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For the second time today, we found a player who flopped quads.
We arrived at the table on the river with the board reading 
to see Martin Staszko bet 17,000 into a pot that already had over 25,000 in it. The only other player in the hand thought for a few moments, then tossed out a call. Staszko turned over 
for flopped quads, and he obviously won the pot.
After the hand, Staszko was up to 59,000 in chips.
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Australian pro Oliver Gill Gaber is up near 150,000 after a recent hand he relayed to us.
A player raised to 1,050 and Gill Gaber and two others called. The flop came down 
, and someone bet 3,000. Gill Gaber raised to 7,000, another player raised to 17,600, and Gill Gaber was the only caller. The turn was a 
, and Gill Gaber's opponent check-raised all in after Gill Gaber bet 20,075. Gill Gaber called with 
for a flush, and his opponent had 
for a weaker flush.
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A middle position player opened for 1,125, and Elio Fox called from the cutoff seat. The action on Jake Balsiger on the button, last year's Main Event third-place finisher paused about 15 seconds, then reraised to 3,000.
It folded back to the original raiser who responded by making it 4,825 to go, chasing Fox. Balsiger sat motionless for a full minute this time, then looking down at the 16,000 or so he had behind announced he was all in and his opponent immediately tossed away his hand.
Balsiger had slipped down to about half the stack with which he'd started the day, but as the end of Level 6 nears he's climbed back up to about 24,000.
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24,000
-9,575
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Following a hi-jack raise to 1,300 and a call from the cutoff, Ben Wilinofsky three-bet to 3,850 from the small blind.
With the action on the big blind, he went into the tank before tossing in three chips amounting to a four-bet of 11,000.
The hi-jack and cutoff quickly folded while Wilinofsky took slightly longer before folding his hand while slipping to 75,000 in chips.
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75,000
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On a 
flop with 4,500 in the middle we found Scott Fischman leading out for 1,500. The player on his direct left called, as well as Sergio Castelluccio from the button before all three players checked the 
on the turn.
With the river landing the 
, the action was checked to Castelluccio and he bet out 4,600 to prompt two quick folds.
As Castelluccio raked in the pot, his stack grew to roughly 245,000 in chips.
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31,000
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58,000
-16,625
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-16,625 |
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112,000
35,225
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98,000
59,675
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88,000
22,400
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75,000
5,025
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5,025 |
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70,000
-5,500
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54,000
29,000
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48,000
-10,000
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43,000
-19,500
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26,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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26,000
1,025
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1,025 |
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23,000
-24,825
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-24,825 |
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21,000
-1,700
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18,000
-4,000
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18,000
-14,650
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Unfortunately we haven't been able to catch either player in a hand yet so far today, but both Daniel Cates and Cliff Josephy have had a great first level of the day.
Cates came into today as one of the biggest stacks with 188,425, and he has already added almost 30,000 to it to put his stack currently at 215,000. Meanwhile, Josephy, also known as "JohnnyBax" online, started the day 96,975, and he has nearly doubled that so far today, as he now has a big stack of 180,000. These two with chips is a bad sign for the rest of the field, and we will be keeping our eyes on these two notables as the day goes on.
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26,575
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It looks like Chris Moneymaker won’t be making a deep run in this year’s Main Event, after being eliminated earlier in the level.
A player on the table recalled to us that Moneymaker opened the pot from under the gun, before Ivan Mamuzic put out a raise. Moneymaker committed his last 14,000 in chips and was called.
Moneymaker had 
, but had run into Mamuzic’s . The board bricked out, sending the 2003 Main Event champion to the rail, on the 10th year anniversary since his famous victory.
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Eliminations are happening at a fairly constant rate, and one of those unable to register a final cash for the Summer is Faraz Jaka.
The dream comes to an end. Busted WSOP main event had K4o in big blind w/ 3 big blinds & couldn't beat JQ. SucksFollow @FarazJaka
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