Barter's Not Trading Chips Anytime Soon
The action folded around to David Barter who raised to 8,000 from the hijack position before the flop; the player in the button called, as did the player in the big blind, to make it three-handed to the flop of 

.
The big blind checked to Barter who led out for 6,500 and the button folded, but the big blind check-called, making it heads-up to the turn of the
, which both players checked before the big blind check-snap-called Barter's bet of 31,500 on the river of the
.
Barter showed down 
for trip eights and the big blind mucked his hand. Barter, who started the day with 917,500 in chips, is still hovering around that amount.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
915,000
52,000
|
52,000 |