Gordon Vayo raised to 250,000 in middle position and saw Chino Rheem snap-raise to 600,000 in the next seat. Vayo jammed all in when the rest of the players folded, causing Rheem to sigh.
"Good luck," he said as he dropped in a call for about 1.55 million.
Rheem:
Vayo:
Vayo had the goods, but he did get a sweat as the on the flop meant Rheem picked up a straight draw. The turn meant he needed deuces instead of aces on the bottom end, but the river was a brick.
Gordon Vayo opened to 250,000, Long Duc Nguyen moved all in from the small blind for 720,000 and Layne Flack took some time in the big blind. Flack let his hand go, Vayo snap-called and they tabled the hands.
Vayo:
Nguyen:
The board ran , Nguyen didn't improve and was eliminated in sixth place.
Layne Flack is four beers in at the final table, and he's not shy about letting the table know through both his play and his talk. In one recent pot, Gordon Vayo opened to 250,000 and Flack jammed in about 1.5 million in the big blind. Vayo quickly folded, and Flack showed , laughing uproariously as he did so.
"Is there a difference between balls of steel and drunk balls?" he asked.
Grant Hinkle opened to 250,000, action folded to Ben Ector in the small blind and he moved all-in for a touch over 3 million. Hinkle rechecked his hole cards, dropped a chip on them and thought for several moments. Hinkle's called although it barely audible and turned up pocket nines.
Ector had , was at risk and watched the board run his way coming out .
The players paused the clock in order to look at the ICM values and negotiate a chop. The Winstar World Casino assists players when they all want to make a deal, so players don't have to worry.
on the flop meant Rheem picked up a straight draw. The 
turn meant he needed deuces instead of aces on the bottom end, but the 
river was a brick.
, Nguyen didn't improve and was eliminated in sixth place.
, laughing uproariously as he did so.
, was at risk and watched the board run his way coming out 
and Flack doubled.
and the board ran 
.