The board reads
. The small blind checks over to Howard Lederer, "The Professor," in the big blind. He puts out a pot-sized bet. His opponent cuts out chips for a raise, but Howard slows him down."You know there's not a single hand you can raise with, right?" This apparently works, as the player decides to simply call the bet.
The turn is the
, and now the small blind fires away, moving his remaining stack all in. Lederer makes the call, and the hands are shown down:Small blind:
Lederer:
The river fails to make a winning straight for the at-risk player, as the
seals the deal for Lederer with a set of fours.
. Thater bet out 2,000 and her opponent called.
. Thater fired again with 4,800, and was called yet again.
, and Thater moved all in, only to be called down once more.
, but her opponent had made two pair with his
.
. Pescatori bet out 4,000, and Ferguson called all in for his last 1,450. After the betting was complete, the turn and river were the
, making him kings up. Pescatori had that beaten though. His
, and his opponent tabled
.
. The turn and river are the
.
made his opponent a straight, and left him drawing dead. The river was an unimportant
, and McKinney raked in a big pot to take the presumed chip lead with 85,000.
.