No sooner than we had returned after writing up our last post, we found ourselves back over at Shaun Deeb's table, where David Whitis was all-in for the last of his chips against Chris Lee on third street.
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Despite both players finding a pair of deuces in the hole, Whitis picked up his queen on the river, but Lee flicked up the ace and Whitis is no longer with us as a result. However, Whitis walks out of here with $17,237 in his back pocket for finishing ninth in this event.
Kendall Fukumoto is the short stack, and he's trying not to keep it that way. In the last two 2-7 Single Draw hands, Fukumoto has shoved in. The first time he shoved over the top of a Brian Haveson raise, blind-versus-blind. In the next, he open-shoved in John D'Agostino. Both times, Lee has mentioned that he's made a pay bump and seems content to let the cards fall where they may for the rest of the night.
From the button, Shaun Deeb opened to 27,000, and the action came through to the big blind. Don McNamara was there with in the hole, and he three-bet shoved for 147,000 total. Deeb gave it a long look, and he eventually snatched the calling chips from his stack and plunked the pinks into the pot. McNamara patted, and Deeb patted as well. We already know what McNamara had, and he leaned way forward as Deeb slapped his down on the felt.
McNamara's hand is second-best, and he's been cut down in 8th place. That's good for $23,248.
In one level (plus a couple hands), Shan Deeb went from 650,000 to 150,000 and back up to 1.02 million! The final seven players are now going to be sitting together, and they've racked up and moved over to the secondary featured table. We'll be back in action in just a moment.
In one of the first hands of this preliminary final table, the action folded to John D'Agostino who raised from middle position; Kendall Fukumoto then re-raised from the small blind, forcing Brian Haveson out of the way on the big blind, and D'Agostino called to go heads-up to the flop of .
Fukumoto opened, D'Agostino raised, Fukumoto re-raised and D'Agostino four-bet it, which was enough to put Fukumoto all-in.
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Fukumoto:
The turn and river ran out , and Fukumoto doubled through. We should also point out that despite being the short stack at this final table, Fukumoto is the only player so far to be holding T25,000 chips - the only two at the table!
"I suppose they gotta make me feel good about something!" Fukumoto quipped as he raked in his chips.
Shaun Deeb brought it in with the , and Kevin Chance completed from the last dot with the showing. Deeb raised, and Chance flatted to see fourth street.
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Chance: (x-x) /
On fourth street, Chance took the lead again with a bet, and Deeb called. On fifth, Chance checked it, and Deeb took his own cue to bet. Chance called, and Deeb fired out again on sixth street. Chance was stopped in his tracks now, and he stared forlornly at his down cards one last time before tucking them under.
We picked up the action on fourth street, heads up between John D'Agostino and Travis Pearson.
D'Agostino: (x-x) / / (x)
Pearson: (x-x) / / (x)
D'Agostino had the lead the whole way, and he bet it the whole way. On seventh, he put his last few chips into the pot in the dark, and Pearson called him all the way down. D'Agostino showed , and his trip aces are good for the double up. He's back to 350,000, while Pearson falls down into the basement with 235,000.
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in the hole, and he three-bet shoved for 147,000 total. Deeb gave it a long look, and he eventually snatched the calling chips from his stack and plunked the pinks into the pot. McNamara patted, and Deeb patted as well. We already know what McNamara had, and he leaned way forward as Deeb slapped his 
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and Fukumoto doubled through. We should also point out that despite being the short stack at this final table, Fukumoto is the only player so far to be holding T25,000 chips - the only two at the table!
showing. Deeb raised, and Chance flatted to see fourth street.
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