In an already bloated pot, Ryan Skalsky moved all in for 8,700 from the small blind, and his opponent in the big blind called on the board. Skalsky held for queens full, and his opponent showed the bad luck: for an underfull.
"East Coast" Mike Ross put in his last 5,100 on a board of , and an opponent who had checked from early position made what was clearly a crying call after about a minute. Ross turned over and had the player with crushed. The river was the , and Ross doubled up.
After an early limp, Mike Lang made it 1,200 to go and got two callers, the small blind and the limper. The flop prompted a couple of checks, and Lang bet 3,000. The small blind called, and the limper jammed for 9,850. Lang thought a bit and reshipped. The small blind got a count but folded.
Lang:
Small blind:
Lang needed help against the two pair, and running gave it to him for jacks up.
"Better to be lucky than good," he said.
Lang booked a pair of runner-up finishes in 2014 on the Mid-States Poker Tour, each worth north of $60,000.
On a flop, a player shoved all in for about 5,000 well over the pot, which contained around 1,500. Brandon Dosch was the only caller, as he had flopped a set on the button with , and he had the all-in player's crushed. No ace arrived, and Dosch collected the pot.