Michael Chu Eliminated in 8th Place ($27,439)

No-Limit Hold'em:

Frank Gary has the button in Seat 8.

Action is folded around to Nick Binger, and he comes in with a habitual raise, making it 17,000 to go. Rentes folds his small blind, and Chu calls from the big.

The flop comes down {2-Spades}

. Chu checks, and Binger splashes in a bet of 32,000. Chu thinks for a moment, and then pushes all in for a total of 145,000. Binger pauses to eye up his opponent, and then makes the call with a shrug of his shoulders. The cards are turned over:

Chu: {8-Spades}

Binger:

Nick Binger is just flat catching cards right now, and the showdown reveals that he has a hammer lock on Michael Chu's tournament life. The turn and river fail to help Chu, coming {Q-Clubs}