With the board showing
, Davidson moved all in for 11,600. Nguyen made the call with
, a hand that was one rank better than Davidson's
.
, Davidson moved all in for 11,600. Nguyen made the call with
, a hand that was one rank better than Davidson's
.
and Bentley
. The board helped neither player and Alspach has been eliminated from this year's Main Event.


flop with 
. His opponent held 
. The turn and river improved neither player's hand, and Peter Feldman was eliminated.
against the
of Chris Bell.
and Bell's nut flush was enough to bust Goodwin and take his stack to just shy of 55,000.


, allowing James to get there on the turn. He is now up to 12,500 and looking to make a comeback.
to his opponent's
and it looked like we were headed for a chop. That is, until two spades came on the flop and another on the turn. Both Warne and his opponent stood up to watch as the dealer burned and turned...a total blank. Both Warne and his opponent chuckled as they sat down and the chips were divvied up between them.
, Spadea bet 700 and Jaeger raised to 2,000. Spadea then came over the top all in for 5,950 more. Jaeger made the call. Spadea held
and Jaeger held
. The turn of the
and river of
helped neither player and Spadea doubled up to 14,000 chips.
and was up against the worst hand he could have imagined,
.
and that was all she wrote for MacDonald's Main Event story.