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Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Players are on a 15-minute break as tournament officials race off the yellow 1,000-denomination chips.
A player opened to 50,000 from under the gun before a player in early position moved all in for 88,000. Daniel Smiljkovic in the cutoff thought for some time before calling only to see the small blind re-jam for 129,000. The original raiser got out of the way while Smiljkovic quickly called with the covering stack to put both of his opponents at risk.
Early Position Player: A♣6♣
Small Blind Player: J♦7♣
Daniel Smiljkovic: 8♣8♥
Smiljkovic was in a good spot to score the double knockout but was unable to do so despite improving to a set after the board ran out 9♠4♥10♣J♣8♦ to give the small blind a straight, handing them a near triple up while sending the early position player out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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705,000
465,000
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465,000 |
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Aaron Mermelstein and Thomas Middleton got all of the chips into the middle preflop on the stone bubble, with Mermelstein's tournament life at risk.
Aaron Mermelstein: 9♣9♠
Thomas Middleton: A♣K♣
With the crowd gathered around, the Tournament Director signaled to the dealer to run out the cards and the flop came 10♣10♦K♦ to instantly give Middleton the lead. The board completed with the 8♦4♥ to seal Mermelstein's fate and he was eliminated on the stone money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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There were four chances to burst the bubble this past round of hand-for-hand, but all four short stacks found a double to survive another hand.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Ivan Deyra was all in from early position for 133,000. Truyen Nguyen, the cutoff, made the call.
Ivan Deyra: 10♥10♠
Truyen Nguyen: 9♥9♦
Deyra's tens held on the 2♣Q♣A♦2♥8♥ board, doubling him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
460,000
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460,000 |
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280,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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With the loss of three players in the last round of hand-for-hand, the field is now at 98 and the players are on the stone bubble.
Phil Ivey opened to 40,000 from the cutoff before a player in the small blind moved all in. Ivey quickly called off his stack of 673,000 to put himself at risk.
Phil Ivey: K♣K♥
Small Blind Player: J♥J♠
Ivey was in a good spot to score a massive double and establish himself as one of the chipleaders. He maintained his lead on the A♣Q♣7♥ flop with the 4♥ leaving him needing to fade two outs heading to the river. He was able to do just that after the K♦ completed the board to send his stack north of the 1,000,000 chip mark and leave his opponent with crumbs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,400,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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