Lawrence Riley decided to risk his tournament life and shoved all in for his last 150,000 or so in chips. Anna Marquez thought it over for a few seconds before making the call and showing down and hoping for a coin flip.
Unfortunately for Marquez, Riley held and Marquez would need to spike an eight or a miraculous board of straight or flush cards to take the pot.
The dealer revealed a final board of and Riley's jacks held up, padding his stack while crippling Marquez in the process.
We caught the action as Jonathan Driscoll and Brandon Shane were involved in an all-in confrontation. Driscoll was the shorter of the stacks and was at risk, holding against the held by Shane.
We were off to the races, and as the dealer spread a flop of , Driscoll's hand improved to top pair, top kicker. Shane was hunting for ducks at that point, but the turn and river fell and respectively, doubling Driscoll up to approximately 250,000 chips.
Justin Truesdell shipped his stack into the middle and, with a stack slightly larger than that of his opponent, Franco Cupello made the call. Cupello flipped up his and was in the lead against the held by Truesdell.
Both players stood as the dealer prepared to reveal the flop, and when Cupello saw the was the door card, he exclaimed "right in the window, of course!" The final board read and with that, Cupello is left with only a few thousand chips, while Truesdell has chipped up to nearly 165,000.