McLean Dies Hard (￡22,847)
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Neil Channing progresses, beating McLean Karr after a hard-fought match in which both players seemed to be relaxed and playing confidently, but in which the stack advantage was usually (and not by much) on the Channing side. The final hand saw Karr limp on the button, big blind Channing make it 15k more, and Karr calling.
The flop of 
saw the rest of the chips go in, as Channing's bet of 23k was raised to 57,500 and it was a short shove-call process after that to get Karr all in for his tournament life drawing with 
against Channing's 
. The turn and river came blank 
to knock out Karr and progress the reluctant entrant into this event still further.