Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Michael Rossitto opened with a raise to 2,200 from the hijack and he was called by the player on the button. From the big blind, Jon Turner moved all in for roughly 12,000. Rossitto called while the button folded, bringing the two players to a showdown.
Rossitto: 
Turner: 
The board ran out 
and that gave both players queens, but Rossitto held the better kicker so Turner was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
|
Busted |
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and Barry Shulman checked from the cutoff to his lone opponent on the button. The button quickly checked behind and flipped over 
against his opponent in the small blind holding 
.
, safe for Brecher to double up.
, up against Ausmus' 
. 
and Ausmus paired his ten, putting his opponent in rough shape. The turn was the 
flop and Hwang led out for 4,500 and prompted a series of folds.
and that was good for Craft to take down the monster pot with his pair of aces, pushing him to over 300,000 chips.
on the river. Merlin bet 27,000 with 22,000 behind and called the check-raise shove of Nguyen with 
for the jack-high straight. Nguyen only had 
for two pair and had to forteit almost one third of his big stack.
and the big blind checked. Jaka bet 3,700 and the big blind called.
for two pair, aces and sixes, and Jaka mucked.
