On the first hand back after retaking their seats, Duffy Riebe and Barry Bounds went to war. Riebe moved all in for 92,000 from middle position and Bounds called out of the big blind. Riebe held in a standard coinflip against Bounds' .
The flop put Riebe on Broadway with . The turn was the and the river the . Riebe's double up received a round of applause from his railbirds as he moved to over 200,000.
Steven Schwartz raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and David Posey called from the big blind. The flop came down and Posey checked. Schwartz fired 70,000 and then Posey moved all in for 123,000 total, 53,000 more. Schwartz went into the tank for about a minute and then began talking to himself.
"Why do I do this to myself?"
"Do you have a flush draw?"
"I don't like tournaments anymore."
"How can I throw this away with all that money out there?"
After a few minutes in the tank, Schwartz finally let his hand go.
Michael Morusty limped from under the gun and Michael Vitullo moved all in from middle position. Dan DeLatorre made the call from the big blind and Morusty got out of the way.
Vitullo:
DeLatorre:
The board came , but Vitullo couldn't catch his flush on the river, which came . He left in 20th place with $12,784.
From the cutoff, David Posey raised to 45,000. Scott Buller reraised all in from the button and had Posey well covered. Both blinds folded and then Posey made the call.
Posey held a dominated to Buller's pocket queens. The board ran out and Posey was sent to the rail.
(Table 150)
Seat 1: Steven Schwartz
Seat 2: Ken Centanni
Seat 3: Scott Buller
Seat 4: Barry Bounds
Seat 5: Dan DeLatorre
Seat 6: Ted Garner
Seat 7: Richard McCall
Seat 8: Duffy Riebe
Seat 9: Robert Beck
(Table 151)
Seat 1: Charles Simon
Seat 2: Michael Davis
Seat 3: Alan Hance
Seat 4: Tony Brenner
Seat 5: Tom Thomas
Seat 6: Michael Morusty
Seat 7: Mitch Garshofsky
Seat 8: Art Duncan
Seat 9: Ted McCollom
Ken Centanni went all in preflop and Richard McCall and Barry Bounds made the call. There was a small side pot between the two active players. The flop came down and both remaining players checked.
The turn brought the and Bounds checked. McCall said, "I have to bet." and fired out 60,000. Bounds made the call. Then, McCall tabled his hand, . The entire table saw this and people started questioning what he was doing. "I panicked." said McCall.
The tournament director saw this and looked at Bounds and said, "I bet you're not going to call the river bet." in a joking manner.
The river came the and Bounds just mucked his hand. The all-in player, Centanni, mucked as well and was eliminated in 18th place.