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Victor Figueroa opened to 20,000 from the cut-off, before Ben Reason raised it up to 43,000 from the button. Jennifer Tilly then pushed all in for 189,000 from the big blind, before getting snap-called by Figueroa. Reason folded, and the cards were shown.
Tilly:
Figueroa:
The board ran out to see Tilly fall to the full house that was turned by her opponent.
Noah Vaillancourt opened under the gun to 20,000 and everybody folded to Aaron Dolgin in the cut off. He didn't waste any time and announced all in for 111,000 total. The button and both blinds folded and Vaillancourt made the call after some counting. Vaillancourt showed and was up against .
Dolgin would get unlucky as the flop came queen high: . Dolgin still had all the aces and kings as well, as some back door outs, but wouldn't hit: on the turn, on the river. "Are you guys in the money yet?" the dealer asked. "Pay out table 362!" he shouted after the other players pointed out that there were only two tables left in the tournament.
The hand started with Jake Cody opening to 21,000 from under the gun, as the action folded around to Aaron Dolgin on the small blind. With around 50,000 in his stack, he decided to just made the call, as the big blind folded.
The flop came down , and Dolgin instantly moved all in for his remaining chips. Cody made the call, as the cards were shown.
Dolgin:
Cody:
Dolgin would dodge all hearts and counterfeit Cody’s two pair when the board ran out the and to see him move back up to 120,000 in chips.
Under the gun Sarah Tolagson shoved all in and right next to her Daniel Bishop made the call. All other players quickly folded and we had a show down. Both had really big hands with for Tolagson and for Bishop.
Bishop would win the race this time. The flop brought to the table and Tolagson could still hit an ace or king to double up. After the on the turn she was left with no outs though. the on the river played no real part in the hand anymore.
After doubling up her short-stack earlier in the level, Jennifer Tilly has continued to three-bet shove all in, on her opponents, without getting called. Her persistence has seen her stack rise back up to just over 200,000 in chips.
In the space of two hands, Joe Attila has been eliminated from the tournament.
In the first, he opened to 20,000 from under the gun, before Aaron Dolgin moved all in for his last 38,000 in chips. Attila made the call, and the cards were shown.
Dolgin:
Attila:
Not able to find an eight on a board of , he was sent down to 170,000 in chips.
In the next hand, he again opened to 20,000, before Jake Cody asked for a count of his stack from the button. With the information he needed, Cody raised to 43,000 before snap-calling the all in raise from Attila.
Cody:
Attila:
The board ran out , to see him exit in 16th place.
In the first hand after the break Sam Greenwood has been eliminated by the hands of Victor Figueroa. Figueroa on the button had opened with and took up Greenwood who, in the big blind, had really found a hand with . Greenwood was the short stack with just a couple big blinds but was in a good spot to double up.
It wasn't meant to be though as the flop came king high: . The on the turn and on the river wouldn't help Greenwood and he exited the tournament in seventeenth place.
Just before the break, Jennifer Tilly opened to 21,000 from late position, before Victor Figueroa moved all in for 121,000 from the small blind. Tilly made the call as the cards were turned.
Tilly:
Figueroa:
The board ran out to see Figueroa double, as Tilly fell to just 28,000 in chips.
to see Tilly fall to the full house that was turned by her opponent.
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. Dolgin still had all the aces and kings as well, as some back door outs, but wouldn't hit: 
on the turn, 
on the river. "Are you guys in the money yet?" the dealer asked. "Pay out table 362!" he shouted after the other players pointed out that there were only two tables left in the tournament.
and 
to the table and Tolagson could still hit an ace or king to double up. After the 
on the turn she was left with no outs though. the 
on the river played no real part in the hand anymore.
, to see him exit in 16th place.
on the turn and 
on the river wouldn't help Greenwood and he exited the tournament in seventeenth place.
