Kory Kilpatrick opened to 125,000 from early position, and Raymond Weaver defended his big blind. The flop came , and Weaver check-called a 135,000-chip bet from Kilpatrick.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Weaver led out for 225,000, and Kilpatrick made a crying call.
Weaver showed , and Kilpatrick unhappily mucked his hand.
James Kinney raised to 230,000 out of the small blind, John Bowman called in the big blind, and the flop came . Kinney checked, Bowman fired 200,000, and Kinney instantly check-raised to 500,000. Bowman tank-called.
The turn was the , Kinney checked again, and Bowman slid forward 500,000. Kinney called.
The paired the board on the river, and both players checked. Bowman showed for a turned flush, and Kinney shook his head before mucking his hand.
Hugh Henderson entered today's final day of play with the chip lead, but saw his momentum from Day 2 get stifled somewhat this afternoon and found himself battling with a short stack for much of the last couple of hours.
Finally he found it necessary to commit the last of his chips with and was in need of improvement against the of Daniel Weinman.
The flop came , and Henderson could no longer root for an ace but was now looking for one of the other two queens to give him a saving straight. Alas for Henderson, the turn was the and river the , and Henderson's run ends in seventh place.
Meanwhile, Weinman has now jumped past Raymond Weaver and into the chip lead. After the hand, Kory Kilpatrick pointed at Weinman's stack sitting next to Weaver's and asked Weaver how he felt about Weinman having a bigger stack than his.
"What about him over there?" said Weaver, appearing to point across the table to James Kinney. Kinney �� who actually has slipped down below a million and is now sixth of six �� looked up in surprise.
"Hey... you making fun of my stack?" Kinney said, and the table laughed.
John Bowman raised to 125,000 from under the gun and only Raymond Weaver called him from the hijack seat. The flop came and Bowman continued for 125,000. Weaver called. Both then checked the turn.
The river was the . This time Bowman bet 350,000, and Weaver went into the tank. He rechecked his cards a few times, then gathered the calling chips and cupped them in his hand as if weighing them while weighing his decision.
Finally Weaver called, and when Bowman tabled for a full house, Weaver nodded and mucked. "Yep... knew you had 'em," Weaver said.
Bowman has been mostly quiet today, but that pot pushes him back up close to 2 million.
John Bowman raised to 125,000 in middle position, Daniel Weinman called on the button, and Hugh Henderson defended his big blind. The flop fell , Henderson checked, and Bowman fired 150,000. Weinman and Henderson called.
The turn was the , all three players checked, and the river brought a third heart - the . Henderson tossed out 275,000, Bowman folded, and Weinman raised to 885,000.
"Call," Henderson said immediately. "Full house?"
Weinman showed for a turned full house, and Henderson shook his head before showing for a rivered flush.
Daniel Weinman opened for 120,000 from middle position, and when it folded around the table to James Kinney he reraised to 350,000 from the small blind. John Bowman folded the big blind, then after about a half-minute Weinman recollected his bet and pushed out a reraise to 860,000.
As the chips hit the felt, Kinney announced he was all in, and Weinman shrugged a little as he called with the last of his stack, putting himself all in for 2.25 million total.
Kinney:
Weinman:
"I've got a bad feeling," said Weinman as he saw Kinney's clubs, perhaps mindful of the recent spate of club flushes we've seen in the last half-hour. Weinman even walked away from the table, and so didn't initially see the flop come .
It was Kinney's turn to express concern, although he kept a wide grin as the turn brought the , leaving just the river card for him to fade in order to eliminate Weinman.
The dealer burned a card and delivered fifth street... the ! Yet another rivered flush, this one enabling Weinman to double up close to the chip lead while Kinney takes a tumble.
Kory Kilpatrick opened from under the gun, Hugh Henderson defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Henderson check-called a 125,000-chip bet, and the turn brought the . Henderson checked, Kilpatrick fired another 200,000, and Henderson check-raised to what looked like 450,000.