Jason Lester pushed all in for 6,200 from middle position, the player on the button reraised 12,000 total and the blinds folded. The board came . The player on the button showed and Lester turned over for a set of fives to take the pot and double up.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow raised to 2,400 on the button and J.J. Liu moved all in from the small blind for 9.285 more. Matusow called and his trailed Liu's . Right up until the point where Matusow spiked an ace on the flop. Liu was eliminated and Matusow boosted his stack to 58,000.
Erica Schoenberg pushed all in with pocket nines and one player called with A-K. When the board came , her opponent made a pair of kings on the river and Schoenberg was eliminated.
A player limped from middle position, Scott Fischman limped from late position and Mark Seif raised 4,500 from the cut-off. The first player pushed all in for his last 2,275, and Fischman called Seif''s raise. The flop came , Fischman checked, Seif pushed all in and Fischman called. The turn and river came .
The middle position player showed A-4, Fischman had pocket nines and had flopped a set, but Seif had pocket jacks and caught a jack on the river for a better set. After the hand Seif had 84,500 in chips.
During the World Series Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has worn T-shirts with "No Blowups" written on the back. Matusow just ignored his own wardrobe's advice.
After the action was folded around Tonio Scali raised from the small blind. Matusow raised to 5,600 out of the big blind, and Scali re-raised to 15,600. Matusow pushed all-in and Scali called.
Scali held pocket aces, Matusow pocket sixes. The aces held up and Matusow now sits with 24,000 while Scali rose to 46,000.
Reviewing what transpired, Matusow said, "That might've been the worst-played hand of my life."