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Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate opened for 350,000, Scott Montgomery raised to 900,000 and Eastgate called. The flop was . Eastgate checked, Montgomery bet 1.4 million and Eastgate called. The turn was the . Eastgate checked, and Montgomery checked behind. The river was the and both players checked.
Eastgate showed for two pair, Montgomery mucked, and Eastgate took it down.
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Kelly Kim has been pushing things before the flop and picking up some pots, the most recent coming against Owen Crowe. Crowe opened for 320,000 and from the cutoff Kim bumped it to 1 million. Crowe folded and Kim pulled in a pot that lifted his stack to 9.7 million. Crowe now sits with 3.85 million.
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Dennis Phillips raised to 400,000, and Gert Andersen moved all in. After tanking for a minute or so, Phillips showed the and folded. Andersen survives.
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Joe Bishop
As you may have seen in days past, there was some considerable buzz in the shoutbox and elsewhere regarding the probability of continuing the recent trend of "J named champions."
2005 - Joe Hachem
2006 - Jamie Gold
2007 - Jerry Yang
While there is obviously nothing more to this than pure coincidence, those still clinging to the superstition and folklore of the trend are left with just one hope: Joe Bishop. Fortunately for them, he's our current leader with approximately 16.7 million chips.
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Ylon Schwartz opened for 375,000, Scott Montgomery called and Peter Eastgate called. The flop was . Eastgate checked, Schwartz checked, Montgomery bet 600,000, both opponents folded and Montgomery won the pot.
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Tiffany Michelle - 17th Place
Dennis Phillips raised to 500,000 from UTG, Peter Eastgate called and Tiffany Michelle called from the big blind. The flop was . Michelle checked, Phillips bet 1,000,000, Eastgate called and Michelle sat, propped up on her knees for about a minute before annoucing, "All in." She had about 3.8 million behind. Phillips folded and Eastgate called.
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Tiffany Michelle needed serious help. Her top pair needed running straight cards to beat Eastgate's set of aces. The turn was the and Michelle was drawing dead. The river was the and Tiffany Michelle's Main Event run came to an end. She exited the stage in 17th place to a standing ovation.
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Kelly Kim raised to 375,000, Craig Marquis reraised to 1.1 million, and Kim popped it up to 2.775 million. And that was enough to chase Marquis out of the pot.
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Chris Klodnicki
Chris Klodnicki, a professional poker player from Voorhees, NJ, has been playing poker for about five years. The 23-year-old won his seat to the big dance in an online satellite on PokerStars.
Often going by the nickname "Klod," Chris cites his proudest poker accomplishment as "finishing runner-up to Barry Greenstein in this year's Razz event." Klodnicki's second-place finish to "The Bear" was the biggest payday of his career thus far (obviously not including the one in progress) and makes up almost half of his $201,048 in career tournament earnings.
When not on the felt, Klodnicki enjoys traveling as well as the occasional game of basketball and tennis. He is a graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in finance. When asked about his music taste, Klodnicki let us know he likes "a lil' of of everything...but mostly hip hop."
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. Eastgate checked, Montgomery bet 1.4 million and Eastgate called. The turn was the 
. Eastgate checked, and Montgomery checked behind. The river was the 
and both players checked. 
for two pair, Montgomery mucked, and Eastgate took it down. 
and folded. Andersen survives.
. Eastgate checked, Schwartz checked, Montgomery bet 600,000, both opponents folded and Montgomery won the pot.
. Michelle checked, Phillips bet 1,000,000, Eastgate called and Michelle sat, propped up on her knees for about a minute before annoucing, "All in." She had about 3.8 million behind. Phillips folded and Eastgate called. 
and Michelle was drawing dead. The river was the 
and Tiffany Michelle's Main Event run came to an end. She exited the stage in 17th place to a standing ovation.
