Steven Greenberg moved all-in for $230,000 from UTG and Sumeet Batra calls from the big blind. Greenberg flips over 8 8 and is up against Batra's K Q. It's a classic race with two overs versus a pair.

The board comes J 5 5 A 2 and the pair triumphs this time around.

Greenberg is suddenly up to $500,000 and can breath a little easier.

Nick Binger has been battling as the short-stack for some time now and finally succumbed to no-chip disease.

Binger decided shove for his last from the button and Dan Hicks looked him up from the big blind. Binger shows A 2 while Hicks has K J

The flop comes Q J 9 6 4 and the biggest name remaining in this tournament has been eliminated.

Binger will receive $67,365 for his sixth place finish. Although Binger has plenty of cashes on his poker resume this is the highest he has placed in a $5,000+ event.

The blinds are now $20,000/$40,000 with a $5,000 ante. As tournaments announced earlier we will play for 90 minute levels from here on out. Here's a look at the chip stacks as the cards go into the air:

Soheil Shamseddin	$1.8 million
Sumeet Batra	$1.6 million
Dan Hicks	$1.3 million
Eric Haber	$800,000
Steven Greenberg	$250,000
Nick Binger	$225,000

 

Players are on a 15-minute break as tournament organizers color up the orange $1,000 chips.

Dan Hicks (MP), Nick Binger (CO), Soheil Shamseddin (SB) and Sumeet Batra (BB) all limp to a flop of K 8 5 and action is checked to Binger who bets $80,000. Everyone folds except for Batra who smooth calls. The turn comes Q and Batra checks and Binger checks. The river falls 6 and Batra announces he is all-in. Binger mucks his hand in frustration.

Binger is in big trouble with just a little over $200,000.

Rochester, New York, native Scott Blackman has been eliminated from the final table. Blackman bet $100,000 from late position and Soheil Shamseddin re-raised an extra $300,000 from the button.

Blackman only has about $500,000 total so if he calls he's likely pot-committed. Blackman thinks it over for a few minutes and then calls.

"You have a pair?" asks Blackman.

Shamseddin responds by flipping over Q Q. Blackman sighs and shows A K. The board comes 9 7 5 4 10 and Blackman is eliminated.

Blackman will receive $53,892 for coming in seventh and bests his last big buy-in poker tournament place which was coming ninth at the 2008 WPT Borgata Poker Classic

Short-stack Steven Greenberg just moved all-in from the small blind but no one felt like making the call. Greenberg takes the blind and is attempting to chip himself up out of the danger zone.

Steve Merrifield has had an amazing journey at this year's WSOPC Caesars Atlantic City but his wild ride is over.

Sumeet Batra raised all-in from the small blind and Merrifield called from the big blind. Merrifield is well covered by Batra and the players reveal their hands.

Merrifield: K 2

Batra: 8 8

The board comes 10 6 3 6 Q and Merrifield is no more. He will receive $40,419 for finishing 8th. Not bad for his first big buy-in tournament.

Sumeet Batra is raising a lot of pots and he's starting to gain some control of this final table.

Scott Blackman gets it all-in pre-flop from the small blind and Eric Haber makes the call from the big blind. The players reveal their hands:

Eric Haber: A 5

Scott Blackman: Q Q

The board comes Q 9 7 10 Q to give Scott Blackman the uneccessary quad queens and the checkmark

Blackman is up to approximately $500,000. Yeah Scott!

The chip-stack titans just clashed in an epic pot. Eric Haber bets $100,000 from mid-position and Dan Hicks calls from the small blind. The flop comes A Q 8 and Hicks bet $150,000. Haber flat-calls and the turn comes 3 and Hicks once again bets, this time $200,000. Haber insta-calls and and the river comes 5.

Both players check and Haber flips over J J while Hicks mucks. With that giant pot Haber is our new chip leader with approximately $1.5 million.