With one player already all-in, Peter Raimondi and another player were going heads-up with the board showing . Raimondi bet, the other player moved all in and Raimondi snap-called.
Raimondi was ahead with the for a set of eights and against the for flush and straght draws, and the completed the board the eliminate two players and vault Raimondi to 200,000.
This is the second day in a row Raimondi has held the chip lead deep in a Summer Slam Event. Last night he finished 14th in Event #2.
Four players saw a flop of and Jimmy Thomson moved all in for 23,000 from the small blind. Dave Olshan, who was the original preflop raiser, reshoved for 31,200, and the player in Seat 4 called all in for less. Olshan was ahead but he had a lot of outs to fade:
Olshan:
Thomson:
Seat 4:
Travell Thomas heard the commotion and came over from the next table to watch as the turn and river completed the board, giving Olshan a huge pot.
With Joseph Elia's elimination in 41st place the remaining 40 players have combined to form the final four tables. The average stack at this point of the tournament is just under 50,000.