After Brett Tannenbaum raised all-in with his short stack of about 250,000, Leo Whitt looked down to find . For many players in this situation, this would be an automatic call, but Whitt evaluated his options and even got Tannenbaum talking by asking him "Will you show if I fold?"
Tannenbaum's relaxed answer gave Whitt all the tells he would need and he mucked his hand face up. Tannenbaum rewarded him by keeping his word and showing his hand: .
Whitt's fellow players whistled in approval, saying "That right there is a professional fold."
With our remaining 12 players so close to their goal of making the final table, the play has slowed down considerably. Most pots are being decided with a preflop raise by the button or cutoff positions, and even when we see flop, one bet is usually all it takes to drag the chips.
With last year's Senior Champion Harld Angle on hand to rail the proceedings, and show off his shiny gold bracelet, we expect this slowdown to continue as nobody wants to be the final table bubble boy.
Leo Whitt raised to 52,000 holding the button and was simply trying to steal the blinds with his . Unfortunately for him, Iry Taylor woke up with and shoved all-in over the top for 73,000 more. Whitt reluctantly made the call and said "Hey, at least I'm live."
After the turn the board read and Taylor was one card away from the double-up.
River:
Taylor gasped in astonishment upon seeing the dagger queen fall on the river, and he hit the rail in 14th place, pocketing $26,710 for his efforts.
Gregory Meredith - Elminated in 15th Place ($26,710)
We caught up with the action just as Gregory Meredith was getting up out of his seat. It appeared that Meredith lost a race situation with against his opponent's ,
Michael Johnson raised from the hi-jack position and Richard Harwood shoved all-in from the small. Action folded back around to Johnson, who called off his remaining 300,000. after some deliberation.
James Jewell raised to 75,000 from middle position and the action folded around to Charles Cohen in the hijack. He slowly squeezed his cards and instantly announced "I'm all-in!" before standing up and pacing around the table.
Jewell shrugged his shoulders and made the call, putting his last 396,000 at risk with . Cohen saw the pair and said "It's a coin flip" while revealing his .
The final board ran out and Cohen lost the flip, shipping over 440,000 to Jewell in the process.
. For many players in this situation, this would be an automatic call, but Whitt evaluated his options and even got Tannenbaum talking by asking him "Will you show if I fold?"
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, giving Lipton a straight but Hess a superior full-house.
, sending Krieg to the rail.
and shoved all-in over the top for 73,000 more. Whitt reluctantly made the call and said "Hey, at least I'm live."
and Taylor was one card away from the double-up.
against his opponent's 
and Cohen lost the flip, shipping over 440,000 to Jewell in the process.
