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Patrick Eskandar got his stack of roughly 9,000 all in preflop and found himself in dire straits against 2018 SHRPO Super High Roller champ Elio Fox.

Fox:
Eskandar:

Eskandar had a kicker problem and it didn’t get resolved as the board ran out .

Elio Fox – 63,000 (105 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – Eliminated

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James Salmon was all in from the big blind for 1,020,000 and called by Dennis Rodriguez on the button.

Salmon was in the lead with his against Rodriguez’s .

The board came and Salmon’s ace high held to avoid elimination.

James Salmon – 2,100,000 (28 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 1,315,000 (18 bb)

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Players Remaining: 7 of 914

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table prizepool:

Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  4,175,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,425,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  9,550,000  (96 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  10,025,000  (100 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,275,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,125,000  (71 bb)

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  Joseph Cheong  –  $102,843
9th:  Marcos Exterkotter  –  $77,132

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Paul Balzano opened to 165,000 from under the gun and Joey Couden moved all in from the button for 550,000. Balzano called.

Couden tabled and needed to get lucky against Balzano’s .

The flop came and Couden did indeed get lucky as he flopped trip kings. The turn and river changed nothing as Couden scored another double.

Joey Couden – 1,150,000 (15 bb)
Paul Balzano – 2,050,000  (27 bb)

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Matt O’Donnell moved all in from the cutoff for about 350,000 and Brandon Hall called out of the big blind.

O’Donnell tabled and was behind Hall’s .

The flop was and O’Donnell was drawing very thin after Hall flopped top pair. The turn was the , which left O’Donnell drawing dead to the river.

O’Donnell busted in eighth place and earned $27,272.

Brandon Hall – 850,000 (28 bb)
Matt O’Donnell – Eliminated 

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Joey Couden moved all in for 320,000 from the cutoff and Paul Balzano called from the big blind.

Couden needed to improve with his against Balzano’s .

The flop came , and Couden flopped a ten but needed to dodge another diamond.

The turn and river were clean for Couden as he scored a double.

Joey Couden – 700,000 (9 bb)
Paul Balzano – 2,700,000 (36 bb)

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Stanley Lee is out to the early chip lead and it’s thanks in no small part to a run of good cards.

In a recent hand, Lee raised to 1,400 and both blinds called. When the flop came down , both blinds checked and then folded when Lee continued for 2,000.

“Just don’t play pots with me,” Lee said with a smile as he showed the .

Stanley Lee – 110,000 (183 bb)

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Joey Couden moved all in from the cutoff and Marc MacDonnell called all in for 1,750,000 from the small blind

Couden tabled and was racing against MacDonnell’s .

The board came and Couden turned a set of sevens to take a commanding lead. It was short lived however as MacDonnell spiked a on the river to make broadway and take the chip lead.

Marc MacDonnell – 3,575,000 (48 bb)
Joey Couden – 300,000 (4 bb)

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Jake Schwartz raised to 75,000 preflop from middle position, and Michael Esposito reraised to 220,000 on hijack. Schwartz reraised all in for 700,000, and Esposito called all in so they flipped over their cards.

Schwartz:
Esposito:

Board:

Esposito was eliminated in ninth place, good for $20,846, and Schwartz stacks up 1.35 million after the hand.

Jake Schwartz – 1,350,000 (45 bb)
Michael Esposito – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($20,846)

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Cliff Josephy raised to 1,400 from early position and Kelly Minkin called from the hijack. Darren Elias came along from the cutoff and after the button and blinds all folded, the flop came down .

Two checks saw Elias bet 2,000 and Josephy folded. Minkin sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 13,500 and Elias quickly folded. With that, both players fell to right around the starting stack.

Kelly Minkin – 20,000 (33 bb)
Darren Elias – 20,000 ( 33 bb)