Scotty Nguyen has the button in seat 4, Raymond Rahme raises under the gun to 260,000, Nguyen calls from the button, and Philip Hilm calls from the big blind.
The flop comes , and all three players check. The turn card is the , Hilm checks, Rahme checks, Nguyen bets 450,000, Hilm raises to 1,050,000, Rahme folds, and Nguyen thinks for about a minute before he folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot worth 1.82 million.
In a battle of the blinds Kalmar limped and Watkinson checked his option, and they saw a flop. They both checked, as they both checked the on the turn. The fell on the river and Watkinson chose to call Kalmar's 125,000 bet. Kalmar turned over for the straight and Watkinson mucked.
Scotty Nguyen with Gavin Smith on Day 5
Ray Henson has the button in seat 3, Philip Hilm raises under the gun to 300,000, and Scotty Nguyen calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Nguyen checks, Hilm bets 400,000, and Nguyen calls. The turn card is the , Nguyen checks, Hilm pushes, and Nguyen calls all in for 1.92 million.
Hilm shows for a gut-shot straight draw with two overcards. But the crowd explodes in a cheer as Scotty Nguyen shows for a full house on the turn. Philip Hilm is drawing dead.
The meaningless river card is the , and Hilm rivers his king-high straight -- but it's too little, too late, and Scotty Nguyen wins the pot to double up to 5.43 million in chips.
Three-way pot between Steven Garfinkle, Jerry Yang, and Jon Kalmar. The flop was . Kalmer and Garfinkle checked. Yang bet 1 million. Kalmer folded and Garfinkle check-raised to 2.5 million. Yang went into the tank for five minutes before he folded. He asked Garfinkle to show his hand. Garfinkle tabled as he raked in the pot.
John Armbrust has the button in seat 2, David Tran limps from middle position for 100,000, and Scotty Nguyen calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Nguyen checks, Tran bets 200,000, and Nguyen folds. Tran takes the pot.
Kevin Farry
Kevin Farry is originally from Pearl River, NY and as his friends say, "once a Pearl River man, always a Pearl River man." He currently lives in Manassas, Virginia and is a successful sub-contractor building water pump stations and other projects. A graduate of Virginia Tech University, he got his Masters degree in Civil Engineering.
Kevin won his Main Event seat via a $500 satellite at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City.
"I told him he was wasting his money-- was I ever wrong!" said Kevin's sister, Kim shaking her head and laughing. Kim is here ringside rooting for her brother, along with his friends Jimmy and Mike. The package Kevin won paid the top 9 finishers the $10,000 Main Event buy-in along with $5,000 for travel and expenses.
To parlay $500-- to $15,000-- to perhaps $8,250,000 is a dream come true. The worst he can do now is to take home $381,402, still a remarkable return on investment. Best of luck to Kevin.
Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, he limps for 100,000, Tuan Lam limps from the small blind, and John Armbrust checks his option. The flop comes , Lam bets 350,000, Armbrust calls, and Childs calls. There is now 1.44 million in the pot.
The turn card pairs the board with the , Lam checks, Armbrust bets 1.5 million, Childs folds, and Lam thinks for more than a minute before he calls. There is now 4.44 million in the pot.
The river card is the , and the crowd lets out a big "Oooh!" as there are now four spades on the paired board. Lam quickly checks, Armbrust bets 3 million, and Lam calls with for a jack-high flush -- the second nut flush. Armbrust mucks.
Tuan Lam wins a *huge* pot worth 10.44 million, increasing his stack to approximately 16 million. John Armbrust is down to about 1 million.
Tuan Lam
David Tran has the button in seat 8, Raymond Rahme raises from the cutoff to 550,000, and Tuan Lam thinks for about two minutes before he calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Lam checks, Rahme bets 900,000, Lam raises to 3 million, and Rahme thinks for about two minutes before he folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot worth 3.04 million.
, and all three players check. The turn card is the 
, Hilm checks, Rahme checks, Nguyen bets 450,000, Hilm raises to 1,050,000, Rahme folds, and Nguyen thinks for about a minute before he folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot worth 1.82 million.
flop. They both checked, as they both checked the 
on the turn. The 
for the straight and Watkinson mucked.
, Nguyen checks, Hilm bets 400,000, and Nguyen calls. The turn card is the 
, Nguyen checks, Hilm pushes, and Nguyen calls all in for 1.92 million. 
for a gut-shot straight draw with two overcards. But the crowd explodes in a cheer as Scotty Nguyen shows 
for a full house on the turn. Philip Hilm is drawing dead. 
, and Hilm rivers his king-high straight -- but it's too little, too late, and Scotty Nguyen wins the pot to double up to 5.43 million in chips.
. Kalmer and Garfinkle checked. Yang bet 1 million. Kalmer folded and Garfinkle check-raised to 2.5 million. Yang went into the tank for five minutes before he folded. He asked Garfinkle to show his hand. Garfinkle tabled 
as he raked in the pot.
, Lam bets 350,000, Armbrust calls, and Childs calls. There is now 1.44 million in the pot. 
, Lam checks, Armbrust bets 1.5 million, Childs folds, and Lam thinks for more than a minute before he calls. There is now 4.44 million in the pot. 
, and the crowd lets out a big "Oooh!" as there are now four spades on the paired board. Lam quickly checks, Armbrust bets 3 million, and Lam calls with 
, Lam checks, Rahme bets 900,000, Lam raises to 3 million, and Rahme thinks for about two minutes before he folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot worth 3.04 million.
