While his brother Ross was busy coming 4th over at the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha final table, Barny Boatman was getting short again over here.
Duly he raised in early position and found a caller in Steve Kim in the big blind. They saw a flop and Kim bet out; Boatman raised all in and they were on their backs.
Kim:
Boatman:
Interestingly the dealer at first announced Boatman's hand as "Queen nine." Said Barny, "You mean queen six. It might be important when it comes out on the turn."
Turn:
River:
Boatman doubles up to stay in the game, but he's still in some trouble on just 40,000.
After the action was capped three-ways on a flop of , Phil "The Chairman" Tom fired bets on the turn before being all in on the river with both Josh Arieh and Peter Gould making the call.
All three players had an ace, with Arieh showing , Gould but the pot went to Tom with his .
Eli Elezra raised in early position and Farzad Bonyadi called him from the small blind. Bonyadi check-raised the flop and then proceeded to bet the turn and river. Elezra called him all the way down, but simply mucked when Bonyadi turned over for top pair.
Tragedy for David Baker. Incredibly short, he found himself playing and must have been absolutely delighted to see a flop. He moved in and got called by Soheil Shamseddin holding .
Dan Shak raised from middle position before Josh Arieh popped it up from the cutoff. The action then folded to Kenny Hsiung in the big blind who made it 16,000 to go with a four-bet. Shak folded and Arieh made the call.
They took a flop of and Hsiung led out with a bet which Arieh called.
The turn was the and Hsiung fired again with Arieh calling once again.
On the river Hsiung fired a third barrel with Arieh eventually giving it up. A nice rush by Hsiung as he moves up to 222,000 chips.
Seidel - sidles off
Erik Seidel could not have been much more behind when tha last of his stack went in -- his was up against Maria Ho's . Both smacked the board as hard as can be, but Ho stayed ahead to send Mr. Seidel off home early.
She, meanwhile, moves on up to the environs of 190,000.
flop and Kim bet out; Boatman raised all in and they were on their backs.
, Phil "The Chairman" Tom fired bets on the 
turn before being all in on the 
river with both Josh Arieh and Peter Gould making the call.
but the pot went to Tom with his 
.
turn and 
river. Elezra called him all the way down, but simply mucked when Bonyadi turned over 
for top pair. 
and must have been absolutely delighted to see a 
flop. He moved in and got called by Soheil Shamseddin holding 
.
and Hsiung fired again with Arieh calling once again.
was up against Maria Ho's 
board as hard as can be, but Ho stayed ahead to send Mr. Seidel off home early.
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