Beth Shak is all is all in for her last 22,000 and Jerry Martin thinks for a long moment. He seems about to fold face up, but says "I call" at the last moment. Martin has and Shak has , but the board is a heartbreaker: and Shak, the last woman standing, is out in 16th.
Tim Laws raises to 9,000 and Philip Sparta calls. Jason Mann makes it 30,000 and Laws folds. Sparta calls again. The flop is and they check. The turn is and they check. The river is and Sparta makes it 40,000. Mann is all in. "Jack on the river, so sick," Sparta mutters to himself as he counts it out. He eventually folds face up and Laws shows his for the rivered set.
On a flop of , John Ferguson makes it 15,000. Doug "Rico" Carli is all in for only 2,000 more. Ferguson calls with , but Rico has . The turn and river are and Rico doubles up.
Dale raises and Tim Laws re-raises. Philip Sparta three-bets and Dale goes all in. Tim folds, and Sparta calls, showing to Dale's . The board is and Laws doubles up in the short stack with the flush. The real drama: Laws says he folded J-J after Sparta's third bet, thinking he was beat. He's upset at Sparta for forcing him out, when he would have had the best hand.