John Bowman raised to 125,000 in middle position, Daniel Weinman called on the button, and Hugh Henderson defended his big blind. The flop fell , Henderson checked, and Bowman fired 150,000. Weinman and Henderson called.
The turn was the , all three players checked, and the river brought a third heart - the . Henderson tossed out 275,000, Bowman folded, and Weinman raised to 885,000.
"Call," Henderson said immediately. "Full house?"
Weinman showed for a turned full house, and Henderson shook his head before showing for a rivered flush.
John Bowman raised to 125,000 from under the gun and only Raymond Weaver called him from the hijack seat. The flop came and Bowman continued for 125,000. Weaver called. Both then checked the turn.
The river was the . This time Bowman bet 350,000, and Weaver went into the tank. He rechecked his cards a few times, then gathered the calling chips and cupped them in his hand as if weighing them while weighing his decision.
Finally Weaver called, and when Bowman tabled for a full house, Weaver nodded and mucked. "Yep... knew you had 'em," Weaver said.
Bowman has been mostly quiet today, but that pot pushes him back up close to 2 million.
Hugh Henderson entered today's final day of play with the chip lead, but saw his momentum from Day 2 get stifled somewhat this afternoon and found himself battling with a short stack for much of the last couple of hours.
Finally he found it necessary to commit the last of his chips with and was in need of improvement against the of Daniel Weinman.
The flop came , and Henderson could no longer root for an ace but was now looking for one of the other two queens to give him a saving straight. Alas for Henderson, the turn was the and river the , and Henderson's run ends in seventh place.
Meanwhile, Weinman has now jumped past Raymond Weaver and into the chip lead. After the hand, Kory Kilpatrick pointed at Weinman's stack sitting next to Weaver's and asked Weaver how he felt about Weinman having a bigger stack than his.
"What about him over there?" said Weaver, appearing to point across the table to James Kinney. Kinney — who actually has slipped down below a million and is now sixth of six — looked up in surprise.
"Hey... you making fun of my stack?" Kinney said, and the table laughed.
James Kinney raised to 230,000 out of the small blind, John Bowman called in the big blind, and the flop came . Kinney checked, Bowman fired 200,000, and Kinney instantly check-raised to 500,000. Bowman tank-called.
The turn was the , Kinney checked again, and Bowman slid forward 500,000. Kinney called.
The paired the board on the river, and both players checked. Bowman showed for a turned flush, and Kinney shook his head before mucking his hand.
Kory Kilpatrick opened to 125,000 from early position, and Raymond Weaver defended his big blind. The flop came , and Weaver check-called a 135,000-chip bet from Kilpatrick.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Weaver led out for 225,000, and Kilpatrick made a crying call.
Weaver showed , and Kilpatrick unhappily mucked his hand.
After Kory Kilpatrick open-shoved for a little over 500,000 from the button, it folded to James Kinney in the big blind who called all in with his last 410,000.
Kilpatrick had and Kinney . The community cards came , then , which made the river no matter.
In the last hand of Level 31, Daniel Weinman raised to 120,000 from the button and only Raymond Weaver called from the small blind. The flop came , and when Weaver led for 175,000, Weinman came back with a raise to 450,000 which Weaver called.
The turn brought the and checks from both players. The river was the . Weaver collected some chips, then put out a bet of 725,000.
Weinman thought for over a minute, looking up into the rafters of the spacious Harrah's Cherokee Event Center as he did. Finally he called, and when Weaver tabled for the straight, Weinman mucked disappointedly.
That pot gives Weaver back the lead, taking it away from Weinman. Here's a look at the counts of the five remaining players as they head to break:
Kory Kilpatrick, who donned a lime green bow-tie during the break, open-shoved for his last 735,000 from the cutoff. George Zinaty re-shoved on the button, and the rest of the players folded.
"I have three outs," Kilpatrick said, turning over .
He was right - Zinaty showed .
"Queen, deuce, four, two diamonds," Kilpatrick requested.
Kilpatrick's wish wasn't granted, but the flop did give him a leading pair of threes. He held when the turn and river came , respectively, and doubled to over 1.6 million chips.
Zinaty is extremely short with around 200,000 chips.
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, Henderson checked, and Bowman fired 150,000. Weinman and Henderson called.
, all three players checked, and the river brought a third heart - the 
. Henderson tossed out 275,000, Bowman folded, and Weinman raised to 885,000.
for a turned full house, and Henderson shook his head before showing 
for a rivered flush.
and Bowman continued for 125,000. Weaver called. Both then checked the 
turn.
. This time Bowman bet 350,000, and Weaver went into the tank. He rechecked his cards a few times, then gathered the calling chips and cupped them in his hand as if weighing them while weighing his decision.
for a full house, Weaver nodded and mucked. "Yep... knew you had 'em," Weaver said.
and was in need of improvement against the 
of Daniel Weinman.
, and Henderson could no longer root for an ace but was now looking for one of the other two queens to give him a saving straight. Alas for Henderson, the turn was the 
and river the 
for a turned flush, and Kinney shook his head before mucking his hand.
, both players checked, and the river was the 
. Weaver led out for 225,000, and Kilpatrick made a crying call.
, and Kilpatrick unhappily mucked his hand.
and Kinney 
. The community cards came 
, which made the river 
no matter.
, and when Weaver led for 175,000, Weinman came back with a raise to 450,000 which Weaver called.
. Weaver collected some chips, then put out a bet of 725,000.
.
flop did give him a leading pair of threes. He held when the turn and river came