With a substantial pot already brewing and the board reading , Rock Howard and David Brookshire got all the chips into the middle. Brookshire had the larger of the two stacks.
Howard:
Brookshire:
Howard had a commanding lead with the nut flush and the second-nut low, leaving Brookshire in terrible shape. The on the river ensured that Howard would scoop the pot to double up.
With a few limpers before him, Daniel Zack raised from the big blind. Only Howard Smith tagged along from the small blind.
The flop came down , and Smith check-called a bet from Zack. The turn was the , and Smith led out. Zack raised, Smith reraised, and Zack tank-called all in for about 170,000.
Zack:
Smith:
Smith had taken the lead with a deuces full of jacks against Zack's flush, but Zack still had outs to a better full house and the low. However, the river completed the board, eliminating Zack from the tournament.
Erle Mankin raised to 8,000 from under the gun, and the player on the button called.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Mankin bet 10,000. The button moved all in, and Mankin called to put his opponent at risk.
Mankin:
Opponent:
Mankin had the advantage with kings full of deuces, but his opponent had trip kings with a fistful of overcards for outs to make a bigger boat. The river wasn't one of them, and Mankin took the pot to send his opponent to the cage.
Following a flop of , Tay Nguyen checked from the big blind, and Alan Sternberg checked from under the gun. Howard Smith bet 20,000 from middle position, and both opponents check-called.
The turn was the , and action checked to Smith again. This time, he bet 45,000, and Sternberg called to see the river. Both players checked.
Smith tabled , Sternberg mucked, and Smith collected the pot.