On this hand, Theo Tran opened the pot for 90,000. Ferguson, slow and deliberate as always, took approximately twenty seconds before moving his whole stack of 539,000 chips into the middle. Action folded to Aaron Coulthard on the button, who tanked for at least a minute before raising all in for over 1.5 million. A gasp went up from the crowd as the blinds and Tran folded and got out of the way.
Ferguson was in the lead with
but had to dodge the
of Coulthard. He did so when the board came
. After the end, Theo Tran pounded the table in anger, suggesting that he may have folded ace-jack.
. Akenhead bet 200,000 on the turn
, which Tran called. When the river came
, Akenhead fired again for 280,000.
. Friedman grimaced and flipped up
and Friedman shouted "Jack! Jack!" It was not to be, however, as the turn and river bricked for the Full Tilt pro, and he finished in 10th place and will leave with a cool $52,021 to show for it.
. Rutledge bet 150,000 and Tran thought, then called. Both players checked the rest of the way
. Rutledge said, "You got me," as he turned over
to take a 250,000-chip bite out of Rutledge.
. Tran then flipped up the
. Friedman smiled and said "I guess that was not a good card to bluff at."
with action checking to Akenhead, who fired a bet of 85,000. Only Rutledge called. Both players checked the turn
.
. Akenhead rapped the table and mucked his hand.
. Hinkle checked and Jones asked how much Hinkle had behind. Hinkle counted it out and it was roughly 230,000. Jones counted out 230,000 and slid it out. Hinkle declared "all in." After a count, it was determined it was a total of 239,000. Jones insta-called the additional 9,000 and said "You got me, man. You got me with that ace." Hinkle flipped up
. The turn and river came the
respectively, and Hinkle doubled up to roughly 700,000. Jones slips to about 1,300,000.
hit the river, Coulthard declared "all in." He had Ferguson well covered and after thinking a bit, Jesus reluctantly let the hand go.