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Deeb Chips Up; Cates Short Once More
Limit Hold'em
Cary Katz couldn't get rid of Daniel Alaei when they checked down eventually on the 9♦9♠3♦4♦7♠ river. Katz exposed his A♦K♣ but Alaei had that beat with the A♣3♣, after which Katz joked "you own me".
Dan Cates then raised from under the gun and received three callers in Freddy Deeb out of the hijack, Katz on the button and James Obst in the big blind. The K♦9♦2♠ flop was checked to Cates and he bet. Deeb raised and Katz made it three bets to force out Obst and Cates, while Deeb stuck around.
The 8♣ turn was checked and Deeb's bet was barely moved forward when Katz snap-folded the Q♦J♦ face-up.
Alaei then raised on the button for Cates to defend the big blind but the defending champion quickly heck-folded the K♦Q♦4♥ flop to a continuation bet.
While Cates was left short, Michael Noori ran out of chips on an adjacent table to reduce the field to the last 39 contenders.