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Level 8: 400/800 and a 800 big blind ante
Total Entries: 384

There was 3,000 in the pot, and the flop read when the small blind bet 3,500. Faraz Jaka raised to 7,500 from the hijack, and the small blind called.

The turn dropped , Jaka moved all in for 15,500, and the small blind thought for a minute before calling. The two players then tabled their cards.

Jaka:
Small Blind:

River:

Jaka won the hand with a turned flush to double up and survive with 49,000 after the hand.

Faraz Jaka – 49,000 (61 bb)

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Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Total Entries: 384

Philip Rands was in middle position and got into a preflop raising war with Almedin Imsirovic in the big blind. After making it about 10,500 out of the big blind, Rands moved all in for 30,500.

Imsirovic looked pained and thought for a little bit before calling. Imsirovic showed and was in trouble against Rands’ .

The flop was , giving Imsirovic more equity with the nut flush draw against Rands’ top pair.

The turn was the and the river was the . Imsirovic missed his flush draw and Rands doubled up.

Philip Rands – 62,200
Almedin Imsirovic – 7,500

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Level 8: 400/800 and a 800 big blind ante
Total Entries: 381

Eddy Sabat reraised all in preflop for 21,800, and the original raiser called to just barely cover him UTG+1. The two players then tabled their cards.

UTG+1:
Sabat:

Board:

Sabat was eliminated on the hand by his opponent’s straight, and he still has some time to re-enter before the close of registration.

Eddy Sabat – Eliminated

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Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Total Entries: 378

There was about 25,000 in the pot on the turn with a battle of the blinds between Alex Keating in the small blind and Matt Kuba in the big blind.

The board read and Keating checked. Kuba moved all in for 28,300 and Keating went deep into the tank. He mulled over his decision for several minutes before another player at the table called the clock.

With 3 seconds left on his countdown, Keating opted to call. Kuba showed and had Keating’s drawing dead to a cop.

The river was the and Kuba doubled up.

Matt Kuba – 81,500
Alex Keating – 48,000

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Level 7: 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante
Total Entries: 372

Eddy Sabat raised to  1,600 from middle position preflop, and a player in late position reraised to 3,500.  Sabat called before the flop was dealt .

Late position bet 6,000, and Sabat called before the dropped on the turn. Late position raised enough to put Sabat all in, and he pondered the call with 21,000 left in his stack before folding.

Eddy Sabat – 21,000 (35 bb)

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Level 7: 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante
Total Entries: 370

Chipleader Alex Foxen raised from the hijack to 1,400, Joe McKeehen called from the cutoff, the player on the button called, and the big blind called.

The flop came , and the player on the button moved all in for 6,400. The big blind folded, and Foxen asked for a count and thought a bit before he called. McKeehen quickly folded.

The player on the button showed for a pair of eights, but Foxen turned over for a pair of tens with a spade flush draw.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Foxen won the pot with trip tens to eliminate the player on the button.

Alex Foxen  –  160,000  (267 bb)

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Level 7: 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante
Total Entries: 365

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 85K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alex Foxen  –  151,000  (252 bb)
2.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  109,500  (183 bb)
3.  Shankar Pillai  –  108,500  (181 bb)
4.  John Templeton  –  93,400  (156 bb)
5.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  93,000  (155 bb)
6.  Ryan Riess  –  90,500  (151 bb)
7.  Craig Varnell  –  89,000  (148 bb)
8.  Marc MacDonnell  –  85,500  (143 bb)

A few new players have been spotted in the field, some of whom just registered over the break, including Ankush Mandavia, Kelly Minkin, and Jake Schwartz.

There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 (around 7:50 pm), and registration remains open until the end of the dinner break (around 9:05 pm).

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 14, around 1:20 pm.

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Level 6: 300/500 and a 500 big blind ante
Total Entries: 347

Victor Figueroa raised to 1,800 preflop on the big blind, and the small blind check-called before the flop was dealt .

Both players checked before the fell on the turn. Figueroa bet 2,100, and the small blind check-called again.

The river delivered the , Figueroa bet 8,200, and the small blind check-raised all in. Figueroa decided not to call all in, and he is down to 15,100 after the hand.

Victor Figueroa – 15,100 (30 bb)

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Level 6: 300/500 and a 500 big blind ante
Total Entries: 335

With the final board showing , Alex Keating bets 11,000 from the big blind, and the player on the button thinks for a while before he folds, showing one card — the . Keating takes the pot.

Keating lets him flip over one of his cards, and he flips over the .

Alex Keating  –  73,000  (146 bb)

The second break is approaching, and more familiar faces have entered the field, including Upeshka De Silva, Will Failla, Cord Garcia, Dylan Linde, Joe McKeehen, Aaron Mermelstein, Jerry Payne, Eddy Sabat, Stephen Song, and Benjamin Zamani.

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Total Entries: 335

There was about 15,000 in the pot on the river with a board of .

Mike Shin checked from the big blind and Javier Gomez moved all in from under the gun for 19,400.

Shin thought for over a minute before calling. He was all in for slightly less. Gomez tabled and won the pot against Shin’s .

Javier Gomez – 56,000
Mike Shin – Eliminated