With about 60,000 in the cutoff, Rodney Spriggs shoved all in for the second straight hand, and Michael Beaty moved in over the top from the small blind. The big blind mucked an ace.
Spriggs:
Beaty:
Spriggs was in bad shape with an ace dead, and a board gave Beaty a boat.
"I knew I should have thrown that away," Spriggs said. "I had a feeling I was gonna run into something."
Doug Brenn pushed all in from the button for 57,500 and a player who opened to 15,000 in middle position called. Brenn held two aces and his opponent did not improve with .
Chris Conrad opened for 8,000 and saw Lou Barlow ship it for 47,500. Everyone else folded. After wondering aloud why he didn't move in himself, Conrad got the count and called.
Conrad:
Barlow:
The race was on and the RunGood Pro took the lead as gave him a leading pair. He still had to fade a straight draw though, and the made it a short sweat on the turn. Conrad could only chop and the did him no good. Left with just 15,000, he busted immediately thereafter.
We found Austin Peek all in and at risk from under the gun on a flop, up against the of Terry Presley. Peek held for a higher straight draw and overcards, and he found one of his outs on the turn. The river gave both straights, but Peek's was better and Presley sent him 92,000.
After the hand, Presley muttered that he thought he had .