The tournament room here in the Horseshoe is actually not a tournament room at all. It is actually the Whiskey Roadhouse entertainment venue. The bar area that separates it from the casino floor doubles for the perfect "waiting room" for the friends and relatives of the players in this event. It is from this area that anxious onlookers peer down in a combination of nervousness and support.
A short-stacked Michael Altman found himself all in preflop holding the . Altman was behind, up against the of Demetrios Sangos. Altman failed to improve and headed to the rail with 25 minutes remaining in level 3.