab is now up to 1.5 million.
This table -- Table #1 in the Blue section -- might have the most chips of any at the moment. Three players have over a million: Saab, Matt Matros (1.1 million), and McManus (1.1 million). And David Benefield is there, too, with about 900,000. Then again, we have a lot of newly-created millionaires around the Amazon.
We have lost 180 players in just three and a half hours (or, 210 minutes). That figures out to roughly 1.17 eliminations per minute! If play continues at this pace (which it shouldn't), we will be at 118 players by the dinner break!
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. Lieu checked, Tatum bet 30,000 and Lieu called. The turn was the 
. Lieu checked, Tatum bet out again, Lieu moved all in and Tatum called all in for less. 
and Tatum dragged the pot, doubling up to 500,000. Lieu was left with 340,000.
for the lead over Kostritsyn's 
.
and Brewin's pair held up to double up to 240,000. Kostritsyn takes a hit and falls to 695,000.
. Sadauskas was all in for 488,000 and Fernandez, who had him covered, made the call. Sadauskas was well ahead, with 
for two pair against Fernandez's 
for top pair, top kicker. The river was a harmless 
.
, but Matros had 
, taking away one of Jaffray's two outs. The turn was the 
, and that was it. Jaffray is out, while Matros moves up to 1.145 million.
, Evelyn Ng bet 33,000, and Craig Marquis raised to 73,000. Ng then reraised to 145,000 total. Marquis then pushed all in for 74,000 more, and Ng made the call. 
, and Marquis 
and the river the 
, and Ng slips back down to 170,000. Marquis is now at 950,000.
. Dabus was eliminated and Schafer increased his stack to about 1,300,000 chips.
