This hand was recounted to us from a player at the table.
Jimmy Ostensson raised preflop from the button and Joe Bartholdi moved all in from the small blind. Ostensson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Bartholdi's couldn't find any help on the king-high board and Ostensson's was good for the knockout.
Harvey Mathews made it 14,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by Marco Traniello on the button and Andrey Danilyuk in the small blind.
Flop:
It was checked to Traniello who made it 36,000. Danilyuk moved all in and Mathews got out of the way. Traniello called all in putting his tournament life on the line.
Traniello showed for top pair top kicker, while Danilyuk showed for a flush draw.
Sure enough, Danilyuk's flush came through when the fell on the turn. The river was the meaningless and Traniello made his exit.
In a raised pot preflop, Justin "Boosted J" Smith and Patrick Ricci were heads up when the flop fell .
Smith check-called 15,000 from Ricci and both players checked the on the turn and the on the river.
Smith opened for a flush and Ricci mucked his hand. Although Ricci didn't give him any more chips, the hand boosted Smith to 285,000 chips. Ricci slipped to 160,000.
When we reached the table the flop and turn had already been dealt and the board was . Farhan Madhani checked to David Jones who bet 47,500 into a pot of about 70,000. Madhani called.
Both players checked the on the river and Madhani opened . Jones mucked and Madhani was shipped the pot chipping up to 370,000 chips. Jones is down to 154,000.