It folded to Vincent Gironda in the cutoff who peered across the table, looking over Hans Minocha sitting in the big blind with a short stack. Gironda raised, then Marco Johnson made it three bets from the button. It folded to Minocha who checked his cards, then decided to reraise himself, a bet that committed his entire stack of 59,000. Both Gironda and Johnson called.

The flop came . Gironda checked, Johnson bet, and Gironda called. The turn brought a fourth spade, the , and both players checked. They again checked the river.

All three players had made flushes. Minocha had , Gironda had , and Johnson had the best of the three with to drag the main pot plus the small side pot. Meanwhile, Hans Minocha's supporters gave him a round of applause to acknowledge his sixth-place finish.