| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,830,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |
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4,190,000 | |
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2,880,000 | |
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The remaining three players have been sent on another 20-minute break.
Levels will be reduced to 45 minutes for the remainder of the tournament.
Level 30 Highlights
Joel Micka raised to 250,000 on the button and Jeff Madsen called in the big blind.
The flop came A?J?J? and Micka bet 175,000. Madsen called and the 7? turn was checked through.
Madsen then led out for 150,000 on the 4? river and Micka called. Madsen showed J?6? for trips and Micka mucked K?9?.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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4,190,000
-580,000
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-580,000 |
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2,880,000
580,000
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580,000 |
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Joel Micka limped in from the small blind with K?2? and Nick Marchington raised to 420,000 holding 4?3?. Micka called and the flop came J?9?2?.
Marchington continued for 480,000 and Micka called with his pair of deuces. The turn was the 7? and Marchington bet 1,460,000. Micka snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,890,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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4,770,000
-1,750,000
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-1,750,000 |
In a limped pot between the blinds, Nick Marchington and Jeff Madsen checked to the river on a board of 8?Q?9?Q?6?. Marchington then bet 120,000 and Madsen snap-called.
Marchington had 5?3? for a bluff, while Madsen showed 9?5? for two pair to win the pot. "You're supposed to overbet," he told Marchington.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,690,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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2,300,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Jeff Madsen opened on the button with Q?7? and Nick Marchington defended his big blind with 7?4?.
Marchington checked on the flop of A?7?4? and Madsen continued for 130,000. Marchington check-raised to 520,000 and Madsen called.
Marchington bet 720,000 on the J? turn and Madsen laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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18,590,000
1,140,000
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1,140,000 |
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2,240,000
-1,000,000
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-1,000,000 |
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Joel Micka raised to 250,000 on the button with A?J? and Nick Marchington three-bet to 1,000,000 in the small blind holding A?K?.
Micka then four-bet to 2,700,000 and Marchington moved all in. Micka quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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17,450,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
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|
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6,520,000
-2,685,000
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-2,685,000 |
Nick Marchington raised to 360,000 in the small blind with K?7? and Jeff Madsen defended K?7?.
The flop came 4?2?2? and Marchington bet 210,000. Madsen called and the J? fell on the turn.
Marchington then slowed down and checked, and Madsen bet 320,000. Marchington quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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14,450,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
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3,240,000
-710,000
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-710,000 |
|
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Joel Micka opened to 250,000 on the button and Marco Johnson three-bet jammed a stack of 2,230,000 from the big blind. Micka called.
Marco Johnson: A?4? 
Joel Micka: 10?10?
Johnson paired his ace on the 4?10?A? flop but Micka made a set to have his opponent drawing thin. The board finished out 2?7? and Johnson was eliminated in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,205,000
2,105,000
|
2,105,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Joel Micka raised to 250,000 under the gun and Curt Kohlberg moved all in for 2,280,000 in the cutoff. Micka called to put Kohlberg at risk.
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Curt Kohlberg: A?K?
Joel Micka: 9?9?
Kohlberg was flipping for his tournament life as the flop came 8?7?6?, giving Micka a straight draw to go with his pair. The J? turn was no help to Kohlberg, while the 3? completed the board on the river and sent Kohlberg to the rail in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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7,100,000
3,330,000
|
3,330,000 |
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Busted |
