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Ryan D'Angelo was in the cutoff and he opened to 35,000 to start the action, with Abraham Korotki three-betting to 85,000 by grabbing a handful of chips from his as yet unstacked pile.
Maurice Hawkins had been crippled in unknown action during a previous hand, and he threw the last of his 75,000 or so into the pot with a slight splash.
D'Angelo decided to see the flop so he flatted Korotki's three-bet, and the two checked through to the turn on a 
board. When Korotki tapped the table once again on the 
river D'Angelo moved a bet forward which instantly folded Korotki (he still had some chip-stacking to do after all).
Hawkins stood up and asked to see a flush draw, but when D'Angelo tabled the 
he shrugged his shoulders and said "oh yeah, that'll do it."
Hawkins earned $33,967 for the deep run here today, more than enough to treat his wife on her birthday this Saturday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,530,000 | |
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1,120,000
406,000
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406,000 |
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Busted | |
, both players in the blinds checked, and Hawkins continued for 35,000. Sylvia check-raised to 90,000, Korotki quickly cold-called, and Hawkins went into the tank. After a two-minute, agonizing tank, which looked a little embellished for the cameras, Hawkins made the fold.
, the 2012 WSOP Main Event runner-up open-shoved for 445,000, and the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event winner instantly called.
for top two pair, and a few seconds passed before Korotki revealed 
for a set. A few players at the table scoffed at the sight of the apparent slowroll, and one of them even called for a jack as the dealer burned and turned the river; the 
.
was checked through to the river, and when it was, Grandieri announced "I think I'm alive!" Indeed he was, as his 
had connected all the way through, flopping top pair on the flop and making a straight in the end.
and Cristos was one card from the double up.
giving Kohlberg a pair of Kings and sending Cristos home in 27th place. A great World Poker Tour season for the young man regardless of how it ended here today.
, and hit the rail in 28th place.
flop. The sweat continued though, with Afriat flopping an open-ended straight draw, but the turn (
, 
and Lafaye had 
