On a flop of , Lou Esposito bets out 17,000 into a sizable pot from the preflop action. Jeff Tims raises the action to 37,000, something he has been doing quite often as of late. Esposito calls.
The turn is the and Esposito checks to Tims. Tims doesn't slow down and moves all in for 155,000.
Esposito goes into the tank for a few minutes and then folds.
Tims normally doesn't show his hands, but decides to show his set of deuces to the table. Esposito disgustedly says, "I mean, you're hitting everything for two weeks!"
Tims continues to steamroll his opponents with big bets and strong, aggressive play.
On a flop of Timothy Miles bet 16,000. Blake Purvis raised 51,000 and then Miles came over the top all in for 220,000 more. After a couple of minutes, Purvis folded.
Miles looked over at Purvis and said, "You play in a pot with me, you're in danger. I know when you have it and when you don't. Ya, you're a nice guy. I don't want to bust ya."
Gabe Costner calls a bet of 18,000 from Ed Jatho out of the big blind. The players go to a heads-up flop and take the board of .
Costner checks over to Jatho. Jatho strings out five gray chips across the betting line. Costner's girlfriend, Claudia Crawford, can't bear to watch as she turns her back to the action. She mentions that she's more nervous than he is about the tournament. Just as she says that, Costner announces that he is all in and moves his chip stack around his cards and into the middle. Crawford covers her face with her hands as she can't watch.
Jatho thinks before calling and the heads from the crowd snap towards table 15.
Coster:
Jatho:
The turn brings the and gives Costner some additional outs. With his girlfriend pacing back and forth on the rail, the dealer slaps the most beautiful card in the deck on the table, the . Costner has evaded elimination this time and his girlfriend runs over to give him a hug.
Preflop, Fatolla Shahen raises to 18,000 and receives a call from Mike Browne. The flop is and Shahen bets 40,000.
Browne goes into the tank for a minute and then raises his hand up towards heaven and says, "What's it you say poker gods? Get out?"
Browne then mucks his cards.
For most of the last few rounds, Darryll Fish has been half-jokingly complaining about the big stack player on his left, Ed Jatho; the two have been involved in pots together on several occasions.
In this pot, action is folded around to Fish, who takes a stand and pushes his remaining 51,000. His nemesis, Ed Jatho methodically cuts out the call amount and shoots an eye at Fish.
"You gonna bust me, Ed?" asks Fish.
To which Jatho replies, "I call."
Fish utters, "Queen high," as he flips over . Jatho confidently tables the , and has Fish drawing slim.
The flop comes , giving both players a straight draw. The turn brings a sweat card, the , as Fish picks up more outs to a flush draw. However, the river blanks off, as far as Fish is concerned. The will be the last card Fish sees in this tournament.