The Champ is Down for the Count
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. Farha quickly called with 
. He stayed in the late by making a pair of nines on a flop of 
. The turn 
was the perfect sweat card; it gave Eastgate an up-and-down straight draw to go along with his outs to a pair of jacks. Farha never broke a sweat, smiling the whole time, as the dealer burned and turned another for the river card.Eastgate is therefore eliminated in the Second Round; Farha will return later in the evening for his Third Round match.