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Marc Lowe Eliminated

We walked by a table and found Marc Lowe getting up from the table and heading to exits.

“I guess the next bullet will be the lucky one,” said Lowe as he headed towards the hallway, insinuating he will be playing in the third flight of the tournament.

Lowe told us that he got all in with A-2 against the big blind’s pocket fours. The dealer couldn’t find an ace and Lowe was eliminated.

Chip Leaders

There are four tables remaining in the second flight of the $100,000 guarantee $560 No Limit Hold’em event.

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Filipp Khavin (pictured) is one of the biggest stacks in the room with 67,000. Rob Lebeau isn’t too far behind him with 62,000, and Jack McIntyre rounds out the top 4 with 57,000.

They are all chasing Adam Santos, who has 78,000.

Nelson Regains Life

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After being crippled by Jack McIntyre, Seth Nelson (pictured above) found some help from the deck and is back up to 22,000.

“I got all in and behind twice,” said Nelson as we walked by his table.

Nelson got all in with A-Q against Amie Martini’s pocket deuces and made a pair to win a race. He then found himself all in with A-J against his opponent’s A-Q the very next hand. He made the nut flush to stay alive.

Adam Santos Emerges as Chip Leader

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Adam Santos is your current chip leader as we reach the halfway point of level 6.

“He’s the worst player in the tournament and he’s the chip leader,” joked a player to his right. “You know it’s true.”

“Well, the second worst,” said Santos, who goes by “AJ”. “But he is eliminated so I guess I’m the worst.”

Santos is sitting with 86,000 in chips.

Field Size is Official

Late registration is over and the field size is official. Between re-entries and late registrants, there are 60 players registered for the second flight of this $560 No Limit Hold’em tournament.

After 76 players registered for the first flight, it means that the third and final flight being played on Saturday morning needs to have 64 players in order to meet the $100,000 guarantee.

McIntyre Doubles Through Nelson

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We missed the action, but the final board read As5c3hJhTd and Jack McIntyre (pictured) had an “all in” button in front of him and he was being pushed the pot as he showed AdAh.

He doubled through Seth Nelson, whose hand was already mucked when we picked up the action. Nelson is left with 5,500 in chips while McIntyre doubles up to 56,000.