We caught this hand as the floor was counting down the last 10 seconds of the clock while standing behind Ted Garner in the 1 seat.
When the floor finally called the hand dead, the dealer pushed the pot to Garner and Dan DeLatorre looked up confused, expecting that the chips should be going his way. He was even more surprised to find that the clock had been called on him, as he was first to act in the hand.
Jeff Heiberg was all in preflop for 48,000 from the button. The small blind, John Bennett, called and then the big blind, Barry Bounds, called as well.
The flop came down . Bennett moved all in on the flop for 111,000 and was called by Bounds.
Showdown
Heiberg:
Bennett:
Bounds:
The turn was the , completing a flush for Heiberg, and the river was the . Bounds was able to scoop the side pot with a pair of sevens.
Bennett was eliminated on the hand in 25th place while Bounds moved up to 280,000. Heiberg moved up to 163,000 as well on the hand, almost quadrupling his stack.
Gioi Luong moved all in from middle position and Barry Bounds called from late position. Luong held against Bounds' pocket jacks. The board ran out and Luong was eliminated from the tournament.
Marvin Darnold raised to 48,000 from the hijack and Michael Morusty re-raised to 80,000. After the call, we saw a flop of .
Morusty led for 100,000 and Darnold moved all in. Morusty called and showed vs. . He faded an ace when the board finished , and nearly doubled up while Darnold left in 22nd spot with $12,784.
Jeff Heiberg checked the flop of to Barry Bounds. Bounds bet 80,000 and then Heiberg moved all in. Bounds made the call with and was ahead of Heiberg's . The turn and river were the and . Heiberg was sent to the rail muttering to himself, "I didn't need to do that, I didn't need to do that."
We were also just notified that Barry Bounds is a life saver. He rescued one of the members on the rail's grandson from drowning recently, a feat far more important than any poker tournament.