With 12,000 in the pot and his opponent having checked, Steve Dannenmann decided moving all in for his last 10,000 was a good move. The board was and Steve was leaning forward, his hands resting on his cards, almost looking as if he were ready to get out of his seat and leave. Steve's opponent made the call with which was ahead of the that Dannenmann held. The turn was the and the river was the and Steve grinned while looking at his opponent and said "Straight!" Steve's foe did a double take and realized Dannenmann was pulling his leg.
"See you," the amiable Dannenmann said and tapped his opponent on the shoulder while telling him "good hand buddy."
The tournament staff has informed us that the unofficial number of entrants for this last flight is 770. This brings our unofficial total to 2,483. Once we have the official prize pool and payout information available, we'll make it available.
Faced with an open to 5,000, Sean Wallace put in a three-bet to 13,000. The action folded back to the original raiser, who moved all in for around 40,000, and Wallace made the call.
Opponent:
Wallace:
Wallace trailed after the flop (), and the turn (), but the completed the board, giving him a winning pair of aces.
The player hit the rail, while Wallace is up to 180,000 chips.
Mike Zduniak fired out 16,000 into a pot of around 50,000 on a completed board of . His opponent went deep into the tank, and eventually folded his hand.
"Show the bluff!" someone at the table urged.
Zduniak obliged, revealing for king-high, and he raked in the pot with a smile on his face.
When we reached the table there was well over 100,000 in the middle of the table, but Tremayne Jernigan only had 400 in chips behind. That's right, four black T100 chips.
He committed them when the river completed the board, but Dr. Stanley Graham quickly folded, despite getting roughly 250 to one on a call.
Every player at the table was stunned, except for Jernigan who silently pulled in the pot. He now has around 105,000 chips, while Graham dropped down to 120,000.