Barny Boatman, the defending champ in this event, was faced with an 1,100-chip bet on a hand with a little more than 3,000 chips in the middle and the board reading .
He shipped it in for 2,300 total and naturally, his heads-up opponent made the call. Boatman quickly turned over the old and the boat was good.
Men Nguyen got put to a decision for all his chips on a board.
The man they call "The Master", among other things, bet out 1,200 into a pot of about 3,000 on the river, but his heads-up opponent responded by pushing all in.
He had Nguyen covered, making the bet for 4,700 effective. Nguyen took his time about it, but eventually folded. His opponent showed , otherwise known as queen high.
Eric Baldwin called an early position raise to 350 and the small blind came along for the ride. The flop came and everyone checked.
But when the turn was revealed and the original raiser bet 600, Baldwin was the only caller. The riaser checked the river, but Baldwin would have none of it, making it 1,125 to get a glimpse of his cards.
The raiser called, but mucked when Baldwin turned over .