"Red Bull" Robbie Thompson shoved all in from under the gun for 61,000, and Phil Mader reshipped from the cutoff for 97,000. Everyone else folded.
Thompson:
Mader:
Things were grim for the dominated Thompson, and it got bleaker as the flop came , giving Mader a flush draw to close off the as an out. The turn kept Mader in front, and a gave him a flush on the river to eliminated the well-known World Series of Poker tournament director and announcer.
Steve Belland bet 34,000 from the small blind on a board of , and Max Bergquist was tanking. He decided to call the bet, which represented most of his stack, and he was rewarded when Belland announced ace-high. Bergquist showed .
At another table, Jonathan Kulkay hit the rail when he ran into Herb Laney's and didn't get there.
Jeff Bryan called a min-raise from Blake Bohn out of the blinds, and the two got it all in at some point as the board rolled out . Bryan had flopped two pair with , and Bohn's failed to get there.