Over on one of the outer tables, a pot worth about 8,000 chips was brewing. The board read and Jimmy Guerrero checked his option from the small blind.
Mike McDonald was in the hijack and thought about his option for a full minute before deciding to bet 3,000. Guerrero and McDonald stared at each other for a good while before Guerrero decided to call.
The turn was the . Guerrero quickly checked, and McDonald went back into the tank for a while. Eventually, he bet 4,000. Guerrero now thought for over a minute and eventually flashed the before folding. He said, "Come on. Show."
McDonald replied, "If I was bluffing I would show."
After a few more exchanges, Guerrero claimed to have had ace-nine of spades. McDonald said, "No you didn't. I had the ace of spades." The table broke and both players went their separate ways.
Martin Finger had a bet of what turned out to be 2,000 in front of him on the button, with on the felt. An opponent in early position had check-raised all in, putting Finger at risk for his remaining 20,600. Finger thought a long time then sighed and folded, flashing the . His opponent wouldn't do him the courtesy of showing one, as Finger asked.
At the same table, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, who went to dinner short-stacked, appears to have been eliminated.
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Caufman Talley checked and called a bet of 7,600 from Mark Radoja in a big blind-versus-button spot, with putting two pair on the board. Radoja revealed for sevens full, but Talley could beat that: .