Nick Binger has been relieved of his final few chips, and he's now slowly pacing around the room staring at the floor.
It was a flip with Binger's pocket sixes against Dwyte Pilgrim's king-nine. A king on the flop was all she wrote for Binger, and his chips bump Pilgrim up to about 67,000.
From the hijack seat, Shannon Shorr raised to 2,300. Cary Katz called from the cutoff seat and everyone else folded. The flop came down and both players checked.
They also checked the on the turn to see the fall on the river. Shorr checked and Katz bet 5,000. Shorr mucked.
When we got to the table, Steven Burkholder, Zachary Clark and Grant Lane had all of the money in the middle preflop. Here's what they had.
Clark:
Burkholder:
Lane:
The board ran out and Clark's aces held up. He had the least amount of chips in the hand with 29,300 and tripled up. Lane had less chips than Burkholder and was eliminated. Burkholder is now at 74,000 in chips and Clark has about 95,000.
Shannon Shorr was all in preflop with the against the for Miller Dao. Shorr had raised to 2,300, Dao made it 5,000, Shorr reraised to 12,000, Dao Shoved and Shorr called.
The board ran out and Shorr was unable to hold up. He was eliminated.
The player on the button raised to 2,200 to open the pot, and both blinds called. Daniel Negreanu was the small, and he checked the flop. The big blind led out into the pot with a bet of 5,000, and the initial raiser folded out of the way. Negreanu, though, check-raised to 16,100, the amount that the big blind had left.
"I'm short. I don't think I can fold," the player lamented, sticking his final few chips into the pot. His hunch was correct as his was second-best to Negreanu's . The turn and river didn't change anything, and Negreanu has tallied the knockout to move up over 50,000.
On the flop of , Cary Katz bet 4,200 and Miller Dao made the call. The turn then brought the and Katz fired 10,000. Dao made the call again and this pot was getting big between these two large stacks.
The completed the board on the river and Katz fired 25,000 with 60,900 behind. Dao took a moment and then moved all in, having Katz covered by a little bit. Katz said, "Well, I hope you don't have the king-queen of clubs," and then called.
Dao did in fact have the for the nut flush. Katz tabled the and a lower flush and was eliminated from the tournament in this massive hand that saw Dao rise to 268,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 2,000 from the button, and Saul Frank three-bet from the blinds. Negreanu shoved all in over the top, and Frank put his last 26,000 into the pot to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Negreanu:
Frank:
The board ran out in Negreanu's favor, coming . Top pair for Negreanu is not what Frank wanted to see, and he's been eliminated.
Don't look now, but Kid Poker is making a charge. He's up to 96,000 courtesy of that knockout pot, his second this orbit.