Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Event 22: Close Call

$500 + $60

Just after Jim "The Roofer" Conlon busts on Table 2, there's another all-in situation on Table 1 between Bill Childs and Matt Selman.

Childs: 88
Selman: AQ

Flop: 4 J 3
Turn: 5

Selman says, "I'll take a deuce."

River: 2

Selman hits his gutter ball straight to win the hand. Both players are in the 50k range, and it's assumed Childs is out, but after the chips are counted down he's left with 3,500.

Another near miss of the final table is David Grandieri, who was at risk with 11 players left. He's all-in with JJ and against the K 10 of Hamilton Dimaya. Dimaya hits a king on the flop to take the lead, but Grandieri goes runner, runner, jack, jack for quads to stay alive.

Players are drawing for final table seats.