Hands 160-168

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Level 35 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #160: Liberto raised his button to 600,000, Bennington called from the small blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked to the turn, and the action repeated through the river. Liberto's proved to be the winner, as Bennington held only the lowly .

Hand #161: Liberto's opening raise of 600,000 was met with an three-bet shove by Chen, which earned him the pot.

Hand #162: Chen raised his button, making it 600,000 to play, and the action folded around making it two in a row for a short-stacked Chen.

Hand #163: Chen kept up the aggression, raising to 600,000 from under the gun, but he finally met resistance in the form of a reshove by Gray. Chen mucked and the pot was pushed Gray's way.

Hand #164: Gray popped it 750,000 from under the gun, and Chen came along to see a flop of . After Chen checked the action, Gray responded in kind by tapping the table, and the turned. Chen elected to lead out on fourth street, firing 825,000 and staring silently at the table. Gray reached towards his stack and cut out enough chips for a call, bringing the on the river. This card caused Chen to deliberate for thirty seconds while riffling a stack of purple T100,000 chips. Eventually, he used those chips to bet 1.35 million, and Gray quickly looked him up, but Chen's for the flopped nuts proved to be the winner.

Hand #165: As tournament staff colored off some of the orange T5000 chips, we missed a brief and uneventful pot.

Hand #166: Gray's open-shove from the small blind claimed the antes.

Hand #167: Liberto tried the same trick, moving all-in from the small blind, and he took the pot without a contest.

Hand #168: Action folded around to Bennington in the small blind, and he raised to 850,000. Chen called and the flop of was checked by Bennington. Chen fired a bet of 675,000 forward, Bennington popped it to 2.1 million, and Chen insta-folded.