Marco Johnson raised a bet from Paul Sokoloff on fourth street when Sokoloff was showing and Johnson , but Sokoloff caught good on fifth and both players checked:
Johnson: /
Sokoloff: /
Sokoloff bet when he caught the and Johnson the , and Sokoloff bet the end dark. Johnson called after some thought.
Sokoloff revealed for a flush and a seven-low, but it sounded like he initially announced aces for high. Johnson showed for kings up, but upon the realization that Sokoloff had made a diamond flush, he mucked to send the whole pot to Sokoloff.
We found "Captain" Tom Franklin sweating possibly his last card of the tournament. An opponent already had a nine-seven sitting face up on the felt while Franklin was drawing to . He turned over the for a seven-low and a double.
John Racener got lucky once to survive when he chopped ace-three against the ace-eight of David Bach. The deck was less kind when he jammed all in from the small blind for about 9,000 and Chad Eveslage snap-called in the big.
Racener:
Eveslage:
The flop came and Racener got up to leave. The gave him some hope, but a river was the final card he would see.