We rushed over to see the board spread out with Stewart Ballard’s chips in the middle, with a call from Mike King.
King:
Ballard:
Ballard was in great shape to double until the fell on the river.
“Boom baby! Boom! Yeah!” cheered King.
After the excitement settled, he walked over to Ballard who was on the rail and apologized for his outburst. Ballard congratulated him on winning the hand.
“Pretty good come back, ay bro?” said King to Matt Yates, after he sat back down at the table. Yates acknowledged as King now moves up to 35,000 in chips, after sitting on a 10,000 chip stack for most of the day.
The largest pot of the day just occurred over on Table 7, resulting in WSOP Bracelet winner Simon Watt being eliminated from the tournament. Both he and Stephen McKay were involved in a big pre-flop war, that finished with both players committing all their chips. With over 100,000 in the middle, both players tabled their cards.
McKay:
Watt:
Watt was delighted, jumping from the table to tell a nearby player about his hand. However, the board came out to crush Watt’s spirits in the matter of seconds. The king on the river sent the local to the rail, and rockets McKay to the overwhelming chip lead with 102,000 in chips.
Action folded around to Matty Yates in middle position who opened with a bet of 1,000. When the decision came to his opponent in the big blind, he thought for a minute, before committing his stack into the middle. It had Yates covered, who called, placing his last 9,350 in the pot and tabling . He was behind to , and didn’t improve when the flop fell . The turn, however, spiked the to put Yates in front, and with the river dropping the , it assured he doubled his stack to 19,000 in chips.
We just walked past Keith Walker’s table to see him rake in a huge pot. We found out that he and another player both got all their chips in on a flop showing . Walker held and was up against pocket kings. When the and completed the board, it would be the set of deuces that double Walker to 60,000.
with Stewart Ballard’s chips in the middle, with a call from Mike King.
fell on the river.
to crush Watt’s spirits in the matter of seconds. The king on the river sent the local to the rail, and rockets McKay to the overwhelming chip lead with 102,000 in chips.
, and didn’t improve when the flop fell 
. The turn, however, spiked the 
, it assured he doubled his stack to 19,000 in chips.
. Walker held 
and was up against pocket kings. When the 
completed the board, it would be the set of deuces that double Walker to 60,000.