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Matt Stout - 9th Place
From early position, Steve O'Dwyer raised to 30,000 and then Brock Parker called from the next seat over. Action then folded to Matt Stout in the cutoff seat and he moved all in for 338,000. The players still to act folded and then O'Dwyer folded as well. Parker made the call and tabled the . Stout held the .
The flop came down and Parker's jacks stayed in front. The turn brought the and Stout asked Parker if he wanted a set. "You want a set? Give him a set," he said, knowing it would give Stout a straight.
The river completed the board and completed Stout's tournament with the . He was eliminated in 9th place and took home just under $20,000. Parker is now the chip leader with nearly 800,000 strong.
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Matt Stout may have decided to stand up to Andrew Lichtenberger's aggressive ways. Stout opened the button pre-flop to 30,000 and was called by Lichtenberger from the big blind. Lichtenberger tried a bet of 32,000 on a flop of , but Stout put an end to the hand by moving all in. Lichtenberger quickly folded.
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Andrew Lichtenberger - 681,000
Stephen O'Dwyer - 590,000
Daniel Casetta - 581,000
James Carroll - 512,000
Brock Parker - 449,000
Diego Sanchez - 275,000
Matt Stout - 270,000
Aaron Been - 268,000
Anthony Yeh - 133,000
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Thu Nguyen - 10th Place
Something had to give for short-stacked Thu Nguyen. It wound up being his chip stack. Nguyen moved all in for less than 100,000 when action folded to his button. Big blind Stephen O'Dwyer looked down at his cards and quickly called with . He had to fade Nguyen's ace, . A queen-high board, , made Nguyen the first elimination of the day and the 10th-place finisher.
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Carroll in action
From early position, James Carroll raised and was called by Diego Sanchez on the button. The flop came down and Carroll fired a continuation bet of 28,000. Sanchez made the call.
The turn brought the and Carroll checked. Sanchez checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and Carroll fired 43,000. Sanchez elected to fold and Carroll picked up the pot.
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Andrew Lichtenberger definitely has the momentum in the early stages of this final table. He was in the big blind and called a button raise to 20,000 by Matt Stout. Both players checked a flop. Lichtenberger took down the pot by betting 25,000 on the turn.
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The first big, multi-way pot of the final table was a win for Andrew Lichtenberger. Diego Sanchez opened pre-flop for 18,000, with Lichtenberger, button James Carroll and small blind Steve O'Dwyer all calling. The flop was all wheel cards, . Sanchez continued for 43,000 and was called by both players behind him, Lichtenberger and Carroll.
Each player checked the turn and river. Sanchez showed down pocket tens, a hand out-flopped by Lichtenberger's . Carroll flashed an of his own before mucking.
. Stout held the 
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and Parker's jacks stayed in front. The turn brought the 
and Stout asked Parker if he wanted a set. "You want a set? Give him a set," he said, knowing it would give Stout a straight.
. He was eliminated in 9th place and took home just under $20,000. Parker is now the chip leader with nearly 800,000 strong.
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, but Stout put an end to the hand by moving all in. Lichtenberger quickly folded.
. He had to fade Nguyen's ace, 
, made Nguyen the first elimination of the day and the 10th-place finisher.
and Carroll fired a continuation bet of 28,000. Sanchez made the call.
and Carroll checked. Sanchez checked behind.
. Sanchez continued for 43,000 and was called by both players behind him, Lichtenberger and Carroll.
turn and 
. Carroll flashed an 
