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Eric Milas open shoved from under the gun for 168,000 and Bob Bounahra made the call from the big blind.
Bounahra showed 
while Milas turned over 
, and appeared it was all Bounahra on the 
flop. However, Milas picked up a flush draw on the 
turn, and got there on the 
river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Dan Alspach shipped all in for 53,000 under the gun, and Jeff Gross made the call. Dominik Nitsche raised to 125,000, and action folded back to Gross. He went into the tank for a couple of minutes before folding.
"I should be beating you," Nitsche said, turning over 
.
"You're not beating me," Alspach said, showing 
. "You have two overs."
The dealer spread the flop: 
.
"Now, you're beating me good," Alspach observed dryly.
The 
brought a sweat by giving Alspach a flush draw, but the 
river didn't improve him and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Thayer Rasmussen opened the betting to 35,000 before Bob Bounahra three-bet, making it 125,000. Mickey Petersen then went deep in the tank on the button before calling all in for less.
Rasmussen stepped aside and it was Bounahra's 
versus Petersen's . The board came 
, and Petersen's short stack was shipped over to Bounahra.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Thayer Rasmussen raised to 35,000 in early position, and Louis Campbell pushed all in for about 160,000. Erwann Pecheux asked for a count before shoving from the big blind, and Rasmussen quickly folded.
Campbell: 
Pecheux: 
Pecheux had Campbell dominated, and the 
switched Campbell's outs from tens to jacks. The 
turn and 
river didn't save him, and he collected a 15th-place ticket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
Busted |
Mickey Petersen opened with a raise and Dave D'Alesandro came over the top all in for 161,000 total.
It folded back to Petersen who made the quick call with 
. D'Alesandro had him out-kicked though, and his cleaned up after an 
board was revealed.
With that, Petersen is in shove-or-fold mode and D'Alesandro is looking healthy again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
329,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
|
68,000
-163,000
|
-163,000 |
Billy Horan pushed all in from the cutoff, and David Lucchesi called off for less on the button.
Horan:
Lucchesi: 
Lucchesi had live cards, but it was brick city on the 
board.
"Well, I made $3,000 by folding," Dan Alspach said, laying the empathy on thick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
A tough and experienced field of 16 remains, ready to fight for a first-place prize of $335,000 here at Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Former November Niner Bob Bounahra leads the way with just over 1,000,000, while online pro Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen is hot on his heels with 933,000.
While the remaining field is predominantly American, there will be plenty of European flavor as well, featuring sponsored pros Erwann Pecheux (France, 258,000 in chips), Mickey Peterson (Denmark, 231,000), as well as World Series of Poker Circuit national champ Dominik Nitsche (Germany, 707,000) and David Burt (UK, 237,000).
Cards are set to be in the air at 1 p.m. local time, and we're coming back to Level 22 (8,000/16,000/2,000), meaning over half of the field will be under 20 big blinds. So, expect the action to be hot out of the gate and don't go anywhere as we bring you all of the relevant updates right here on PokerNews until a champion is crowned.
Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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