On a turn of 9-8-5-10, Dale Poynter is all in and Philip Sparta calls. Poynter has 9-9 and Sparta has 5-5. The river is a four and Poynter doubles in the short stack.
Wilbur Futhey is all in for 32,300 and Robert Cheung calls. Futhey has but Cheung has . The board turns ugly: . The made flush doubles up Futhey in the short stack.
Dave Costain related the story of this one. He had 45,000 left and put 9,000 of it in preflop. Philip Sparta re-raised and Costain called all in with K-Q. Sparta had 8-8 and the board offered no help. Costain went out in 14th.
Robert Cheung raises from under the gun and John Ferguson re-raises from middle position. Cheung calls and the flop is Q-9-3 with two spades. Both players check. The turn is and Ferguson is all in for his last 32,000. Cheung deliberates for a long time and eventually calls with A-K to Ferguson's A-10. The river is and Ferguson is out.
Dale raises and Tim Laws re-raises. Philip Sparta three-bets and Dale goes all in. Tim folds, and Sparta calls, showing to Dale's . The board is and Laws doubles up in the short stack with the flush. The real drama: Laws says he folded J-J after Sparta's third bet, thinking he was beat. He's upset at Sparta for forcing him out, when he would have had the best hand.
On a flop of , John Ferguson makes it 15,000. Doug "Rico" Carli is all in for only 2,000 more. Ferguson calls with , but Rico has . The turn and river are and Rico doubles up.
Tim Laws raises to 9,000 and Philip Sparta calls. Jason Mann makes it 30,000 and Laws folds. Sparta calls again. The flop is and they check. The turn is and they check. The river is and Sparta makes it 40,000. Mann is all in. "Jack on the river, so sick," Sparta mutters to himself as he counts it out. He eventually folds face up and Laws shows his for the rivered set.
Beth Shak is all is all in for her last 22,000 and Jerry Martin thinks for a long moment. He seems about to fold face up, but says "I call" at the last moment. Martin has and Shak has , but the board is a heartbreaker: and Shak, the last woman standing, is out in 16th.