Rink Iced
Mike Sowers opened with a raise from late position, and Paulo Rink moved all in on a three-bet shove. Sowers called, and he was well in front with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Sowers:
Rink:
Rink stood up from his chair to sweat his fate, chatting with his friends on the rail as the television crew took their positions around the perimeter of the table. Finally, the dealer burned a card and ran out a blank flop, and the turn meant Rink was drawing to the other two sevens in the deck for his survival. He was standing on the rail with his back to the table as the final card of his day hit the board, the .
Rink finally turned back to see the bad news that he'd been eliminated in 27th place. Sowers is now quite healthy -- in fact, he's the chip leader -- with 3.5 million chips stacked in front of him.