WHY NOT

I paused over at Gary Germann's table because there sure appeared to be a lot of action taking place ... and, well, that was an understatement.

The board showed    - the kind of a flop that entices action, and it succeeds.

Gary Eagle leads out, Nestor Punay calls, John Cressend 3-bets all in for an additional 5,600 and it takes a moment for Eagle to understand the all-in raise.

"Why not," he declares and tosses out the calling chips.

"All in," says Punay and he adds an additional 15,200 atop Cressend's all-in.

"Why not," Eagle calls out yet again, and once the chips are out there, her come all the cards.

Cressend -   for top pair, but drawing very thin, because Punay -   - has already flopped a straight and Eagle -   - is open-ended and drawing to a Queen FTW.

The turn is an unspectacular 3, but Eagle - who was already one of the TopStacks when the hand began - catches his Queen to eliminate both players, move in to triple digits and assume the chiplead here midway through Level 5.

Gary Eagle - 105,000

Level - 5
BB Ante - 300
Blinds - 100/300
Remaining - 101

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates