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According to our field reporters Grant Levy is having a lot of success in setting up small pairs. In one of the latest examples Levy opened to 12,000 preflop with Christian Heich calling and going to the flop. The flop came and Levy fired out a bet that Heich called. The turn saw Levy bet 70,000 which Heich once again flat called. The on the river was enough for Levy to move all in, but Heich decided to fold.
Levy flashed for a flopped set, that improved into a full house at the turn.
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Nhan Le has been eliminated by Christian Heich.
Le opened to 13,000 preflop and was quickly reraised by Heich to 32,500. Le came back over the top all in and Heich made the call.
Heich
Le
Unfortunately for Le he found his big slick dominated and would have to get very lucky to stay alive. He didn't, the board running out to send him to the rail in 37th place.
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Poker players often talk about being dealt a "cooler". We think the term gets over-applied, but surely kings into aces is a cooler. That's what happened to Dixon Ruecker. He raised from early position to 17,000. Action passed to Barny Boatman in the cutoff seat, who added another 30,000 chips on top. Boatman had 143,000 left behind, so when it was again Ruecker's turn to act he shoved for more than half a million with his . Boatman snap-called with . He spiked an unnecessary ace on the river of a board that came out .
Ruecker was on a massive upswing, but that loss moved him back to 432,000. Boatman is now on 279,000.
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With the elimination of Nhan Le, the tournament has been paused so that players can re-draw their seats. We'll have the new assignments, along with fresh chip counts, as soon as possible.
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Cards are in the air. The button is starting in Seat 6 at each table. We'll have fresh chip counts for the whole field in just a few more minutes.
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Play is six-handed now, and that means players will have to play more marginal hands and play them harder than they otherwise might. That was on display in a recent hand between Clonie Gowen and Zach Fellows. Gowen bet 20,000 on a flop of and Fellows made the call. Both players checked the turn. When the river came , Gowen bet another 30,000. Fellows called with , middle pair of tens. Gowen turned over , a hand that was trailing going into the river but spiked a second pair.
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Annette Obrestad has seemed to make her own luck in this tournament. We imagine that her playing style causes her opponents to make mistakes that she takes advantage of. It was certainly a mistake for David Docherty to mix it up with Obrestad. He was in the big blind and called a raise to 13,000 preflop.
The flop came down . Docherty bet another 20,000, then called a raise from Obrestad to 50,000. When the turn fell , Docherty checked. Obrestad, ever the aggressor, bet 74,000. That bet sent Docherty deep into the tank, where he stayed for several minutes as he pondered his decision. Finally he decided to move all in for 340,000. Obrestad snap-called all in for 70,000 less.
Docherty:
Obrestad:
Disaster for Docherty! Obrestad showed the second nuts. Docherty was drawing dead and had only 70,000 chips left after the hand. Obrestad, meanwhile, eclipsed 700,000.
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Raymond Rahme - 36th Player
The first player has been busted since we moved to six-handed play. On the turn of a board that read , Rahme checked to Chronis. Chronis settled on 100,000 as being the proper amount to bet. Rahme check-raised all in for 320,000 and was met with a lightning-quick call. Rahme's was in the lead, but Chronis had a monster draw with . One of his legion of outs came when the river fell .
Rahme earned AU$30,000 in prize money. For his part, Chronis is the first player to eclipse the 1-million chip mark.
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Six-handed play has definitely upped the pace of play. Natan Meylakh opened for 12,000 in front of Corey Robinson, who re-raised to 40,000. Meylakh responded by moving all in. When Robinson called, he was the one at risk of elimination.
Meylakh:
Robinson:
Off to the races Robinson and Meylakh went. Meylakh crossed the finish line in first place on a board of . He sent Robinson out of the tournament in 35th place.
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and Levy fired out a bet that Heich called. The turn 
saw Levy bet 70,000 which Heich once again flat called. The 
on the river was enough for Levy to move all in, but Heich decided to fold.
for a flopped set, that improved into a full house at the turn.
. Boatman snap-called with 
and Fellows made the call. Both players checked the 
turn. When the river came 
, a hand that was trailing going into the river but spiked a second pair.
. Docherty bet another 20,000, then called a raise from Obrestad to 50,000. When the turn fell 
, Docherty checked. Obrestad, ever the aggressor, bet 74,000. That bet sent Docherty deep into the tank, where he stayed for several minutes as he pondered his decision. Finally he decided to move all in for 340,000. Obrestad snap-called all in for 70,000 less.
. One of his legion of outs came when the river fell 
.
. He sent Robinson out of the tournament in 35th place.
