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Ray Qartomy raised to 2,500 from early position and was met by an all-in three-bet to 14,600 by Tim Reilly on the button.

“Alright, let’s gamble,” Qartomy said after both blinds folded. He then called.

Qartomy:
Reilly:

Qartomy was way behind but got lucky after the board ran out to give him a full house.

Ray Qartomy – 75,000 (94 bb)
Tim Reilly – Eliminated

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Here’s a look at some chip counts and recent eliminations headed into the second break of the day.

Stephen Chidwick – 105,000
Ryan Riess – 95,000
Matas Cimbolas – 85,000
Shannon Shorr – 55,000
Kristen Bicknell – 45,000
Ray Qartomy – 33,000
Dan Shak – 25,000
Joe McKeehen – 35,000
Aaron Mermelstein – 24,000
David Peters – 21,000
Jeff Gross – 12,000
Noah Schwartz – 11,000
Mike Leah – Eliminated
Jonathan Little – Eliminated
Alan Schein – Eliminated
Dylan Linde – Eliminated
Jonathan Concepcion – Eliminated

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Patrick Eskandar got his stack of roughly 9,000 all in preflop and found himself in dire straits against 2018 SHRPO Super High Roller champ Elio Fox.

Fox:
Eskandar:

Eskandar had a kicker problem and it didn’t get resolved as the board ran out .

Elio Fox – 63,000 (105 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – Eliminated

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Stanley Lee is out to the early chip lead and it’s thanks in no small part to a run of good cards.

In a recent hand, Lee raised to 1,400 and both blinds called. When the flop came down , both blinds checked and then folded when Lee continued for 2,000.

“Just don’t play pots with me,” Lee said with a smile as he showed the .

Stanley Lee – 110,000 (183 bb)

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Cliff Josephy raised to 1,400 from early position and Kelly Minkin called from the hijack. Darren Elias came along from the cutoff and after the button and blinds all folded, the flop came down .

Two checks saw Elias bet 2,000 and Josephy folded. Minkin sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 13,500 and Elias quickly folded. With that, both players fell to right around the starting stack.

Kelly Minkin – 20,000 (33 bb)
Darren Elias – 20,000 ( 33 bb)

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Elio Fox, who last week won the $50K SHRPO Super High Roller, raised to 1,500 and Hyon Kim called from the button. WPT champ James Romero came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop.

Romero checked, Fox continued for 1,400, and only Kim called to see the turn.

Fox check-called a bet of 1,500 and then checked again on the river. Kim bet 7,000 and Fox paid it off. Kim revealed the for a rivered pair of kings and Fox mucked.

Hyon Kim – 33,000 (66 bb)
Elio Fox – 35,000 (70 bb)

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Paul Domb opened for 1,300 from early position and Kristen Bicknell defended her big blind to see a flop.

Bicknell checked and Domb continued for 1,900. Bicknell paused for a few beats before waking up with a check-raise to 4,800 and that did the trick as Domb released his hand.

Kristen Bicknell – 33,000 (83 bb)
Paul Domb – 35,000 (88 bb)

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Stephen Chidwick opened for 1,000 under the gun and Cliff Josephy called from middle position. The player in the hijack came along before Sam Soverel three-bet jammed for 13,500 from the small blind.

Chidwick folded, Josephy moved all in over the top, and the hijack got out of the way.

Josephy:
Soverel:

It was a flip and Soverel was just looking to hold to stay alive. That’s exactly what he did as the board ran out a safe .

Sam Soverel – 30,000 (75 bb)
Cliff Josephy – 14,000 (35 bb)

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Gui Socarras opened for 1,000 and the player to his direct left moved all in for 3,900. Action folded back to Socarras and he called.

Socarras:
Opponent:

Socarras had the better pocket pair and flopped his opponent dead when the gave him quads. Just to rub salt in the wound, the dealer burned and turned the to give the other player losing quad jacks.

The meaningless was run out on the river and Socarras was pushed the pot.

Gui Socarras – 50,000 (125 bb)

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A throng of new players jumped into action after the first break of the day. They include:

Jeff Gross – 20,000
Bryn Kenney – 20,000
Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen – 20,000
Joey Weissman – 20,000
Tim Reilly – 20,000
Joe McKeehen – 20,000
Dan Shak – 20,000
Darryll Fish – 20,000
Paul Volpe – 20,000
Patrick Eskandar – 20,000
Kelly Minkin – 20,000