Michael Simon Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,940)
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In middle position, Paul Hails opened the pot to 27,000, and he was called in three places. Narinder Khasria (button), Patrick Karschamroon (small blind), and Michael Simon (big blind) all came along to see a four-way flop.
The dealer fanned out 
, and everyone checked to the button. Khasria took his cue to fire 57,000 at the pot, and Karschamroon quickly folded. Simon, however, wasn't going anywhere. He cut the calling chips out of his stack of ~300,000 and shuffled them for a moment before announcing a check-raise all in. That folded Hails, but Khasria instantly made the call with his covering stack. "That can't be good," Simon astutely noted. "I just have a nine."
Showdown
Simon: 
Khasria: 
Simon asked the dealer for a sweat card on the turn, but the 
left him drawing dead to the river. The meaningless 
filled out the board as Simon was already shaking hands and gathering his belongings.
He's out in 8th place, good for nearly $8,000 for the former WPT champ.
With that pot, Khasria looks to have moved up into second place overall with more than 800,000 chips.