It was a five-way pot that each player paid 1,000 chips to enter before the flop. Action checked all the way to the river, . That's where the big blind finally opened the betting with a bet of 2,500. Tom Hall called from late position before the small blind check-raised to 8,500. The big blind released his hand, but Hall couldn't do the same. He sighed, shook his head, and then announced a call in a tone as if to say he knew he was beat. He was; his two pair was second-best to the straight of the small blind, .