Leif Force has drained most of the life force out of Scott Seiver. The two played a heads-up pot to the river, . We don't know who led the betting on the flop and turn, but each player had 2,500 and 5,500 chips in front of him at the river. That's where Force led out for 20,000. It was a tough call for Seiver, representing two-thirds of his remaining chips. He did eventually call but couldn't beat Force's nut flush, . Seiver is down to just 11,000, while Force has up to six digits with 120,000.
Allen Kessler and Howard Lederer each had 14,000 in bets in front of himself by the time all of the community cards were out, . Lederer bet 22,000 on the river, which was enough to put Kessler all in. Kessler had to puzzle out his decision before finally deciding to call with , a bare pair of kings and the second-nut low. Lederer, it turned out, had just a bare pair of queens and the second-nut low, . Kessler would wind up taking three-quarters of the pot.
"Wow, nice call," said Lederer.
"Nice hand, Chainsaw," Steve Chanthabouasy agreed.
"Miami" John Cernuto took a couple hits, but is now back up to around 95,000 after knocking out Jason Steinberg. The chips all went in preflop; everyone at the table said, "Oooh," on the flop as Cernuto made a straight, and Steinberg departed shortly after.
We came up to David "Devilfish" Ulliott's table with the board showing . Ulliott, with a black table skirt wrapped around his upper section, bet 12,000 and was called by chip leader Colin Burton. Both players checked the river, a development that disappointed Ulliott. He opened for quad aces.
"I thought you might try to steal," said Ulliott. "It's allowed you know."
"I had 2-3-5," replied Burton.
"I know what you've got. That's why I checked it." But Ulliott wasn't able to get any more value. He's up to 55,000, while Burton slips back to about 150,000.
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. We don't know who led the betting on the flop and turn, but each player had 2,500 and 5,500 chips in front of him at the river. That's where Force led out for 20,000. It was a tough call for Seiver, representing two-thirds of his remaining chips. He did eventually call but couldn't beat Force's nut flush, 
. Seiver is down to just 11,000, while Force has up to six digits with 120,000.
. Lederer bet 22,000 on the river, which was enough to put Kessler all in. Kessler had to puzzle out his decision before finally deciding to call with 
, a bare pair of kings and the second-nut low. Lederer, it turned out, had just a bare pair of queens and the second-nut low, 
