Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Seven Card Stud
Ben Yu: 
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Mark Gregorich: /
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Claude Marbleu: /
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Catching the action on seventh street there was a massive pot already in the middle of the table worth over 80,000 and Mark Gregorich was all in. Ben Yu was heads up against Claude Marbleu for a 20,000 chip side pot. On seventh, Yu bet and Marbleu thought for a good while before finally mucking his hand.
Yu then showed his 
for two pair. Gregorich also had two pair, but it was a worse two pair, showing his 
, so he was sent to the payout desk to collect his prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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160,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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90,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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Busted | |
and Vornicu checked then called a bet from Hildebrand. 
river. Hildebrand turned up his 
for the nut flush and the nut low and he scooped the pot. For good measure, Vornicu did show his 
and Soulier checked. Droeger bet then Soulier raised. Droeger went all in for a bit more and Soulier called. 
, giving Soulier two pair and eliminating Droeger from the tournament. Soulier had just a bit more than Droeger so he earned a near double in the hand.
, Scott Seiver bet his remaining 6,000-ish from the small blind, and Iori Yogo called from the big blind.
for trips jacks to win the pot and score the elimination.
for a king-high straight, Looney mucked, and Schaff won the pot.
. Malis mucked quickly, but Horowitz held onto his cards, shook his head, then mucked shortly after. "Pleasure doing business with you boys," said Vornicu, raking in the pot worth nearly 100,000 chips.