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David Benyamine - 7th Place
Steve Sung raised to 32,000 from the cutoff, David Benyamine moved all in for 86,000 from the button the blinds folded and Sung called. Sung stood pat while Benyamine drew one.
Sung turned up J-8-7-3-2. Benyamine revealed 9-6-5-4 and was drawing live at a nine low. However, he paired his nine on the draw and Sung took it down, sending Benyamine home in 7th place.
[user75032]
After a couple of raise-it-and-take it hands, we had a draw. Vince Musso opened to 30,000 and was called by only Archie Karas, the big blind. Karas drew one; Musso stood pat. Both players checked after the draw, with Musso's 10-9-7-6-3 taking down the pot.
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Ville Wahlbeck opened for 35,000, Vince Musso three-bet to 155,000 and John Juanda moved all in for 301,000 total. Wahlbeck folded and Musso made the call. Juanda stood pat while Musso drew two.
Juanda turned up 9-7-5-3-2, crushing Musso's A-6-5-4-2 to double up to nearly 650,000.
[user75032]
Now that we're down to one table, the players don't seem to mind picking up the action. The third hand of the final table was played multi-way, with Nick Schulman opening to 30,000 and being called by both blinds, Vince Musso and John Juanda.
On the draw, Musso took one, Juanda took two, and Schulman took one.
Musso and Juanda checked it to Schulman after the draw was complete. He took his time to count out a bet of 90,000 that was enough to win the pot.
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Michael Binger - 8th Place
Michael Binger opened from early position, all in for 56,000. John Juanda called.
"Wow," mouthed Binger two times. He seemed to have a tough decision, finally electing to draw two. Juanda was pat on a 10-8-6-4-2. Binger opened 9-7-2 and caught two bricks, a nine and a king, to finish with 9-9-K-7-2. Binger played one hand at the collapsed final table before being eliminated. He earns $24,545.
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The final decision has been made. We are playing one eight-handed table. Players have redrawn their seats on the main feature table and are arrayed in the following order:
Seat 1: Ville Wahlbeck (740,000)
Seat 2: Nick Schulman (295,000)
Seat 3: Vince Musso (799,000)
Seat 4: Michael Binger (59,000)
Seat 5: John Juanda (248,000)
Seat 6: Steve Sung (155,000)
Seat 7: David Benyamine (265,000)
Seat 8: Archie Karas (384,000)
It'll be a few more minutes while the players are mic'ed up as this final table is being streamed on ESPN360.
[user75032]
The tournament is on another pause as once again the debate rages over whether play will continue 4-handed on two tables or collapse to one table.