On a flop of , the small blind checked an early-position player bet out 1,000 and Terris Preston made the call. The player in the small blind then check-raised to 3,500, which prompted the middle position player to raise all in for 3,875 total. Terris Preston then moved over the top all-in for 13,500 total. The small blind folded.
Humberto "The Shark" Brenes won't have to worry about asking his toy sharks for advice any longer. He got all of his chips in the middle with pocket queens and was called by a player with pocket kings. Nobody improved. Brenes is chum in the water.
We caught up to this hand on the flop. With the board reading , Phillip Hilm bet 1,100 from late position and got a call from his opponent in the cutoff seat.
The turn came the and Hilm checked. The cutoff moved all in and Hilm made the call. The players showed:
Hilm:
Opponent:
Hilm had his opponent drawing dead and the on the river was meaningless. After the hand, Hilm is up to about 54,000 chips.
In a four-way limped pot, Kathy Liebert check-raised to a total of 3,000 on a flop of from the small blind and her opponent on the button made the call.
The turn was the and Liebert fired out 2,500 and her opponent folded as Liebert takes down a nice pot just before dinner to sit with 33,000 chips.
Greg Mueller is in for the long haul. If he needs to stay at a table and play for 14 days straight he will. He's come prepared for it anyway as in a pile in front of him he has: a packet of Starburst, Skittles (sour & original), Twizzlers, Mentos, Gum, a watch, a set of keys, lollies, money in a clip, sunglasses, an MP3 player and of course a few all-important poker chips.
Robert Kovar was all in just before the dinner break, holding on a flop of . He was in fantastic shape against one opponent who called with . With the turn of one card, his heart sank as the turn came down to make a set for his opponent. That heart was jump-started when the river fell and Kovar made a set of his own.
After being almost down to the felt before making a big comeback, Orel Hershiser was eliminated just before the dinner break. After a flop it was checked around to Hershiser, who bet 3,000. Stan Jablonski then raised from the small blind to 10,000 and after two others folded Orel made the call.
The turn was the , Jablonski made a 6,000 bet and Hershiser moved all in. Stan called and showed that he'd flopped a flush with . Hershiser held and needed another heart to remain in the tournament, but the river brought the and that was the end. Hershiser gave Stan the autographed baseball he was using as a card protector and conducted a quick interview with ESPN's cameras before making his way out of the Amazon Room.