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Stud 8
Hamid: 
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Abdel Hamid completed with the and Phil Ivey raised with the . Action came back to Hamid and he tossed out a call. Ivey checked on fourth, prompting Hamid to cut out a bet. Ivey called and the two were off to fifth street.
Hamid pulled a king on fifth, giving him first action. He continued his aggression with a bet and Ivey once again called. Hamid fired on sixth, Ivey called, and the two received their final cards. After the deal on seventh, Hamid moved all in for his last 13,500. Ivey shrugged and tossed out a call, showing 
for a pair of nines. Hamid shook his head and rolled over 
for a pair of fours. Ivey scored the elimination and Hamid fell in 10th place.
The next hand, Ivey won a sizable hand against Dan Heimiller and Christoph Haller, moving him into a significant lead with about 685,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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685,000
429,000
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429,000 |
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140,000
-170,000
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-170,000 |
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106,000
-141,000
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-141,000 |
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Busted | |
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) to finish the hand with aces and queens. Filippi squeezed out his final card - the 
- to find no improvement. Filippi fell in 11th place while Negreau brought his stack up to about 205,000.
, giving Hamid the best hand with a set of tens. Buchalter hit the rail in 12th place while Hamid's stack increased to about 130,000.
for jacks full to take down the pot. The start-of-day chip leader is now up to about 270,000.
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for a ninety-eight. Buchalter mucked and Ivey was pushed the pot, leaving Buchalter with just 25,000.
, giving Chidwick a winning pair of tens. Looney was eliminated in 14th place and collected $7,092 in prize money.