Hand #1: In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "thekid32" opened to 70,400 in early position and was three-bet to 208,000 by Ari Engel, who was next to act. Action folded back to thekid32" and a call was made.

The flop dropped and "thekid32" checked. Engel made a continuation-bet of 112,000 and "thekid32" called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . "thekid32" bet 304,000 and Engel thought for some time before calling.

"thekid32" showed for a flopped to two pair and Engel mucked, leaving 371,000 behind.

Hand #2: On the next hand, "thekid32" opened under the gun and Engel three-bet to 300,000. Action made its way back to "thekid32" and reraised to put Engel all in. Engel called.

"thekid32":
Ari Engel:

The flop came to put Engel in need of hitting an eight or running clubs. He would find neither as the turn and river completed the runout to result in him taking ninth place.

Meanwhile, "thekid32" now has over 2 million and is the chip leader with eight remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	2,110,867 1,298,463	1,298,463
Ari Engel	Busted

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