Joe Cassidy Eliminated in 8th Place ($32,440)
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The action began when Joe Cassidy made it 30,000 to go. Steve Sung made the call from the hijack and David Baker called from the button. Nick Schulman got out of the way from the small blind and Phil Hellmuth announced a raise. Hellmuth three-bet the action to 140,000 total, only to have Cassidy respond by moving all in.
Sung and Baker mucked their hands and Hellmuth announced call. Hellmuth stood pat and then the suspense began. Joe Cassidy sat pondering over his hand for roughly four minutes before peeling away one card from his hand. He thought about it for another two minutes, toying with the idea of throwing away the one card. Eventually he tossed the one card away and Hellmuth turned up 
"Damn it!" exclaimed Cassidy, telling the table that he threw away a nine-eight low, apparently believing that Hellmuth acting strong had him beat. Cassidy tabled a 
and then the squeeze began. Everyone at the table stood up, seeing if Cassidy would be able to squeeze out a winning three, four, six, nine, or ten.
Cassidy announced that it was a three-across, meaning that he was a 2-1 underdog.
"What's the suit?" asked Hasan Habib
"A bad one" replied Cassidy, throwing up the 
, pairing his seven and sending him home in 8th place.
With the elimination of Cassidy, we're down to our final table of seven players, and 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has become our chip leader with 763,000.