Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Peter Eichhardt raises to 545,000 on the button, and Davis Aalvik calls. 

Both players check the     flop. 

Aalvik bets 500,000 when the turn comes the  , and Eichhardt calls. 

The river is the  .  Aalvik bets 500,000, and Eichhardt calls. 

"I play the board," Aalvik says. 

"Okay, but you must show," Eichhardt says. 

"I play the board," Aalvik says again.  "You can call the floor if you want, but I play the board." 

The floor is called over, hears the explanation from the dealer, and says to Eichhardt, "He plays the board, show if you can beat that." 

Eichhardt turns over    for a pair of sevens, and Aalvik moves his cards into the muck. 

"Can he do that? What if he says I play board and then turns over something else?" Eichhardt asks the floor.  The floor responds, "He couldn't do that.  He wouldn't be able to play a different hand after saying he is playing the board.  Verbal is binding." 

Eichhardt thanks the floor for the clarification, and stacks his newly-acquired chips. 

Peter Eichhardt - 11,100,000 (55 bb)
Davis Aalvik - 3,850,000 (19 bb)