Your broker may determine which MM or specialist is used. eg. Ameritrade may use one MM (eg. Knight) and E-trade another for "large" orders. Smaller orders may just be traded "retail" directly through the exchange (eg Pacific, NASD, NASD Global, etc.) electronically by your broker (because other MM's let them go through and are not supporting - accumulating or selling off).
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