A player raised from early position to 1,300 and Tony Pena called. The player on the button reraised to 4,200 and the original raiser folded. Pena called and the two players were heads up. The flop came and Pena checked and the button player bet 2,600. Pena called and the turn came the . This time both players checked. The river was the and Pena threw out a bet of 5,000. His opponent called and Pena turned over . His opponent mucked and Pena won the pot.
The players are on another 10-minute break. Ryan Riess busted and reentered just before the break, so he will start level 7 with 20,000. Justin Potrykus is the chip leader with 130,000. There are still three more levels before the reentry period is over. Currently, there are 93 players remaining.
Ryan Riess was eliminated. According to Riess he got his last 8,000 in against two players, one of which had and flopped a flush. After signing an autograph and shaking a few hands, Riess rebought just before the end of the level.
Justin Potrykus is now the chip leader with 130,000. The board was and his opponent bet out 6,000. Potrykus raised, making it 15,025 to go. His opponent called. The river was the and his opponent shoved all in putting Potrykus at risk. Potrykus called very quickly and showed for trip tens. His opponent mucked and Potrykus took the chip lead.
"Big City Smitty," said James Smith as he stacked his chips from the pot he had just won.
Seven players limped to the flop of and the first player to act led out for 1,200. Four players called and that left five players to see the on the turn. The first player led out again, this time for 3,000. Then the next player to act raised to 6,100. The action was on Smith. He stacked all his chips on top of his cards, slowly pushed the cards and the stack toward the pot. He then snatched the cards out from under the chips, much like a magician pulling a table cloth from under a bunch of dishes. Smith was all in for around 21,000. The two remaining players folded and Smith casually turned over the before he returned his hand to the dealer and took down the pot.
Ryan Riess was heads up and looking at the flop of . His opponent bet 1,200 and Riess made it 4,000 to go. His opponent thought about it for a moment. He stacked his chips up, as if preparing to go all in, then stopped and eventually folded.
On the next hand the two players were heads up again, this time it was all in preflop and Riess had his opponent covered. Riess had and his opponent had . The board ran out , giving Riess a full house and eliminating his opponent.
As Riess was stacking his chips, he was so convinced that his opponent hadn't folded an ace the hand before that he said, "I would bet a million dollars he didn't have an ace."