Matt Bond Doubles Thru Robert Tanita, But Then Tanita Knocks Out Bond to Reach 1.4 Million

Photo:  Robert Tanita

Robert Tanita and Steve Buckner shared details of how Tanita acquired a huge stack worth more than 1.3 million.

Last level, with blinds at 3K-5K, Tanita raised from the cutoff to 11,000, Matt Bond reraised from the button to 33,000, and Tanita snap-reraised to 100,000. Bond called.

The flop came , Tanita moved all in, and Bond paused to think.

After only a few seconds, Tanita said, “If you haven’t called yet, you’re screwed.”

Bond tanked for a while before he called all in for 209,000 with , and Tanita turned over . Bond needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Tanita a set, but the river card was the , giving Bond a heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Matt Bond  –  629,000  (126 bb)
Robert Tanita  –  700,000  (140 bb)

Three hands later, after Bond had apparently won some more chips, Tanita raised preflop, and Bond reraised to 80,000.

Tanita looked at Bond’s stack and said, “I’m just counting how much I’ll have when I stack you this hand.”

Tanita called, and the flop came . Tanita checked, Bond bet, and Tanita check-raised. Bond three-bet all in for roughly 600,000.

Tanita called with for a pair of aces with a heart flush draw, and Bond turned over for a pair of aces with a king kicker.

The turn card was the , the river card was a , and Tanita turned an ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Matt Bond from the tournament.

Robert Tanita  –  1,400,000  (280 bb)
Matt Bond  –  Eliminated