Hand #1: Josh Arieh raised to 19,000 in middle position, David Trager called in the small blind, and Maxx Coleman moved all in for 276,000 from the big blind. Arieh called, and Trager folded.
Arieh:
Coleman:
Coleman took the lead on a flop of , but Arieh snatched it back when the spiked on the turn. Coleman could survive with a ten on the river for Broadway, but the bricked off and he was eliminated in ninth place.
Hand #2: Dimitar Danchev opened to 16,000 and David Trager three-bet to 52,000. The action passed back to Danchev and he folded.
Hand #3: Douglas Foster opened to 20,000 and Jon Lane three-bet to 69,000 with Foster making the call as the flop fell and Lane continued for 85,000.
Foster made the call and when the landed on the turn and Lane checked, he moved all in for roughly 300,000 with Lane quickly folding.
Hand #4: David Trager opened to 23,000 from the cutoff only to have Alex Bolotin three-bet the big blind to 75,000. Trager folded and Bolotin was pushed the pot.
Hand #5: David Trager entered the pot for 27,000 and Steven Loube made the call from the button with Trager betting out 65,000 in the dark as the dealer eventually spread a flop.
Loube bumped it up to 150,000 and Trager instantly moved all in for roughly 450,000 with Loube snap-calling for his 326,000-chip stack.
Loube:
Trager:
With Loube in the lead, he would have to fade any ace or spade, and when the turn and river landed the and , he doubled through to roughly 740,000 in chips.
Hand #6: David Trager raised to 19,000 in middle position, Dimitar Danchev moved all in for effectively 90,000 out of the big blind, and Trager snap-called.
Trager:
Danchev:
The aces held up on a board of , and Trager doubled.
Hand #7: Trager raised to 19,000 from early position, and received no callers.
Hand #8: Trager came in for another raise - this time to 29,000 from under the gun - and again no one called.
David Trager and Shawn Busse are eliminated by Josh Arieh
Hand #10: The action folded round to Shawn Busse in the cutoff and he moved all in for 111,000 to collect the blinds and antes.
Hand #11: Josh Arieh opened to 24,000 and Shawn Busse moved all in from the hijack for 133,000. With the action on David Trager, he moved all in also for 201,000 to put Arieh into the tank for close to two minutes before he made the call.
Trager:
Busse:
Arieh:
With Trager holding the advantage but needing to fade some paint, the flop kept Trager in the lead.
However when the dealer dropped the , Arieh soared ahead as the on the river would send Busse and Trager to the rail in 8th and 7th places respectively.
Hand #12: Douglas Foster raised to 25,000 in the cutoff, Steven Loube called out of the small blind, and Loube check-folded to a bet of 42,000 on a flop of .
Hand #13: Alex Bolotin raised to 27,000 out of the small blind, and Josh Arieh folded in the big blind.
Hand #14: Bolotin raised to 20,000 on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #15: Loube raised to 24,000 in the hijack seat, Danchev called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Danchev checked, Loube continued for 35,000, and Danchev called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Danchev led out for 54,000, and Loube folded.
Hand #16: Josh Arieh opened to 24,000 and Dimitar Danchev called on the button to see a flop fall. Both players checked as the rolled off on the turn and Arieh checked again along with Danchev.
The river landed the and both players checked with Arieh tabling his , but it would be Danchev's that would see him pushed the pot.
Hand #17: Steven Loube received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #18: Josh Arieh opened from under the gun to 24,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: Steven Loube opened his button to 30,000 and Josh Arieh three-bet to 82,000 from the big blind with Loube calling.
The flop fell and Arieh led for 105,000 to prompt a fold from Loube.
Hand #20: Jon Lane opened to 27,000 from the hijack and Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind to see a . Danchev checked and Lane bet out 32,000 which prompt a fold from Danchev.
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, but Arieh snatched it back when the 
spiked on the turn. Coleman could survive with a ten on the river for Broadway, but the 
bricked off and he was eliminated in ninth place.
landed on the turn and Lane checked, he moved all in for roughly 300,000 with Lane quickly folding.
and 
, he doubled through to roughly 740,000 in chips.
, and Trager doubled.
flop with only Danchev making the call as the turn landed the 
on the river would send Busse and Trager to the rail in 8th and 7th places respectively.
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flop fall. Both players checked as the 
