Matthew Blackwell Elimiated in 8th Place ($4,929)

Matthew Blackwell has been getting his chips in good but failing to hold. A few orbits before he was knocked out, he got his all in against Li Wu's , but Wu came from behind to knock down Blackwell's stack to a mere 120,000. Blackwell tripled up a few hands later when his miraculously held up against two players.

In Blackwell's last hand of the night, Papa Karn opened the pot for 55,000 and Blackwell, next-to-act, moved all-in for 355,000. The action folded to Nic Petree who went into the tank for almost a minute before reshoving for 1,040,000. The action folded back to Karn who asked for the count, but after half a minute decided to let his hand go.

Matthew Blackwell -
Nic Petree -

Blackwell must once again fade the overcards to continue his Showbound journey. The flop came , and once again Blackwell is facing elimination. The turn was no help, and the river improved Petree to a flush.