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Brian Hastings raised to 450,000 from the button and Scott Margereson  defended his big blind.

The flop came , Margereson checked, and Hastings bets 350,000. Margereson called.

The turn card paired the board with the . Margereson checked, Hastings bets 1,600,000, and Margereson folded. Hastings scooped the pot.

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Faraz Jaka raised to 650,000 from the small blind and Scott Margereson called from the big blind. The flop came , Jaka bet 550,000, and Margereson called.

The turn was the , Jaka checked, Margereson bet 850,000, and Jaka shoved. Margereson called all in for 4,575,000.

Margereson turned over and needed to hold against Jaka’s .

The river brought another king and Margereson wound up with trip kings to avoid elimination.

Scott Margereson – 11,625,000 (58 bb)

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Brian Hastings opened to 450,000 and Margereson  called from the big blind.

Margereson checked, Hastings bet 400, and Margereson raised to 1,250,000. Hastings called.

The turn brought the , Margereson used a time chip before betting 1,900,000, and Hastings moved all in winning himself the pot.

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Joey Couden opened to 475,000 from under the gun and Faraz Jaka raised to 1,500,000 from the big blind.

Couden shoved  9,600,000 and Jaka called. Jaka turned over and was in good shape against Couden’s .

The board came and Jaka’s pocket kings held to eliminate Couden in fourth place ($251,523).

Faraz Jaka – 20,350,000 (102 bb)
Joey Couden – Eliminated in 4th place ($251,523)

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Alfredo Fernandez raised from under the gun and Eric Rivkin moved all in for just under 200,000 out of the big blind. Fernandez called with and only needed to dodge an ace against Rivkin’s .

The board came and Rivkin was eliminated in 19th place to move the tournament to two tables.

Before the staff was even done breaking the third table in the tournament, Fernandez eliminated Paul Nguyen in 18th place to leave the field with just 17 players.

Fernandez is now one of the chip leaders while Rivkin picked up $509 and Nguyen earned $610.

Alfredo Fernandez – 600,000
Paul Nguyen – Eliminated
Eric Rivkin – Eliminated 

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Brian Hastings raised to 350,000 from the button, and Joey Couden called from the big blind.

The flop came , Couden checked, Hastings bet 300,000, and Couden called.

The turn brought the , Couden checked and Hastings bet 850,000. Couden called.

The river was the , Couden checked, and Hastings bet 2,300,000. Couden used a time chip before laying it down. Hastings scooped the pot.

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Couden opened to 400,000 from under the gun and Hastings raised to 1,300,000 from the small blind. Couden moved all in for 6,225,000. and Hastings called.

Couden turned over and was racing against Hastings’s .

The board ran out and Couden wound up with a higher full house to stay alive and double through Hastings.

Joey Couden – 12,700,000 (85 bb)

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Scott Margereson opened 300,000 from the button to and Faraz Jaka raised to 1,000,000 from the big blind. Margereson called.

The flop came , and Jaka bet 850,000. Margereson called.

The turn brought the , Jaka bet 1,600,000, and Margereson called.

The river is the , Jaka moved all in for 4,350,00 and Margereson used one of his time chips before laying it down.

Faraz Jaka – 11,425,000 (76 bb)

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Brian Hastings opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Scott Margereson  defended his big blind.

The flop came , Hastings bet 350,000 and Margereson raised to 1,150,000 winning himself the pot.

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Players Remaining: 21 of 565

An unknown short stacked player was all in from early position and there was a small side pot between George Navarro in the cutoff and Larry Klur in the big blind.

On a flop of , Klur led out for 20,000 and Navarro called. The turn was the and Klur moved all in for about 180,000. Navarro folded, leaving Klur heads-up with Aminov.

“I was just trying to get the side pot at least,” said Klur, showing .

Klur’s pair of threes was in the lead against the unknown players’ . The river was the and Klur won the pot, eliminating  the unknown player.

“Threes were the nuts,” joked Klur after the hand.

Larry Klur – 270,000