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Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 387 of 663
Six players saw the 
flop, it checked to Andrew Blake who bet 3,000. Stanley Lee check-raised to 13,000 from the small blind and Blake put Lee all in for around 30,000 total.
Lee called with 
and was up against Blake’s 
.
The board ran out 
, 
and Blake made a straight on the river to eliminate Lee.
Andrew Blake – 140,000
Stanley Lee – Eliminated
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Level 6: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 387 of 663
Sam Panzica opened to 1,700 from the button and Sterling Savill moved all in from the small blind for 18,100. Panzica called.
Savill tabled 
and needed to improve against Panzica’s 
.
The board came 
and Panzica made two-pair to eliminate Savill.
Sam Panzica – 40,000
Sterling Savill – Eliminated
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 651
Jessica Dawley raised to 2,600 from the button, the small blind called, and a player in early position shoved for around 17,000.
Dawley put out a stack of yellow 5k chips putting the small blind to the test. He calls all in with 
. Her other opponent has 
as well.
Dawley is in great shape as she turned over 
.
The board ran out 
and Dawley wound up with two-pair to knock out both of her opponents.
Jessica Dawley – 110,000
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 646
The player in the hijack raised and Carlos Guererro called from the cutoff. Aaron Mermelstein three-bet to 6,000 out of the big blind. The original raiser folded and Mermelstein called.
The flop was 
and both players checked to the turn card. Mermelstein checked and Guererro bet 8,000. Mermelstein called and the river was the .
Mermelstein checked for a third time and Guererro bet 25,000. Mermelstein check-raised all in for 65,200 and was snap-called by Guererro.
Mermelstein showed 
and was on the right side of a cold deck against Guererro’s 
. He took the pot and moved into the chip lead just before the last break of the night.
Aaron Mermelstein – 170,000
Carlos Guererro – 32,000
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 630
Ankush Mandavia opened to 1,300 from early position and Joe Elpayaa moved all in for around 19,200 with 
. The button called all in for less with 
and Mandavia called having them both covered holding 
.
The board ran out 
and Mandavia’s pocket eights held to score the double knock out.
Ankush Mandavia – 130,000
Joe Elpayaa – Eliminated
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 628
On a flop of , the big blind checked and Ryan Hughes bet 1,800 from the cutoff. The button called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the and Hughes bet 2,000. The button called and the river was the 
.
Hughes fired a third barrel, this time 5,200. The button called and Hughes tabled . The button mucked his hand and Hughes took the pot.
Hughes started off the eighth level on the right foot just a few days after finishing third in the WPTDeepStacks event for $63,507.
Ryan Hughes – 37,500
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 625
On a final board reading 
with around 20,000 in the pot Carlos Guerrero checked from the small blind.
Chance Kornuth bet 13,500, and Guerrero went into the tank. Kornuth asks “Are you trying to get a live read?”
Guerrero goes “I have the perfect hand to call you with”
Someone at the table called the clock, the floor came over and Guerrero goes “I already know what I’m going to do but I’m going to wait the full thirty seconds.”
He waited and then threw in the calling chip. Kornuth turned over 
for the winning full house. Guerrero mucked and said he had ace king.
Chance Kornuth – 90,000
Carlos Guerrero – 115,000
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 614
On the turn with the board reading 
, Larry Greenberg bet 5,200 from middle position and Darren Elias called on his direct left.
There was about 15,000 in the pot on the river, which was the . Greenberg checked and Elias bet 7,500. Greenberg folded.
Elias mucked his hand, took the pot and is quietly ascending the chip counts two-thirds of the way through the day.
Darren Elias – 94,000
Larry Greenberg – 27,000
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 587
On a flop of 
a player in middle position has his exposed.
Middle position shoved for around 10,000 effectively and Cord Garcia snap calls all in with .
The turn was the and Garcia hit his flush when the river brought the .
Brett Bader jokingly said “You saw his hand and still and still called?”
Cord Garcia – 29,000
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 587
Frankie Flowers had an all in button in front of him and was stacking a massive pot after flopping trips and rivering a full house against David Prociak.
A few orbits later, the two went at it again. On the turn, with the board reading , Flowers checked from the big blind. Prociak bet 6,000 and Flowers called.
The river was the 
and there was about 25,000 in the pot. Both players checked.
“You got this one,” said Flowers. “I missed. Queen-high.”
Prociak tabled 
and Flowers mucked his hand.
David Prociak – 58,000
Frankie Flowers – 47,000