Gabriel Walls started the day as one of the larger stacks in the Orange Section (and in the whole field) with 141,000 in chips. Apparently he's been running roughshod over his table. There was already 35,000 in chips in the pot for a flop of . Walls had first action and moved all in.
"You've been pushing me around all day," said Walls' opponent as he considered his action.
"I'm going to keep doing it, too," replied Walls. His bully tactics worked in this pot. His opponent folded, allowing Walls to collect another pot. He's up to 300,000.
Just before the break, Orel Hershiser was eliminated. He got his chips in preflop from the cutoff against two other players, announcing, "Anybody have an ace?" Neither of the other two players did, but it didn't matter that much as it turned out - "Oh, we got problems," hershiser announced once he had seen the flop.
Anyway, by the end of the hand the cards looked like so:
Hershiser:
Late position player, who also went all in at some point during the hand:
Big blind gentleman:
Board:
The player with the enjoyed a fortunate win, while Hershiser and the other player both busted.
"Sunday night baseball, here I come," mused Hershiser.
Kirk Morrison probably didn't expect to be in such great shape when he got his last 5,300 chips into the pot pre-flop with . His caller, it turned out, was Douglas Gabriel, who turned over . Neither player improved, and that allowed Morrison to win the pot by virtue of his queen kicker. He now has 11,000.
On the flop of , action checked to Steve Billirakis. He fired 4,600 and his opponent made the call before the paired the board on the turn. The first player checked again. Billirakis fired a little bit of a bigger bet this time for 7,500. His opponent check-raised with shaky hands to 31,500. Billirakis took a moment before folding. Despite losing this pot, Billirakis still has about 240,000 in chips.
Tom Schneider's been nursing a short stack at the Orange feature table all day. He's still short but has more room to work after making a call of 7,100 on the river of a board. Schneider's opponent immediately mucked, claiming ace-high. Schneider turned over a flush, , to claim the pot. He now has 41,000 in chips.
Andrew Brown returned from the break with what must have been a happier outlook on the tournament. He got it all in with against an opponent's with his hand holding through the board.
Brown is entering Level 7 with about 58,000 chips.