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With around 20,000 in the pot and a flop of , Cord Garcia bet 15,000 from the under-the-gun position and Scott Levitt made it 100,000 to go from the hijack.

Garcia hit the tank and talked through the hand before calling off for right around 90,000.

Levitt:
Garcia:

Garcia had top pair with top kicker but was behind the two pair of Levitt. Neither the turn nor river helped Garcia and he headed to the exit.

Scott Levitt  – 210,000 (131  bb)
Cord Garcia – Eliminated

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Defending champ Brian Altman raised to 2,500 under the gun and Stanley Lee three-bet to 7,800 from middle position. Paul Shafran called from the cutoff and action folded back to Altman, who called to see the flop.

All three players checked and the dealer burned and turned the . Altman led out for 6,200, Lee folded, and Shafran moved all in for 15,600. Altman called and the hands were turned on their back.

Shafran:
Altman:

Shafran turned the best hand but he wasn’t out of the woods as Altman had both a pair and gutshot straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river.

“I know I didn’t like that jack,” Altman said as he paid off his opponent.

Paul Shafran – 56,000 (47 bb)
Brian Altman – 107,000 (89 bb)

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Brian Altman, who won this event last year, and another player each committed 16,000 preflop and saw a flop of .

Altmann’s opponent, who had a big stack, was first to act and simply moved all in. Altman called off for 51,200 and the hands were turned up.

Altman:
Opponent:

Both players had flopped diamond flush draws but Altman’s was second best. The turn didn’t change the situation but the river does as Altman paired up to double into six figures.

Brian Altman – 138,000 (115 bb)

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A short-stacked player was all in preflop for his last 3,500 and at risk against Francis Garcia, who was sitting on a monster stack.

Garcia:
Opponent:

Garcia was ahead but the flop made things interesting by giving his opponent a flush draw.

The turn failed to change anything and neither did the . With that, Garcia scored a K.O.

Francis Garcia – 110,000 (110 bb)

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We picked up the action on Table 43 with around 25,000 in the pot and a board reading .

Lily Kiletto checked from under the gun and Chance Kornuth did the same from middle position.

Kiletto then led out for 5,000 on the river and Kornuth popped it to 14,000. Kiletto called but mucked as soon as Kornuth rolled over the for trip aces.

Chance Kornuth – 70,000 (70 bb)
Lily Kiletto –  30,000 (30 bb)

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Austin Buchanan opened for 1,800 in middle position and the next player to act called. Scott Caracciolo then jammed for 15,800 from the cutoff and Buchanan isolated by moving all in over the top.

Caracciolo:
Buchanan:

It was a flip but not after the flop gave Buchanan a flopped full house.

Caracciolo needed to go runner-runner perfect to stay alive, and that’s exactly what he did when the appeared on the turn followed by the river to give him a bigger boat.

Buchanan was eliminated a short time later.

Scott Caracciolo – 32,000 (40 bb)
Austin Buchanan – Eliminated

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Michael Leah – 129,100
Nashaat Antonius – 50,000
Nick Pupillo – 38,000
Russ Richard – 35,000
Kenny  Nguyen – 31,000
Heidi Erickson – 29,000
David Levi – 28,000
Steve Fuhrman – 25,000
Larry Little – 25,000
Kelly Minkin – 20,000
Jacob Ristich – 20,000
John Gordon – 16,000

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Michael Johnson – 157,000
Michael Newman – 95,000
Brian Hastings – 64,000
Donald Delancy – 60,000
Phil Hui – 59,000
Lionel Johnson – 54,400
Thayer Rasmussen – 53,600
Matt Stout – 52,500
Britney Barnes – 40,000
Jeff Fielder – 38,500
Marvin Karlins – 31,000
Austin Buchanan – 22,000
Will Brindise – 19,500
Michael Tureniec – 9,600

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Kevin Torres was down to 9,100 when he got it all in preflop in a race situation.

Torres:
Opponent:

Torres needed to improve to stay alive, and while the flop didn’t hit him directly it did give him the better flush draw.

The turn was a brick but the river wasn’t. Torres spiked a club to make the flush and ship the double.

Kevin Torres – 18,500 (31 bb)

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George Gomez got his stack of 15,700 all in preflop as a favorite, but not by much.

Gomez:
Opponent:

Gomez was just looking to improve to score the double and that’s exactly what he did when the board ran out a safe .

George Gomez – 32,000 (53 bb)