Seth Evans continue to build his chip lead as he eliminates Bouse in tenth place.
We walked up to Table 26 to see Nicholas Bouse all in with pocket sixes for right around 250,000. Seth Evans had called Bouse with jack-ten. The board showed 10cKc9c 9h 4s. Bouse is the first player to get knocked out at the final table and we are down to the final nine. Evans is up to about 2.5M and holds a commanding chip lead.
Level - 24
Blinds - 20,000/40,000 - Big Blind Ante 40,000
Players Remaining - 9
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