On this hand, Theo Tran opened the pot for 90,000. Ferguson, slow and deliberate as always, took approximately twenty seconds before moving his whole stack of 539,000 chips into the middle. Action folded to Aaron Coulthard on the button, who tanked for at least a minute before raising all in for over 1.5 million. A gasp went up from the crowd as the blinds and Tran folded and got out of the way.
Ferguson was in the lead with but had to dodge the of Coulthard. He did so when the board came . After the end, Theo Tran pounded the table in anger, suggesting that he may have folded ace-jack.