No word on what was the cause of the blackout. The Barracuda suspects it is the air conditioning since it's one of the hottest days of the summer so far. We have a man with a role of duct tape, a blowtorch, and a flashlight investigating the problem.
Gus Hansen and Jeff Madsen get all their chips in pre-flop. Gus shows AQ and Jeff turns over the dominated AJ.
Jeff is up ready to leave, but a Jack spikes the turn meaning Gus needs a Queen on the river to win. The miracle Queen hits and Jeff Madsen is eliminated.
In the biggest pot of the tournament, Lee Nelson doubled through Patrik Antonius. On a flop , Nelson bet 15K and Antonius raised him 45K. Nelson quickly moved all in for the rest of his chips. Antonius reluctantly called with . Nelson flipped over for a flush draw.
A huge crowd gathered around the table as the defending champion's tournament life was on the line. Although Antonius was ahead, he had a worried look on his usually stoic face. The turn was as Nelson shouted, "Yes!" Antonius picked up a flush draw and had outs for a boat. The river was and Nelson scooped a monster pot worth over 270K. Antonius slipped to under 200K.