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Scott Haraden raised to 38,000 under the gun, and from the hijack, Mark Babekov shoved for 138,000. Haraden tanked for a bit but eventually decided to call. The rail surged forward to see the cards. Babekov was all in with 
, and Haraden had called to put him at risk with 
. The board ran out 
, and Babekov safely doubled to 300,000.
Scott Haraden just got the first walk of the day.
There hasn't been much excitement in the last 15 minutes. The pay jumps are pretty steep, and with plenty of chips in play, everyone seems intent on sticking around. Here are the last five hands.
1) JJ Liu raised from middle position and won the blinds.
2) Scott Haraden opened from the cutoff and took it down.
3) Action folded to James Dempsey in the small blind. He raised, and Armen Kara folded the big blind.
4) Steve Chanthabouasy opened to 40,000 from the hijack, and James Dempsey three-bet to 108,000 on the button. It folded back to Steve, who took his time to make the fold.
5) JJ Liu raised and won the blinds.
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Finally, a pot for Joseph Williams, He raised to 29,000 preflop, and only JJ Liu called from the small blind. Both players checked the 
flop. After the on the turn, Liu bet 34,000, and Williams called. She gave up with a check on the 
river. Williams fired 82,000, and Liu folded, giving Williams his first chance to stack chips today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
580,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
412,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
|
310,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
300,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
200,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
180,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
155,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Ed Brogdon started the day as the short stack and knew he'd need to make something happen quickly. He's probably need a bit of run good too. Armen Kara raised to 30,000 preflop, and Mark Babekov called. Then from the cutoff, Brogdon shipped it in for another 53,000. Kara called, and Babekov folded 
face up. That was bad news for Brogdon, as his 
was racing against Kara's 
. Those two missing outs didn't hurt him, though, as the board ran out 
. Brogdon more than doubled to nearly 200,000. Kara is down to 120,000.
Just when it looked like no hand would go beyond a c-bet on the flop, things got interesting. Steve Chanthabouasy opened to 30,000 from middle position, and Gregg Wilkerson flatted on the button. Mark Babekov folded the small blind, and JJ Liu called from the big blind. The flop fell 
, and Chanthabouasy bet out 37,000. Quickly, Wilkerson moved all in for 102,000 on top. Liu folded, and Chanthabouasy went deep into the tank. And stayed there. And stayed there some more. After nearly five minutes, he made the call.
Showdown
Chanthabouasy: 
Wilkerson:
The turn brought the 
, giving Chanthabouasy a spade draw to eliminate Wilkerson. And as soon as the announcer had said Wilkerson would need to dodge a spade, the appeared on the river. "Sick! Sick!" someone on the rail shouted as Wilkerson made his exit in ninth place.
James Dempsey raised to 24,000 from the cutoff, and Mark Babekov defended his big blind. After the flop, Babekov checked, and when Dempsey bet 32,000, he folded.
After seeing two flops in the first three hands at the final table, it's been about 10 since we've gone to community cards. The players are settling into a pattern of raising and folding and seem perfectly comfortable and ready to stay awhile.
Preflop raise sizing has been all over the place so far, anywhere from 24,000 to 33,000.
