Howard the Truck

Lance Howard just won the biggest pot of the tournament, scooping in nearly 200,000.

The action started when Howard opened with a preflop raise to 3,500 and three players called. The flop came , and Mark Nienow was first to act. He shoved for his last 24,700. John Nelson was next to act, and after some consideration, he called. The action then fell to Lance Howard, who took a bit longer to decide, but eventually called, too. The other player in the hand had folded.

The turn was the , and Nelson checked to Howard. Howard took even longer this time, but eventually settled on a bet of 30,000. Nelson called.

The river was the , and Nelson checked again. Howard took a few moments and shoved all in for 85,000. Nelson had him covered and would be left with only about 12 big blinds if he called and lost the hand. Nelson called and saw the bad news when Howard turned over a flush. Nelson mucked his had, but because there was an all in, he had to show. He had flopped a straight with .