Big-stacked and not feeling any pressure on the money bubble, Gus Hansen mucked his cards over at the ESPN Feature Table and took the time to sign his autograph on a female spectator's hip while the table finished out the hand.
That's about all you can hope for when you're desperately short-stacked and the bubble looms. Ron Toledo moved in with his last 8,500 with and Carl Olsen called without looking at his cards from the big blind. Olsen held , about as good of a situation as Toledo could hope for...until the flop came . The on the turn put out the possibility of a chop if a 3 hit, but the river was the and Toledo was eliminated.
John Duthie, Gus Hansen, Matthew Hilger, and the big blind all limped in and saw a flop of . Duthie led out for 9,000, Hansen called, and the blinds folded. The turn was the . Duthie checked, Hansen bet 13,000, and Duthie called. The river was the . Duthie bet 31,000 and after thinking it over for about 2 minutes, Hansen called.
Duthie showed the for a pair of tens, while Hansen turned over A-8 for a pair of aces and took down the 116K pot.
During Hand #10, a short stack was all in preflop with A-A against another player's . There was a king on the flop, but the big stack never improved beyond that, and another short stack survived.
The only table we are waiting on right now is the featured table. Are they Hollywooding for the cameras, or do they really have a big decision to make?