As the Saying Goes

There's no truer cliche in all of poker than "all it takes is one mistake."  That's the case for Ray Henson who, up until the last hand had played some incredible poker.  Interestingly enough, it was against Scotty Nguyen (who has fought back from being the shortest stack in the event to the biggest).

On a K66 flop Scotty bet and Ray came over the top all in.  Scotty instantly called with the KQ and Ray was well behind with 99.  The pot was over the 15m mark which begs the question, "Why?"  ESPN Poker Club Grand Puba Andrew Feldman had just pointed out the lunacy of overplaying certain hands with 50 big blinds or more; yet several players had not just been pushing but calling off their entire stacks when they could wait for a better spot.

Now 11 players remain.  The current chip counts: