In the last hand at the previous level, Fedor Holz opened to 1,100 in the hijack, big blind Mike Watson made it 5,700, and Holz came back with 11,800. Watson peeled and check-called a small bet of 5,068 on the . Both players checked the and Watson shoved for Holz's remaining 21K on the river.

Holz quickly called with for trips and he'd cracked .