Hands #27-31: Kurita Gets Active; Straight for Hellmuth
Hand #27: Michael Tran raised to 9,500 and Phil Hellmuth peeled from the big blind to see the 
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flop. Both players checked and Hellmuth won the pot with a bet of 13,000 on the 
turn.
Hand #28: Steven Zhou raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Tran called only to check-fold the ??
flop to a continuation bet of 12,000.
Hand #29: Alexander Antonios made it 8,500 from the button and Yu Kurita called in the big blind to see the 
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flop. Kurita check-raised from 9,000 to 22,000 and Antonios folded with the words "nice hand."
Hand #30: Antonios raised to 8,500 from the cutoff and folded to a three-bet of Kurita for 20,000.
Hand #31: Tran raised to 10,500 and Hellmuth defended his big blind. Both checked the ?
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flop and the 
fell on the turn. Hellmuth bet small for only 8,000 and Tran called, he did so again for 27,000 after the 
on the river. Hellmuth showed 
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for a straight and took down a nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
-65,000
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-65,000 |