After Rodney Decker and Nick Pupillo limped preflop, Brent Ballentin raised to 4,500.
Both Pupillo and Decker called.
The flop came and Decker checked. Pupillo led into Ballentin, making it 6,200 and Ballentin folded. Decker called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river paired the board again, with the . Decker checked again and Pupillo bet 13,400. Decker took a long time to figure out what to do. He counted out his calling chips, then smoothed the sides of his remaining stacks, making them as straight as possible. He then shuffled his calling chips for about 40 seconds before tossing them into the pot to call.
Pupillo showed , which was good enough to win the pot and Decker mucked.
Steve Clark got in ahead against Phung Ngo, but the turn would change everything and send him home.
The flop read and Clark shoved his last 17,000. Ngo called and was behind with against .
The on the turn took the air out of Clark, who sat stunned for a moment. The dealer put the on the river and Clark still didn't move. He sat still while the dealer mucked his cards and shipped the pot to Ngo. Then he finally got up and headed to the rail.