12-02-2008 15:35 UTC+11

Obst Out

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James "Andy McLEOD" Obst becomes our first high profile casualty

Harris Pavlou opened with a raise to 525 and James "Andy McLEOD" Obst made the call in the big blind.

They took a flop of {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

where Obst checked to Pavlou, who fired 600. Obst then check-raised to 2,200 and Pavlou made the call. The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

and Obst fired out 6,200 before Pavlou moved all in. Obst made the call and the cards were tabled:

Obst: {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{7-Spades}

Pavlou:

{10-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

Obst had flopped two pair but ran into the flopped flush of Pavlou! In a huge clash, Obst would need to improve on the river to survive; however the {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

landed to end the day for the online phenom as Pavlou storms to a tournament-leading 56,500 chips!

Tags: Andy McLEOD Harris Pavlou James Obst