Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Con Angelakis smooth-called from the cutoff as the dealer dropped a flop.
Dodds fired out a continuation bet of 2,200 only to have Angelakis bump it to 5,200.
Dodds peered over at what remained of Angelakis' stack - roughly 16,500 - and proceeded to three-bet to 27,200 to put Angelakis all in.
"Kings?" asked Angelakis after a few moments of deliberation.
"S**t! I need a second!" added Angelakis after a further few minutes.
"Can I phone a friend? David!" asked Angelakis.
"I know what you should do, but I can't tell you!" responded David Saab from across the other side of the table.
Now standing, Angelakis looked at Dodds and tried to get something from the stone-cold poker player, "Really? Kings or aces? I just don't know what to do!"
A further two minutes went by before Angelakis eventually kicked his cards to the muck to slip to 16,500 as Dodds climbs to 59,000 in chips.
However, there won't be too many complaints from the Queenslander as he has had a very successful year on both the live and virtual felt.
Kroesen has made eight live final tables this year with his biggest result coming in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland AU$2,500 Main Event where he took second place for a AU$116,235 ($105,841) payday.
2011 is now only a few online grinding days for rickwaa!
On a flop of , Tom Wing found himself calling an opponent's all in.
Wing:
Opponent:
With Wing in great shape to eliminate his opponent and add roughly 18,000 to his stack, the and on the turn and river would ensure his opponent's fate as Wing climbed to 85,000 in chips.
Koray Turker opened to 1,400 from middle position and both Jackson Zheng and Tom Rafferty made the call from late position and the cutoff respectively.
The flop was checked through to see the land on the turn with Turker firing out 2,625 only to have Zheng bump it to 8,200. Rafferty folded, but Turker made the call as the landed on the river.
Turker checked and Zheng fired out a hefty bet of 18,000 with Turker making the call.
Zheng tabled his for a turned two pair as Turker mucked while slipping to 32,000 while Zheng climbed into the chip lead with 90,000 and change.
On a board reading , Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis fired out a bet of 5,000 into a pot of roughly 9,000.
His lone opponent in the hand deliberated for a few minutes before making the call as the landed on the river.
Enquiring how much his opponent had left, and finding out that answer was 25,750, Karamalikis mulled over his decision for nearly two minutes before sliding in a stack of yellow 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 45,000.
A further minute or two would pass before Karamalikis' opponent would fold to see the young online star pushed the pot to send him to over 70,000 in chips.
"You're my f**king idol Jono!" announced a player on the table.
"If I was in that hand, I would have called you with bottom pair! The only way you win is by bluffing! I love you man!" continued the possibly confused player.
Phillip Willcocks opened under the gun only to have Aaron Benton three-bet to 3,500 next to act.
With the action on Koray Turker, he bumped it to 7,200 only to have Willcocks move all in for roughly 20,000. Benton passed, and Koray instantly made the call to put the New Zealander at risk.
Willcocks:
Turker:
The board ran out to see Willcocks double through to 44,000 while Turker slips to 55,000 in chips.
On the flop of , Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis got all the money in with Joel Cohen. Karamalikis held the for a pair of threes and a straight draw while Cohen had an overpair with two nines, .
The turn was the and the river the . That ace on the river gave Karamalikis two pair, aces and threes, and the winning hand. Cohen was eliminated while Karamalikis jumped to 80,000 in chips.
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flop.
, Tom Wing found himself calling an opponent's all in.
and 
on the turn and river would ensure his opponent's fate as Wing climbed to 85,000 in chips.
flop was checked through to see the 
land on the turn with Turker firing out 2,625 only to have Zheng bump it to 8,200. Rafferty folded, but Turker made the call as the 
landed on the river.
for a turned two pair as Turker mucked while slipping to 32,000 while Zheng climbed into the chip lead with 90,000 and change.
, Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis fired out a bet of 5,000 into a pot of roughly 9,000.
landed on the river.
to see Willcocks double through to 44,000 while Turker slips to 55,000 in chips.
for a pair of threes and a straight draw while Cohen had an overpair with two nines, 
and the river the