Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
. Suer showed
, a hand that was in bad shape against his opponent's set of eights,
. Suer couldn't hit his gutshot on the river and as a result is left with just 3,000 chips.
against his opponent's
. The flop was a very safe
, but Suer's opponent made a running two pair,
.
, and Pilgrim looked him up with the nuts,
.
, Shaun Deeb tabled
to double up to 83,000. He is now among the chip leaders of the tournament.
and was in the lead against the small blinds
. Billirakis took down the pot with trips on a board of
. He's up to 80,000 and among the chip leaders.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
, but he had run into Simityan's
. The board ran
, and Jason Young doubled up his man, leaving himself with just 1,150 chips.
. The two blinds mumbled that they had no piece of that, and Young turned over the winning
, tripling back up to 2,650.
and moved all in. He was called by two players, and they went to a flop of
. Evan McNiff moved all in, and the table yielded to him, allowing him to duke it out with the at-risk Young. McNiff turned over
, still on the draw. The turn brought him some outs with a
. To Young's chagrin, a
peeled off on the river, making McNiff a straight and sending the gregarious Jason Young to the exit.
. Pilgrim then moved all in for his final 26,775, sending his opponent deep into the tank. Marshall looked frustrated with his decision as he sat motionless for several minutes. He tried to pry a little bit of information from Pilgrim, but would get none. Finally, he open-mucked his hand, slamming
on the felt.
, while Pilgrim had his man crushed with
. The turn and river would be useless for Jamie, as the
and
filled out the board. Pilgrim pulled in the big pot, knocking "Los Angeles Jamie" out of the field in the process.
. The big blind kept firing, coming out with a bet of 3,500. Deeb quickly raised that bet to 9,500, but gave up his hand when the big blind reraised to 19,500. Deeb's opponent triumphantly turned over
.