From the button, [Removed:65] raised to 35,000. Joe Ebanks called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Ebanks checked, [Removed:72] fired 41,000, and Ebanks folded.
A couple hands later, [Removed:72] raised from the button to 35,000 once again. Ebanks called, and the flop came down 
. Ebanks checked, [Removed:72] fired 28,000, and Ebanks folded.
Joe Ebanks raised to 35,000 on the button, and [Removed:65] reraised to 105,000 from the big blind. Ebanks moved all in for a litle under 800,000, and [Removed:72] folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![Profile photo of [Removed:65]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
1,300,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
900,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
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From the button, Joe Ebanks limped in. [Removed:65] raised to 49,000, and Ebanks called to take the 
flop in position. [Removed:72] bet 62,000, and Ebanks called to see the turn.
The 
paired the board on fourth street, and both players checked. Then, then 
completed the board on the river. [Removed:72] led for 125,000, and Ebanks folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,298,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
902,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
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From the button, Joe Ebanks raised to 28,000. The defending champion Joe Serock reraised all in from the small blind for 165,000. Action moved back to Ebanks, and he made the calling, claiming that he felt he had to.
Ebanks tabled the 
to Serock's 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Serock was eliminated. His back-to-back title run had come short in third place, but it was still an impressive showing by the defending champ.
Ebanks and [Removed:65] are now heads up for the title.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,275,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
925,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
735,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
165,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 24
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
With around 250,000 chips already in the middle, the final board read 
between defending champion Joe Serock and start-of-the-day chip leader [Removed:65]. After Serock checked, [Removed:72] slid out a bet of 165,000. Serock made the call, but immediately mucked after [Removed:72] tabled the 
.
Serock shipped over the chips and dropped back to 350,000. [Removed:72] moved back over 1.1 million and is once again well in the lead over his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,180,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
670,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
||
Joe Serock raised on the button to 28,000 to start this one off. [Removed:65] called from the small blind, and Joe Ebanks called from the big blind.
The flop came down paired with the 
, and all three players checked to see the land on the turn. Again, all three players checked. The 
completed the board on the river, and all three players checked one final time.
[Removed:72] showed the 
, which was followed by Ebanks showing the 
. Serock mucked his hand, and his two opponents chopped up the pot.
Joe Serock check-called a bet of 68,000 on the 
flop against [Removed:65] before seeing the land on fourth street. Serock checked again, and [Removed:72] reached for a hefty bet of 165,000 and fired it into the middle. Serock folded, and once again he became the shortest stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
810,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
790,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
600,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |
|
|
||
After Joe Ebanks raised from the button to 27,000, defending champion Joe Serock reraised to 67,000 out of the small blind. Robin K. folded from the big blind, and then Ebanks reraised all in. Serock called off, putting himself at risk for 349,000 total.
Serock: 
Ebanks: 
It was a big flip with Serock's title defense hopes on the line. The defending champ stood from his chair and began to grab his bag, but this one was far from over.
Serock took the lead on the flop when the 
fell. The turn was the 
, and the river was the . Ebanks sent over the chips to double up Serock, who moved up over 700,000 in chips. Ebanks dropped back under 1 million to just over 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
818,000
-407,000
|
-407,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
716,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
666,000
1,000
|
1,000 |