Hands #8-14: Bounahra Doubles

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Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Hand #8: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 52,000 and took the blinds.

Hand #9: Zach Gruneberg made it 50,000 and D'Alesandro defended his big blind with a call. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came the and D'Alesandro led out for 65,000. Gruneberg made the call and both players checked the river.

D'Alesandro turned over and Gruneberg mucked.

Hand #10: Gruneberg made it 52,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #11: Gruneberg got a walk.

Hand #12: Dominik Nitsche took the blinds and antes with a 48,000 button raise.

Hand #13: Gruneberg made it 50,000 and Thayer Rasmussen defended his big blind with a call. Rasmussen then led out for 75,000 on the flop and Gruneberg released his hand.

Hand #14: The action started with Bob Bounahra making it 55,000. Rasmussen responded by pushing all in for 770,000. Bounahra made the call for his tournament life with and found he was ahead of Rasmussen's .

The flop kept Bounahra ahead, but the turn crushed him. With the crowd calling for a jack or a king, the river fell the and Bounahra was embraced by Antonio Esfandiari on the rail, having hit a miracle river to double up and take the chip lead.