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Harrison Gimbel moved all in for 53,000 from early position and Doug Polk, who had doubled through him minutes before, moved all in himself for 2,500 more from the small blind. David Peters folded from the big and it was off to the races.

Polk:
Gimbel:

Gimbel was looking to hold to score the double, and that’s just what he did as the board ran out a safe . Polk was left with 2,500 but lost it in the very next hand.

Meanwhile, Alan Schein was also eliminated from the tournament.

Harrison Gimbel – 110,000 (28bb)
Doug  Polk – Eliminated
Alan Schein – Eliminated

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“Well, I hope I get to stick around,” Doug Polk said as he moved all in for 28,000 in early position. Harrison Gimbel re-shoved for 66,000 on the button, and the blinds folded to leave Polk heads-up for his tournament life.

Polk:
Gimbel:

The board ran out , and Polk’s kicker played to double him up.

Doug Polk – 64,500 (22 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 38,000 (13 bb)

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Matt Glantz – 500,000 (167 bb)
Mike Leah – 420,000 (140 bb)
Brandon Adams – 290,000 (97 bb)
Rya Riess – 240,000 (80 bb)
Tom Marchese – 220,000 (73 bb)
Jeff Gross – 220,000 (73 bb)
Dan Colman – 215,000 (72 bb)
Dan Shak – 200,000 (67 bb)
Jason Mercer – 183,000 (61 bb)
David Sands – 125,000 (42 bb)
Isaac Haxton – 125,000 (42 bb)
Nick Schulman -119,000 (40 bb)
Joe McKeehen  – 105,000 (35 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 90,000 (30 bb)
Cate Hall – 70,000 (23 bb)
Sean Winter – 60,000 (20 bb)
Sam Panzica – 45,000 (15 bb)
Doug Polk – 30,000 (10 bb)

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Bryce Yockey got his stack of 35,500 all in preflop and was dominated by Jonathan Jaffe.

Jaffe:
Yockey:

Yockey had a kicker problem, and while he paired it on the river after the board ran out , the same card gave Jaffe a flush.

Jonathan Jaffe – 345,000 (115 bb)
Bryce Yockey – Eliminated

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Joseph Cheong raised to 7,000 under the gun and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind. Cheong called and then action went check-check on the flop.

Kornuth proceeded to bet 45,000 on the turn, Cheong called, and the completed the board on the river.

Kornuth returned to checking and wound up folding when Cheong bet a hefty 98,000.

Joseph Cheong – 360,000 (120 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 305,000 (102 bb)

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Action folded around to the small blind where Shaun Deeb raised to 8,000 in the small and Richard Rice three-bet to 38,000 in the big. Deeb four-bet shoved for more than half his stack effective, and Rice tanked and called all in for 89,500 to put himself at risk.

Deeb:
Rice:

The board ran out , and the ace on the turn was enough to give Rice the pot and a double-up.

Deeb was left with about 65,000 chips and was eliminated a moment later.

Richard Rice – 191,000 (64 bb)
Shaun Deeb – Eliminated

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Scott Wright raised to 6,000  from the hijack and Minnesota pro Blake Bohn called from the button. The blinds both folded and it was heads up to the flop, which came down .

Wright continued for 11,000 and was immediately met by an all-in raise to 42,500 by Bohn. Wright shook his head and then chucked his cards to the muck.

Blake Bohn – 65,500 (22 bb)
Scott Wright – 120,000 (40 bb)

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Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day. During this time, the tournament staff will race off the black T100 chip. When they return they’ll play three more levels before taking a one-hour dinner break.

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The preflop action escaped us, but we do know Jonathan Little wound up all in for 29,200 against the big-stacked Shawn Cunix.

Cunix:
Little:

Cunix was ahead, but not after the flop delivered Little an ace. Neither the turn nor river influenced the hand and Little shipped the double.

“They’ve got me down now, down to about 318,000,” Cunix told us jokingly. “I’m not happy about it.”

Jonathan Little – 70,000 (29 bb)
Shawn Cunix – 318,000 (133 bb)

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With around 20,000 in the pot and four players in the hand, Giuseppe Iadisernia checked from the big blind and 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess bet 9,000 from the hijack.

The other two players folded, Iadisernia called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Iadisernia checked and then called when Riess bet 25,000.

When the paired the board on the river, Iadisernia moved all in for roughly 70,000 and Riess seemed perplexed. Still, he made the call and was excited to see his bested the of Iadisernia.

Ryan Riess – 275,000 (114.5bb)
Giuseppe Iadisernia- Eliminated