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Francisco Gomez makes his last stand with pocket 7s for 120k against the AK of Vlad Varlashin.

Gomez loses the flip and finishes in third place for $10,140.

“First major tournament, not too bad,” says Gomez who says he’s been playing poker less than one year and picks up his first recorded cash.

“I’m like a rookie quarterback who went to the Super Bowl and lost.”

Varlashin has a slight lead over Seth Berger as they begin heads up play for the title.

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Ryan D’Angelo and Seth Berger see a flop of .

D’Angelo checks
Berger bets 10k
D’Angelo raises to 25k
Berger calls

Turn:

D’Angelo bets 35k
Berger calls

River:

D’Angelo moves all in for 110k
Berger snap calls

D’Angelo (pair of Aces)
Berger (trip Ts)

D’Angelo can’t believe his Aces are cracked and throws his cards cross the table in frustration.

“Good luck guys,” says D’Angelo as he walks away in 4th place for $7,410.

D’Angelo has nearly $1.5 million in career recorded tournament earnings, including a win at the WPT World Championship last year.

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On a flop of , Seth Berger bets 30k. Vlad Varlashin makes it 80k, Berger moves all in for 128k total and Varlashin calls.

Berger: (Ace high)
Varlashin: (flush draw, gutter ball)

Turn: (no change)

River:

“So many outs,” laments Varlashin who sees Berger win the hand with Ace-high, “that’s the flop I wanted.”

Berger gets the double-up and with the preflop action is up to 305k, while Varlashin drops to 445k.

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After losing a big pot against Vlad Varlashin, Seth Berger ships an 88k double-up to Ryan D’Angelo with the chips all in preflop.

Berger: 99
D’Angelo: AQ

Flop: J-T-J (D’Angelo, gutterball)

Turn: K (D’Angelo straight)

River: 6

Broadway for D’Angelo takes him to 175k, while Berger drops to just under 200k.

Varlashin is the chip leader while Francisco Gomez is the short stack.

Chip Counts

Vlad Varlashin (Krasnodar, Russia) 455k
Seth Berger (Woodbury, New York) 195k
Ryan D’Angelo (Brooklyn, NY) 175k
Francisco Gomez (Lakeland) 95k

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“I played alright,” says Jamar Lewis after finishing in 5th place for $5,538.

Lewis loses a coin flip to Vlad Varlashin (88 vs AT) when a Ten hits the turn for Lewis’ last 38k.

This is Lewis’ 5th recorded cash.

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After shipping a double-up to Jamar Lewis (AT < AQ) that left him with just 2k, Tomas Mangi is forced all in from the SB.

Seth Berger gets the knock out when his pocket 6s hold against .

I held my own in a really sharky tournament,” says Mangi who earns $4,290 for his 6th place finish. “It’s a stacked final table.”

This is Magni’s second career cash.

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Players are back from break and Seth Berger has the chip lead, while Tomas Magni is the extreme short stack after shipping a double-up to Jamar Lewis.

Seth Berger (Woodbury, New York) 354k (148 bb)
Vlad Varlashin (Krasnodar, Russia) 290k
Ryan D’Angelo (Brooklyn, NY) 140k
Francisco Gomez (Lakeland) 110k
Jamar Lewis (Miramar) 40k
Tomas Magni (Montreal, Canada) 4.1k (1.7 bb)

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Joey Weissman lost a 140k chip pot to Ryan D’Angelo earlier in the level when D’Angelo spiked an Ace on the river with A9 against Weissman’s JJ.

Weissman was left with 24k, gets a double-up, before he’s crippled in a pot that leaves him with 400 chips.

Francisco Gomez gets the knockout with AK vs T5.

“Not bad,” says Weissman who finishes in 7th place for $3,432, “could’ve run a little better.”

The 2012 WSOP bracelet holder adds to his more than $1 million in career recorded tournament earnings.

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Richard Kessler is all in for 40k with AQ against Jamar Lewis pocket 9s. The Q-J-T flop gives Lewis the lead and Kessler an OE straight draw.

The board bricks for Kessler who finishes in 8th place for $2,808, his fifth career cash.

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Returning short stack Adam Levy (Coconut Creek) busts when his fails to hold against Vlad Varlashin’s on a run out.

Varlashin adds Levy’s last 20k to take his stack to 300k.

Levy finishes in 9th place for $2,340.