From the button, Chris Vitch raised and Jameson Painter defended his blind.
The board ran out 
and Vitch bet the whole way. Painter called down, was shown 
by Vitch and mucked.
"I had to bet. Top pairs don't grow on trees," Vitch said with a smile. His stack has been fluctuating a bit towards the past couple of levels but currently rests at 10,000.
Terrence Chan was in the small blind with just 2,400 chips facing a raise from the button. He three bet and his opponent called. The flop was 
and Chan bet. His opponent raised the necessary 400 more and they hands were turned up.
Chan: 
Opponent: 
Chan held just A-high but had his opponent drawing to six outs. The 
turn improved Chan's hand but his opponent still had the same six outs to send him to the rail. The 
river bricked and Chan will remain in the tournament with 4,800 chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
A player on the button raised and from the small blind Daniel Alaei reraised preflop. Maya Geller called from the big blind, and the player on the button reraised. Both Alaei and Geller called.
The flop ran out 
. Alaei checked, Geller checked, and the player on the button bet. Alaei raised, Geller folded, and his opponent reraised. Alaei called.
The turn brought the . Alaei check called his opponent. The 
fell on the river and both players checked.
Alaei showed 
and his opponent tossed his cards into the muck. Alaei now has over 25,000 in front of him.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised from under the gun, an opponent made it three bets from the small blind, Grospellier made it four bets - enough to put his opponent all in - and they called.
Grospellier: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
, and Grospellier doubled his opponent. ElkY is still very healthy though - he has 23,900 chips to his name.
Here are some chip count updates as we scan the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
27,000
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
19,500
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
19,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
17,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
16,000 | |
|
||
|
15,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
13,700
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
||
|
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
10,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,000
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
9,500 | |
|
||
|
|
6,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
2,800
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
||
|
2,100
17,900
|
17,900 |
|
Busted | |
When we reached the table, Zach Gruneberg and Jameson Painter were heads up with the board reading . Gruneberg led out, Painter called, and the turn was the 
. Gruneberg check-raised Painter, leaving himself 200 behind, and Painter called. The river was the , and Gruneberg tossed his last two gray T100 chips in. Painter called, and snap-mucked when Gruneberg tabled 
.
The player on the button raised preflop and Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind. His opponent called. The flop ran out 
. Shorr checked, his opponent bet, and he called.
The fell on the turn. Shorr checked, his opponent bet, Shorr raised, his opponent reraised, and Shorr reraised his opponent all in for 3,100.
Shorr showed 
and his opponent flipped up 
. The board ran out with the on the river.
Shorr sits with around 26,500 chips in front of him.
James Akenhead raised from under the gun and the player in the big blind called. The flop ran out . The player from the big blind checked and Akenhead moved all in for his remaining 500 chips. His opponent called.
Akenhead flipped over 
and his opponent turned over 
. The board ran out the on the turn and the 
on the river.
With the board reading 
, Shannon Shorr was faced with a bet from an opponent. He called. Shorr called another bet on the river after the 
fell, and turned over for ace-high. His opponent mucked, and Shorr is now up to 23,000 chips.
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