Paul Newey just doubled through Jeff Rossiter. The man from the UK got his short stack all in preflop holding and was up against the of the Australian. It was a flip, but not after the flop delivered Newey a third nine. Safe cards on the turn and river ensured him the double.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 43,000 from the hijack, and after three folds, Winfred Yu shoved all in from the big blind for 284,000. The Russian thought long and hard before he eventually made the call.
Troyanovskiy:
Yu:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Troyanovskiy was a slight favorite and would win 52.00% of the time. That gave Yu, who had two overs, a 47.40% of surviving the hand. The flop bumped Troyanovskiy up to 62.22%, but Yu would win 36.86% of the time with his overs and counterfeit options. The turn gave Yu more counterfeit outs, but even so his chances of survival dropped to 22.73%.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Yu lost the flip, rapped the table, and then took his leave from the tournament in 12th place.
A preflop raising war saw Aidan Tam get his stack of 730,000 all in preflop holding the . Much to his dismay, he discovered he was crushed by the of Brandon Meyers. The start-of-the-day chip leader was primed to vault over 2 million, but sometimes fate can be cruel. This was one of those times.
The flop gave Tam the lead with a set, and Meyers could do nothing but shake his head. Neither the turn nor river helped him regain the lead, and he watched more than half his stack sent over to his Australian foe.
Not long ago, Paul Newey doubled through Jeff Rossiter. Well, he just did it again.
We picked up the action with around 125,000 in the pot and a flop of . It appeared Rossiter had checked and Newey moved all in for 350,000. Rossiter made the call with the and didn't seem thrilled to discover that he was behind Newey's .
The turn gave Newey trips and officially left Rossiter drawing dead. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure and then Newey was shipped the double.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 43,000 from the button only to have a short-stacked James McCarty, who you may recognize as a former Red Dragon winner, move all in from the small blind for 210,000. Troyanovskiy made the call, but likely regretted it upon seeing the cards.
Troyanovskiy:
McCarty:
The board ran out a clean and McCarty received a welcomed double.