Joe Ward Eliminated in 7th Place ($65,502)
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Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #65: Mutke raised his button to 80,000, taking a pot chocked full of blinds and antes.
Hand #66: Cada opened for 80,000 in the hijack, and the blinds surrendered.
Hand #67: Ward moved all-in from the cutoff, risking his last 290,000 with 
, and Taylor quickly called from the small blind with his 
. Ward was in bad shape, and the flop of 
only put him in a deeper hole. The 
provided a brief glimmer of hope, and he would need to spike one of the three queens left in the deck to survive.
River: 
With that, Ward was sent to the payout desk, and his stack was sent to Taylor.