With just three bustouts to go until the money, Gwen Herrick was forced all from the small blind. Chris Carey raised from the cutoff and everyone else folded, bringing the two heads up to a showdown.
Herrick:
Carey:
The board ran out , giving Herrick a straight to more than triple-up and survive.
On a flop of , Valentin Vornicu called a bet from Paul Tedeschi. The turn was the and Vornicu checked to Tedeschi who bet. Vornicu called. The river was the and Vornicu checked to Tedeschi. Tedeschi followed up with a check behind.
"Oh man," Vornicu said. "I should've value bet." He turned over for a straight and the nut low.
Tedeschi leaned back in his chair and checked his cards. After counting to see if he also had a qualifying low, he pitched his hand into the muck, awarding the pot to Vornicu.
Rich Sklar raised from middle position before Humberto Brenes reraised from the cutoff. Leonard St. [Removed:361] was in the big blind and called all in for his tournament life. Sklar called.
The flop came and Sklar bet out. Brenes lifted up his cards and shook his head before mucking his hand.
Sklar then flipped over his which had the lead against St. [Removed:361]'s .
The board then ran out and to see Sklar scoop the pot, sending St. [Removed:361] to the rail.
Ben Ludlow opened from middle position. Action folded around to James Woods in the small blind and he raised. Action folded back to Ludlow and he called the bet.
The flop came and Woods led out with a bet. Ludlow called.
The turn was the and again Woods led out. Ludlow called again.
On the river, Woods led for a third time. Ludlow went into the tank and thought for a few seconds before calling. Woods turned up for a straight and the nut low and that was enough to elicit a muck from Ludlow.
"Either way, that pot couldn't have gone to a nicer guy," Woods said, consoling Ludlow after the hand. "I'll tell you why I did that later."
James Chen raised from middle position and was called by Lars Gronning in the big blind.
The flop came and Gronning checked. Chen bet. Gronning raised. Chen called.
The dropped on the turn and Gronning bet out. Chen called.
Another bet followed from Gronning as the completed the board. Chen called and watched as Gronning tabled , which was enough to scoop the pot as his hand flew into the muck.
After some recent controversy over a ruling at their table, Benny Glaser and Paul Tedeschi engaged in some friendly prop betting with Benjamin Tang.
The trio was arguing if a player moves all in for less than the bet, whether or not they can only call the bet, or if they are able to complete. Tang wanted to bet that if a player moves all in for less than the bet, if the bet is less than half of the bet, that players can only call the all in. Glaser and Tedeschi both took the side that a player should be allowed to complete to the full bet amount.
"I'm willing to bet $100 that you can only call," Tang said.
"I'll take that bet," Glaser said.
"OK, but I want the ruling to be from a different floor, to confirm," Tang said.
"Wait, can I bet too?" Paul Tedeschi chimed in. "I want to bet too."
The three settled on terms of a $200 bet. The floor on duty confirmed that Tedeschi and Glaser were on the winning side of the bet, but Tang wanted to wait for further ruling.
and Carey bet. VIck called. 
dropped on the turn and Carey bet. Vick then raised. Carey called. 
completed the board and Carey check-called a final bet. 
for the nut flush and the winning hand.
, giving Herrick a straight to more than triple-up and survive.
and Vornicu checked to Tedeschi who bet. Vornicu called. The river was the 
and Vornicu checked to Tedeschi. Tedeschi followed up with a check behind. 
and Sklar bet out. Brenes lifted up his cards and shook his head before mucking his hand. 
and 
to see Sklar scoop the pot, sending St. [Removed:361] to the rail.
and Woods led out with a bet. Ludlow called. 
and again Woods led out. Ludlow called again. 
and Gronning checked. Chen bet. Gronning raised. Chen called. 
, which was enough to scoop the pot as his hand flew into the muck.
