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If folded to George Ruby in middle position and he moved all in for 193,000. Masa Yokosawa called next to act and the rest of the table folded.
Ruby: Yokosawa:
Ruby had live cards to double but needed to improve. He missed the flop but added a gutshot draw and backdoor flush draw. The turn gave him the full diamond draw but he blanked the river to go out in seventh place.
Masa Yokosawa – 840,000 (53 bb) George Ruby – Eliminated in 7th Place ($6,020)
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Masato Yokosawa began the final table with the shortest stack (only six big blinds), but he’s picked up a few key double-ups since then, and slowly built his way back to a workable stack.
Eventually, Elvis Toomas was all in preflop from middle position against two other players with about 150,000 in the main pot. Any additional betting would create a side pot.
The flop came , Igor Tretyakov checked the big blind, Masato Yokosawa bet 25,000 into the dry side pot from UTG+1, and Tretyakov called.
The turn card was the , Tretyakov checked, Yokosawa bet 70,000, and Tretyakov folded. Yokosawa took the side pot.
For the main pot, Toomas turned over , but he was drawing dead against Yokosawa’s — Yokosawa flopped a full house.
The meaningless river card was the , and Yokosawa won the pot to eliminate Toomas in eighth place.
Masato Yokosawa – 565,000 (35 bb) Elvis Toomas – Eliminated in 8th Place ($5,285)
With seven players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 506,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $6,020 each.
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Chad Gallimore opened the action from under the gun and Igor Tretyakov called in the small blind to see a flop.
Tretyakov bet 115,000 and Gallimore moved all in for 301,000. Tretyakov thought for a few minutes and called.
Tretyakov: Gallimore:
Gallimore was ahead with his sevens but Tretyakov hit the turn to pair his ace. The board finished with river and Gallimore was eliminated with a smaller full house.
Igor Tretyakov – 1,300,000 (108 bb) Chad Gallimore – Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,590)
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Scott Baumstein raised from the cutoff to 20,000, Josh Reichard reraised from the button to 68,000, and Baumstein thought for a bit before four-betting all in.
Reichard quickly called all in for 429,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Baumstein’s .
The board came , and Reichard paired his king on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.
With nine players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 393,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $4,590 each.
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After the elimination of Miguel Velasco in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their updated seating positions and chip counts:
With nine players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 393,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $4,590 each.
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Miguel Velasco moved all in for ~130,000 from under the gun and Chad Gillimore called in the big blind with a bigger stack.
Gillimore: Velasco:
Velasco needed help then paired his jack on the flop. His lead was short-lived when Gillimore made Broadway on the turn. Velasco had three chop outs but missed the river to go out in 10th place.
Chad Gillimore – 370,000 (36 bb) Miguel Velasco – Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,590)
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Sam Sternfield was down to 61,000 and was all in from the big blind after Scott Baumstein raised his button.
Baumstein: Sternfield:
Sternfield was ahead for a double and faded the flop. The board gave Baumstein a gutshot straight draw and it got there on the turn. Sternfield was drawing dead to the river and picked up 11th place money.
Scott Baumstein – 1,100,000 (138 bb) Sam Sternfield – Eliminated in 11th Place ($3,895)
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Jeremy Becker was down near the felt and had his short stack in the middle against three other players.
With the board reading , George Ruby checked from the small blind, Artem Metalidi bet 95,000 and Igor Tretyakov folded. Ruby followed suit and the cards were tabled.
Metalidi: Becker:
Becker needed one of the three remaining kings to double but the river sent him out in 12th place.
Artem Metalidi – 515,000 (64 bb) Jeremy Becker – Eliminated in 12th Place ($$3,895)
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Peter Vitantonio was all in from the hijack with against the of Scott Baumstein, who was under the gun.
The final board was , and Baumstein won the pot with a queen-high flush to eliminate Vitantonio in 13th place.
Scott Baumstein – 840,000 (105 bb) Peter Vitantonio – Eliminated in 13th Place ($3,275)
With 12 players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 295,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,895 each.
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Casey Hatmaker open-shipped for 78,000 from middle position and Elvis Toomas reshipped from the small blind to get a fold from Scott Baumstein in the big blind.
Hatmaker: Toomas:
Hatmaker had live cards to double up but it was Toomas pairing his queen on the flop. He picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn but blanked the river to exit in 14th place.