Event #2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Chris Ferguson has the button in Seat 8. Ferguson, first to act, moves all in for about 430,000. James Akenhead calls out of the small blind, as does Grant Hinkle from the big blind. Three players to the flop, one all in. The flop is      . Both Akenhead and Hinkle check to see the   on the turn. They check again. The river is the  . They check one more time. Ferguson shows down the best hand with     to triple up, and the crowd goes absolutely wild. Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

Average stack is 3,929,000. Grant Hinkle - 9,375,000 James Akenhead - 1,955,000 Chris Ferguson - 500,000

Hand #94 - Grant Hinkle has the button in Seat 10. James Akenhead folds to Hinkle on the button, who raises to 250,000. Tran calls the raise from the small blind, putting Chris Ferguson, the big blind, to a decision. He thinks and then folds. Two players to the flop. The flop is      . Tran checks to Hinkle on the button. Hinkle, dressed in a green button-down shirt, jeans and a black and white Bodog baseball cap, bets 350,000. Action moves back to Tran, who is slumped on the rail of the table. To say these players are exhausted, after playing from 2pm Monday until 6am Tuesday morning, and then starting again at 1:30pm Tuesday afternoon and playing 12 hours today, is an understatement. Tran makes the call. The turn is the  . Tran checks to Hinkle again, who now bets 700,000. Akenhead, watching the hand closely, can't help but rub the sleep out of his eyes and chew on his fingernail. Tran takes a minute to make the call. The   falls on the river. Tran checks to Hinkle a third time. Hinkle, showing no sign of slowing down at all, announces that he is all in. Tran quickly calls and show    for trip aces. But Hinkle has made a full house with   ! It's all over for Theo Tran. He is eliminated in fourth place and will collect $327,148. Get some sleep, Theo.

Chris Ferguson has the button in Seat 8. Theo Tran, first to act, raises to 300,000. Everyone folds. Tran shows ace-queen. That's three pots in a row for Tran.

There is a dead button for this hand. Theo Tran is in the small blind, and Chris Ferguson is in the big blind. Akenhead folds before Hinkle makes it 250,000 to go. Tran pushes all in for about 1.5 million. Tran is out of his chair, drinking a bottle of water, and doing his usual shtick of wandering around the stage. Meanwhile, Ferguson has taken well over a minute to decide what he wants to do in this hand and seems no closer to a decision. Finally, he pushes his own stack into the middle. He has Tran covered. Hinkle folds and here we go again! Tran:    Ferguson:    I don't think Ferguson has lost a race in the last two days. The law of averages is going to catch up to him at some point. The flop comes    , but Tran still has plenty of outs. One of them comes on the turn - the  . Ferguson can only catch the   to avoid doubling up Tran. It doesn't happen when the river is the  . Tran wins the hand and goes up to about 3 million; Ferguson is absolutely crippled, retaining only 225,000.

Hand #88 - First hand back from the break. James Akenhead has the button in Seat 9. Action folds to Grant Hinkle in the small blind, who raises to 325,000. Mike Ngo reraises all in for 1.6 million. Hinkle thinks for about thirty seconds and then calmly says "Call." Here we go. Hinkle:     Ngo:     The flop is no help to either player.      . Ngo's supporters have definitely become the most vocal here in the Milwaukee's Best Light All-In Lounge, as they are shouting up a storm in favor of Ngo. The turn is the  . Hinkle needs a jack on the river... ...and he gets it! A roar goes up from the crowd as the   hits the river. Ngo is stunned, but there's no denying that he is eliminated in 5th place. He collects $268,154.

Average stack is 2,357,400. Grant Hinkle - 4,515,000 James Akenhead - 2,300,000 Mike Ngo - 1,650,000 Chris Ferguson - 1,600,000 Theo Tran - 1,550,000

Chris Ferguson has the button in seat 8 and he raises to 225,000. Grant Hinkle reraises to 750,000 from the big blind. Chris Ferguson, eventually folded and Grant Hinkle won the pot.

Mike Ngo has the button in seat 4. Grant Hinkle raises to 225,000 from the cutoff seat, winning the blinds and antes.

Grant Hinkle has the button in seat 10. Chris Ferguson raises to 225,000 from late position, winning the blinds and antes.