Leo Boxell raised to 55,000 from under the gun and managed calls from Michael Frydman in the small blind and Steve Bouya in the big blind.
Flop:
Frydman and Bouya checked and Boxell bet 100,000. Frydmand got out of the way, while Bouya made the call.
The on the turn brought about a check from Bouya and another 100,000 from Boxell. With a call, the players would watch as the landed on the river.
This time Bouya would opt lead, throwing out 250,000. When Boxell made the call, Bouya immediately threw his cards faced down into the muck and Boxell took down the pot as he said in jest, "You can't bluff an idiot!"
Phillip Willcocks made a min-raise from under the gun and sent the action flying to fellow New Zealanader Jackson Zheng, who moved his short stack all-in from the cutoff seat. Willcocks made the call and the two Kiwi's would turn their hands over.
Zheng:
Willcocks:
Zheng would need help that would never come as the board rolled out , sending Zheng home in 8th place for a A$36,700 score and leaving Willcocks as only international player at a table full of Aussies.
It was looking like a bit of a friendly community pot a few moments ago, but Michael Frydman had the sense to stop with all the friendliness and take down the pot.
Steve Bouya raised to 45,000 from under the gun and received calls from Leo Boxell, Van Marcus, William Jones and Phillip Willcocks before the action came to Frydman in the big blind.
Frydman saw this as a good opportunity to win some chips and shoved his 620,000 stack into the middle.
When each of the five players threw their cards into the muck Frydman took down the pot and gave a small fist pump.
The last four hands have given the dealer a bit of a break from dealing out flops, with some aggressive play assuring no action goes further than preflop.
Eddie Mascardi has been the most active in this preflop aggression, first 3-betting all-in against an open from Leo Boxell and then jamming all-in when folded to in the cutoff seat to take the hands without seeing a flop.
Van Marcus raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and managed calls from Phillip Willcocks on the button and Steve Bouya in the big blind.
The flop brought about a check from all the players, as the landed on the turn. Bouya led for 65,000 and Marcus got out of the way before Willcocks raised it up to 150,000. Bouya made the call and the hit the river.
Bouya then check-called a 225,000 chip bet from Willcocks, who turned over for a busted straight-draw, not good enough for the rivered trips of Bouya, holding .
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on the turn brought about a check from Bouya and another 100,000 from Boxell. With a call, the players would watch as the 
landed on the river.
, sending Zheng home in 8th place for a A$36,700 score and leaving Willcocks as only international player at a table full of Aussies.
flop brought about a check from all the players, as the 
hit the river.
for a busted straight-draw, not good enough for the rivered trips of Bouya, holding 
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and the 
was good enough to take down the pot.
, while the river was the 