Matt Stout opened the pot with a raise to 11,000. Action passed around the blinds, where Gavin Smith looked down at . He made the call, and the decision was on the short-stacked Glenn Hyde. He had 53,500 chips left, and he moved them all in. Stout asked for a count and then quickly made the call. Smith opted to duck out, leaving the two heads up.
Showdown:
Stout:
Hyde:
Hyde was in awful shape to stay alive, but the board smiled on him as it came down . He didn't win all of the pot, but half of it was certainly good enough for Hyde, as he even increases his stack by a few thousand chips.