Ryan Austin opened from under the gun to 1,700, then Vivek Rajkumar reraised to 4,900 from the button. It folded back to Austin who reraised again to 13,700, Rajkumar shoved for 51,600 total, and Austin called.
Austin: 
Rajkumar: 
The board ran out 
, and Rajkumar scores a double up as we near the end of Level 8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
39,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
A player under the gun raised to 1,700, Josh Weizer called, and the player in the big blind defended. The flop was 
, and the action checked to Weizer, who fired 2,300. Only the original raiser called.
The turn was the 
, and the player checked again. Weizer tossed out 5,100, and his opponent called.
The completed the board, and both players checked. The original raiser showed 
for aces and queens, and Weizer momentarily showed his hand, but all we saw was an ace.
Weizer is still very healthy with about 233,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
233,000 |
As we near the dinner break, we've one more casualty to report. After slipping down below the 30,000-chip mark, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi finally lost the last of his stack to join those eliminated in Level 8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
271,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
245,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
|
203,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
192,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
172,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
162,000
64,800
|
64,800 |
|
|
141,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
123,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
99,000
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
|
89,600
39,300
|
39,300 |
|
89,000
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
|
88,400
12,600
|
12,600 |
|
|
83,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
|
71,000
17,100
|
17,100 |
|
|
60,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
54,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
|
51,600
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
42,000
-67,300
|
-67,300 |
|
35,500
-50,200
|
-50,200 |
|
|
18,000
-37,300
|
-37,300 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Viktor Blom opened with a raise to 1,800 from early position, then a player in the cutoff reraised to 6,500. It folded to the big blind who called the reraise rather quickly, and after taking a look at both of his opponents, Blom called as well.
The flop came 
. It checked to the cutoff who fired 10,000, the big blind called instantly, and Blom didn't take too much time before calling as well. The turn brought the 
, and checks all around.
The river was the 
. This time the big blind — again, without much pause before acting — bet 20,000, and Blom waited about five seconds before calling. The player in the cutoff only had a little more than that behind, and after thinking for a while let his hand go.
The big blind showed 
for kings and eights, but Blom had 
for trips to take the pot.
"You had queens?" Blom asked the cutoff, who responded by insisting he had aces. "No way," said Blom. "You don't raise that much with aces," he added with a grin.
Blom has further reason to smile, having bounced back up over 180,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000
118,900
|
118,900 |
|
||
Dag Martin Mikkelsen opened for 1,800 from early position and found one caller in Johnny Chan from the cutoff seat.
The flop came 
and Mikkelsen c-bet for 2,700. Chan quickly called.
Both players checked the 
turn, however, when Mikkelsen checked again on the 
river, Chan flung two orange chips into the middle for a 10,000 bet. Mikkelsen snap-folded and Chan scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
70,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
105,000 | |
|
68,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
38,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
25,000 | |
Action folded around to the cutoff who limped for 800. The button folded and the small blind completed. Erik Hellman made it 2,400 to go from the big blind and the limper called. The small blind folded and we were heads up to the flop.
The dealer produced a flop of 
and Hellman continued out for 2,400. Hellman's opponent raised to 5,000 and Hellman quickly called. The turned and both players checked. The came on fifth street and once again they both checked.
Hellman showed for flopped top pair that became trips on the river. His opponent mucked and Hellman took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
293,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
When we arrived at JP Kelly's the table, the Brit, from the big blind position, and one opponent were already involved in a hand on a 
flop. Kelly checked here and then called the bet of 800 from his opponent. A was then slapped on the turn and Kelly opted to check. His opponent again fired out a bet, this time of 1,300. Kelly check-raised here, making it 3,800. A call and the dealer would turn over the final card on the board.
River:
Kelly quickly bet 6,600 and his opponent made the call even quicker. When Kelly turned over 
, his opponent's cards flew into the muck and Kelly scooped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Here are a handful of chip updates from the Orange Section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
279,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
210,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
164,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
163,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
152,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
135,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
135,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
79,000
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
|
77,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
54,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
|
53,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
||
|
49,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
42,000
-9,400
|
-9,400 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
29,100
-12,200
|
-12,200 |
|
||
|
|
23,500
-22,900
|
-22,900 |
According to Jason Mercier, Blair Hinkle was all in and at risk preflop holding two eights against an opponent's 
. The board ran out 
, and Hinkle was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
