With Andre Akkari in the big blind, the player under the gun comes in raising to 1,100. The betting passes around to Greg Raymer in the cutoff seat, and he quickly reraises it to three yellow chips -- 3,000. When play comes back around to Akkari, he goes into the tank for several moments. He counts out his chips, checks his hand, recounts his chips, re-checks his hand. Throughout the process, Raymer is gazing straight at Akkari.
After about three minutes, Akkari moves all in for a total of 15,075. The original raiser folds, and Raymer quickly and calmly says, "I call, Andre." The two men turn over their hands, drawing a reaction from the onlookers:
Akkari:
Raymer:
The dealer spreads out the community cards:
. Akkari fails to find either of his out cards, and he is eliminated by The Fossilman. After dragging in that pot, Raymer has ticked over the 80,000 mark, and appears to be the chip leader at this point.
. He too shipped it all in for 11,250. When the hands were turned up, he saw that he was up against
respectively.
. Any old ace or heart would win the pot, but nobody could best Bernard's two kings. He raked in a massive bounty, moving all the way up to 30,000. In the process, he knocked out one opponent and left another's stack in shambles.
, ending any drama right there. The meaningless
and
filled out the board, and Halioua raked in a huge pot, nearly doubling up to 31,000.