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WSOP Highlights: Lunkin Doubles Up, Key Hands and Eliminations
TournamentsMay 31, 2009·1 min read

WSOP Highlights: Lunkin Doubles Up, Key Hands and Eliminations


Vitaly Lunkin doubled his chips in a hand against Brian Rast, who went all-in with Kc Kh against Lunkin's 5d 5c. Brian Townsend was eliminated from the game after a hand where he had 6s 7h against Noah Schwartz's Qh Qd and Alex Torelli's Ts Td. Ted Forrest and Isaac Hekston played a significant hand where Hekston had Th 7c and Forrest had Ah Ac. Greg Raymer went all-in with 6c 6d against Vitaly Lunkin's Jd Jc, resulting in Lunkin doubling his chips to 3,260,000.

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