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Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Players are on a 15-minute break as tournament officials race off the yellow 1,000-denomination chips.
A player opened to 50,000 from under the gun before a player in early position moved all in for 88,000. Daniel Smiljkovic in the cutoff thought for some time before calling only to see the small blind re-jam for 129,000. The original raiser got out of the way while Smiljkovic quickly called with the covering stack to put both of his opponents at risk.
Early Position Player: A?6?
Small Blind Player: J?7?
Daniel Smiljkovic: 8?8?
Smiljkovic was in a good spot to score the double knockout but was unable to do so despite improving to a set after the board ran out 9?4?10?J?8? to give the small blind a straight, handing them a near triple up while sending the early position player out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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705,000
465,000
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465,000 |
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Aaron Mermelstein and Thomas Middleton got all of the chips into the middle preflop on the stone bubble, with Mermelstein's tournament life at risk.
Aaron Mermelstein: 9?9?
Thomas Middleton: A?K?
With the crowd gathered around, the Tournament Director signaled to the dealer to run out the cards and the flop came 10?10?K? to instantly give Middleton the lead. The board completed with the 8?4? to seal Mermelstein's fate and he was eliminated on the stone money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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There were four chances to burst the bubble this past round of hand-for-hand, but all four short stacks found a double to survive another hand.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Ivan Deyra was all in from early position for 133,000. Truyen Nguyen, the cutoff, made the call.
Ivan Deyra: 10?10?
Truyen Nguyen: 9?9?
Deyra's tens held on the 2?Q?A?2?8? board, doubling him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
460,000
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460,000 |
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280,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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With the loss of three players in the last round of hand-for-hand, the field is now at 98 and the players are on the stone bubble.
Phil Ivey opened to 40,000 from the cutoff before a player in the small blind moved all in. Ivey quickly called off his stack of 673,000 to put himself at risk.
Phil Ivey: K?K?
Small Blind Player: J?J?
Ivey was in a good spot to score a massive double and establish himself as one of the chipleaders. He maintained his lead on the A?Q?7? flop with the 4? leaving him needing to fade two outs heading to the river. He was able to do just that after the K? completed the board to send his stack north of the 1,000,000 chip mark and leave his opponent with crumbs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,400,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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