Sammy Chao was being slowly blinded out, and it was inevitable that we would see him get his chips in sooner rather than later. David Lanthier opened from early position to 85K, and Sammy went all-in from the small blind for a total of 105K. Johnny Mazzaferro, sitting in the big blind, saw that it was not a legal raise and decided to complete the extra 65K, knowing that David can’t reraise. They checked the flop and turn, but when the river came on a board showing 
, Johnny slid out a bet of 200K. David looked disgusted, and made the fold, while Johnny turned over 
for the straight. Sammy showed 
for queen-high, and was sent to the cashiers to collect his $5,442 prize.
32nd place: Sammy Chao, $5,442
