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We found Canadian online grinder Jonas Mackoff sitting immediately to Antonio Esfandiari's left, and he has some chips to put pressure on "The Magician." Kevin MacPhee is also sitting on a little more than double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,200 | |
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9,800 | |
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We were watching a table that includes Phil Collins and Antonio Esfandiari, when we came across an interesting hand.
On a board of 
, Linley Hull's lead bet had been raised by her opponent and she three-bet all in with her opponent making the call.
Linley was not afraid of the hearts as she tabled 
and her opponent had the 
. Linley would improve on the 
turn, but still had to fade all hearts but the king and she did as the 
fell on the turn and Linley found the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,800
12,800
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12,800 |
A player under the gun pushed his small stack all in and Maurice Hawkins called with an even shorter stack in middle position. Hawkins flipped over 
, leaving his opponent drawing pretty thin with 
. The flop of 
gave both of them the irrelevant top pair, but a heart flush draw was on the board. The turn and river were a heartless 
and Hawkins doubled up to slightly less than what he started the day with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,150
650
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650 |
Matt Salsberg's chair is vacant, but Mike Leah and Loni Harwood are both grinding up their stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,800 | |
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7,600
4,400
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4,400 |
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Busted | |
In 2004, Greg Raymer finished on top of what was at the time the largest World Series of Poker Main Event ever held, earning $5 million and cementing himself in the poker history books. It's been a decade since Raymer's incredible win, and one that's been filled with plenty of ups and downs.
PokerNews contributor Peter Alson recently sat down with Raymer to discuss everything from reflecting back on his big victory, his poker career since, and even his personal issues off the felt.
For the complete interview, please click here.
A player opened to 400 from early position and Bart Hanson reraised to 1,000. The player from the big blind made it 2,500 to go and the original raiser folded back to Hanson.
Hanson put out a five-bet to 5,500 and his opponent folded. Hanson is the owner and lead pro at CrushLivePoker.com, but he's trying to crush the tournament scene today and has a decent stack, even if he missed the Belmont.
Told myself I was going to sit out to watch the Belmont. Picked up AcKc and missed the entire race but won 15k pot vs KJ and Jc9c on KsTc8cFollow @BartHanson
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,200
2,000
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2,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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36,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
|
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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29,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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28,000
-3,400
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-3,400 |
We came across Victor Chapnik with his pile of chips as he fired out a raise to 4,000 on a flop of 
to the initial bet of 1,200. He took down the pot as his opponent folded, and the dealer pushed the chips to add to Chapnik's random stacks spread out over a good portion of his side of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000 |
We've recently lost a few big names from the tournament. Mike Leah, Tony Dunst, and Kevin MacPhee have all busted and their seats quickly filled as the tournament staff rapidly break down tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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