A player in the high-jack seat raised to 425 and the button made the call. Down to his last 1,400, Kevin Saul pushed all in from the big blind. The original player folded his hand and the button called with pocket eights. Saul showed .
The flop came , giving Saul the lead with a pair of jacks.
The turn was a blank in the the , however, the river brought one of the two remaining eights in the deck, eliminating Saul from the tournament.
Michael Binger raises from the button to 350 and the big blind makes the call. The flop comes and after a check from the big blind, Binger makes a continuation bet of 500. His opponent calls.
The turn is the and after a check in the dark from the big blind, Binger fires another bet. The big blind folds and Binger takes it down.
Marc Convey opens the pot from early position to 425 and gets three callers.
The flop comes and Convey leads out for 1,050. Two players call.
The turn brings the and Convey checks. An opponent bet out, the other player in the pot got out of the way, and Convey check raises all in. His opponent makes the call.
Convey:
Opponent:
Marc Convey is drawing dead on the river against his opponent's full house and he is eliminated from the tournament.
The tournament has already dusted off almost 1,000 players in the first three and a half levels. Approximately 1,830 players remain with an average chip stack of 6,800.