Jeff Sarwer Eliminated In 8th Place ($26,704)
Jeff Sarwer opened for a pot-sized raise of 70,000 and Juha Vilkki instantly announced that he was re-potting, making it 240,000 to go. Sarwer shot the Finn a rueful glance and smiled slightly while making the call to put his tournament life at risk.
Sarwer asked "You got aces man?" and Vilkki answered by turning over his hand: . Sarwer was immediately crushed to see that his intuition was correct and tabled his with discouragement written across his face. His pocket kings were crushed and to add insult to injury, Vilkki held a king of his own. He also had Sarwer's diamond-draw blocked and Sarwer knew he was drawing extremely thin.
The flop rolled out and no help arrived. Sarwer was left hoping for a seven on the turn or river, but when the and hit the board, his run had ended. He will collect $26,704 for his finish today while Vilkki climbed to 720,000 chips with the bustout.