Tomlin; Pantling Chop Down Blake
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Under the gun, James Tomlin opened to 5,500, and the table folded around to the blinds. In the small, Wesley Pantling announced a reraise to 11,000 straight only to see big blind Tim Blake shove all in for just less than 60,000 right back over the top. Pantling didn't like it, but he made the call to put both men at risk.
Showdown
Tomlin: 
Pantling: 
Blake: 
Pantling, in the middle of a rather vigorous head massage, could only frown and roll his eyes at the predicament he'd gotten himself into. Things would improve a bit for him, however. The board came down 
(one-out bink!) 
, giving Tomlin the main pot and Pantling the rest.
Tomlin is all the way up to 61,800 after that triple up, and Panting gets to take the other ~35,000 of Blake's chips with his rallying pair of aces. Despite shipping a double up over to Tomlin, Pantling makes out in the exchange as well. He's up to 112,000, and the only loser in this three-way battle is the now-extinct Tim Blake.