David 'Doc' Sands was hovering around 6,000 chips when we last saw him, and his Tweet about 60,000 chips really had us wondering what happened to him. We ran into Sands on the break and he told us the following. After chipping up to 28,000 he got it in with 
against a player with 22,000 chips who was holding 
. Sands managed to win this massive flip and is now one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
55,500
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55,500 |
Kenny Hallaert just updated us on his tournament and he's doing really good. It could have gone the other way but Carlos Mortensen decided against pulling the trigger. Hallaert raised to 1,000 and Mortensen called, as did the player on the button.
The flop brought 
and Hallaert threw out 1,650. Mortensen called after which the button shoved for 5,100. Hallaert moved all-in over the top and the former WSOP Main Event champion folded.
| Kenny Hallaert |   |
| Opponent |   |
The turn was the 
and the river the 
giving Hallaert the pot. Hallaert told us Mortensen told him he folded and considered moving all-in pre flop. Mortensen made the right move, but could have had a much bigger stack if he went in for the double up. Hallaert is cruising right now with almost twice the average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
14,200
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14,200 |
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5,700
-2,800
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-2,800 |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
We didn't see the hand but Vanessa Rousso kindly informed us that Eugene Katchalov busted when his 
ran into . Eugene bricked the flop, turn, and river, and now he's out the door.
Rousso is still looking pretty with a stack of around 37,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Busted | |
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The action folded around to a player in early position and he moved all-in for 4,575. It seemed nobody wanted a piece of the action until the buck stopped with Andrew Badecker in the small blind who made the call.
| Badecker |  |
| Earl Position Player |   |
Board: 
So Badecker eliminated a player and moved to 56,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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We caught the action on the flop in a heads up pot between Vanessa Rousso, in the BB, and Eugene Katchalov from the HJ. Rousso leads from the BB for 2,000 on a 
board. Katchalov quickly called. The turn was the 
Russo then leads with a serious bet of 10,000! Katchalov, with a puzzled look, goes into the tank for over two minutes. He folds his hand and Russo shows a
We didn't see the preflop betting, but we caught Brian Hastings in a hand with his opponent all in. Hastings held and his opponent held
Hastings caught a queen on the flop but it wasn't enough to outrun his opponent who was all in for 3,650.
Hastings is still healthy though with a stack around 28,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Layne Flack raised to 1,125 in first position and the big blind called. The flop was 
and the big blind check-called a 1,625 Flack bet. The turn card was the 
and once again the big blind checked. Action on Flack and he was in no mood to slow down. He made a bet of 2,825 and the big blind quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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On a 
flop Ty Reiman got his opponent all-in for 11,100 chips. We witnessed the following showdown.
| Ty Reiman |  |
| Opponent |   |
The turn brought out the and the river the giving the all-in player a double up. Reiman is still sitting pretty with around 18,000 chips.
@phil_hellmuth
phil_hellmuth Quad aces! Picked up A-A vs their Q-Q for 7k each, A-J-8-10-A. Up to 22Kish, 570 left, 216 paid. 17k ave chips @DownTownChad on my left
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