Level 33
Stud
Naoya Kihara: 
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Brad Ruben: /
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Naoya Kihara completed and both Jaswinder Lally and Brad Ruben called. On fourth street, Ruben bet and both players called.
On to fifth, now Lally bet, both Kihara and Ruben called.
On sixth street, Kihara was the one to bet, but Ruben put in the second bet and Kihara made the call.
On seventh, Ruben bet, Kihara put in the second bet. After some thought, Ruben put in the third bet.
"Really? You made a boat?" said Kihara. "Really?" He eventually put in the call to see he was right.
Ruben showed 
for the boat. "I made trips immediately, saying he had the two deuces in the hole. Kihara was left very short in three handed play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,250,000
3,450,000
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3,450,000 |
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2,700,000
-1,300,000
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-1,300,000 |
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800,000
-2,400,000
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-2,400,000 |
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for ace-high and Ruben showed 
for an eight-low and a Badugi. Lally had 
flop. Ruben decided to lead from the small blind for 110,000. Only Kihara called on the button. 
and Ruben again led, this time for 290,000. Kihara thought for a couple of minutes before reaching for a stack of blue chips worth 100,000 each. He slid in the raise to the tune of 1,360,000. 
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for trip sixes and Yu studied the board for a moment before tossing his cards back to the dealer.