, but Shak woke up with
and a complete absence of nines and so on on the board sent the gentleman home and put Shak up to 6,100.-------
But wait! Breaking news just in: Beth Shak is now out.
She limped in the cutoff and the small blind squeezed. "Let me just tell you that this is not the best call if I make it," said she, and then called anyway.
Shak:
Small blind:
Board:
For a happy moment Shak thought she'd won the hand, but then realized her mistake with great sorrow. Off she goes.
on a
board. He didn't come out the worst though -- there was a third player in the hand who lost the lot with pocket
.
flop, which they both checked.
turn which was checked to Hellmuth; this time he bet 700, and his opponent called.
river, it checked once again to Hellmuth, who this time bet 1,350. "Pass," announced his opponent. "Don't do that," begged Hellmuth, but it was done. Hellmuth showed him
. Up to 12,700.
against
, his opponent could only boast
, and a frankly uninteresting board of