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.
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.
Mark Seif has a knack for picking up a lot of chips early in a tournament. Just 10 minutes into the third level he already has 21,000- over four and a half times the original starting stack.