3-Across: Five Letter Word for "Eliminated"

Elezra took his time squeezing the card and commented that it was "three across" -- meaning three pips down the side of the card. That meant the card was a six, seven or eight, giving Elezra a 70% chance of it being a good card. Wouldn't you know it was an eight, pairing Elezra and knocking him out.
A few hands later Musso also knocked out Farzad Bonyadi to climb to 225,000 in chips.