Scott Erickson open-shoved all in holding a pair of deuces. When the bet came around to Ben Hock, he made the call, putting Erickson in jeopardy of elimination. As the rest of the players ducked out, Hock tabled his pair of sevens, poised for the knockout.
The board ran out . Erickson wished his table luck, told them it was a pleasure playing with them, and headed slowly for the door.
Jeff Daubs came in with an under-the-gun raise to 10,000. The betting passed back around to the blinds, where Greg Poor moved all in for just about 45,000. Daubs quickly called, having Poor covered.
Showdown:
Daubs:
Poor:
The flop was no fun for the at-risk Poor, coming out . The turn came the though, giving him an additional four outs. Unfortunately for him, the river blanked off with the , and he stood up to make his exit. With that, Greg Poor becomes our 17th-place finisher.
Tony Hartmann raised to 5,500 preflop on the button and was called by John McDonald in the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn brought the and both players checked again. After the river fell the , McDonald said, "You got two hearts? 'Cuz I got two hearts, but they're small." After that, he fired out 15,000. Hartmann folded.
At the same time on the adjacent table, David Hiers raised from the button to 6,000. Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis reraised from the small blind to 12,000. The big blind folded and Hiers made the call.
After the flop came down , Panesis announced that he was all in. Hiers went into the tank, but folded. After Panesis flipped up the , Hiers claimed to have held pocket jacks.
Rich Tomman had just 3,800 chips left, and they all went into the middle preflop. Jesse Hale, Ari Engel, and Jeff Daubs called. With three live players in, and Tomman at risk for his tournament life, the dealer ran the flop.
It came . All three players checked.
Fourth street brought the . Engel led out with a small bet of 4,000, enough to get Daubs and Hale out. Showdown:
Engel:
Tomman:
Tomman knew he was good as soon as Engel tabled his cards. The irrelevant hit the river, and Tomman more than quadruples up, close to 15,000 now.
The flop came down with four players still in on the action. Jesse Hale checked, Ari Engel checked, Jeffrey Daubs fired 5,000, and John McDonald called. Hale then raised to 25,000. Engel folded and Daubs folded shortly after. Action was back on McDonald and he would make the call.
The turn came the and Hale immediately shoved all in. McDonald went into the tank for a good few minutes. The total bet was 66,600 and was for a huge portion of McDonald's remaining stack. After minutes ticked off the clock, McDonald made the call with . Hale was behind, but had a lot of outs with the .
The dealer burned and dealt the river... the , nailing Hale with two pair! He was able to scoop the massive pot and now has over 160,000 chips. Many of the spectators of other players were amazed by the call and gave props to McDonald for making it, despite his misfortune on the river.
Tony Hartmann limped into the pot from early position, and he and both blinds got to see a cheap flop.
It came down . Jeff Daubs checked, and Mark Eddleman announced that he was all in for 24,600. Hartmann thought for a minute or two before releasing his hand. Daubs wouldn't take nearly that long; he instantly called the bet, having Eddleman covered.
Showdown:
Eddleman:
Daubs:
Both players had hit the flop squarely, but Daubs had the board crushed with his flopped straight and open-ended straight-flush draw. A blank hit the turn. Lightning would strike the river though, as Eddleman somehow pulled the off the deck, filling him up with the winning full house. Eddleman earns a double-up, now flirting with 60,000 in chips.