Mary Mead vs.Willie Tann
The board read
. Mead went into the tank, biting her nails and looking nervous as she mulled her decision. At one point, she picked her hole cards up off the table and held them up close to her face as she looked at them. At this point, Tann asked the dealer if this was legal. "Can she show her cards like that when they can see them?" he asked, pointing at the reporters standing behind the table.
The dealer explained that if someone at the table saw them, she would have to show the entire table. Since the media is not in the hand, it doesn't matter if they saw the cards.
Mead ultimately called all in for her remaining 13,000. Tann turned up
for two pair, while Mead showed 
. The river, though was the 
and Mead made a better two pair. She doubled up to 25,000 while Tann was left with 35,000.