On a board showing , David Frieling checked to Joel Cohen who fired a 25,000 bet from the button. Frieling then check-raised to 70,000 and Cohen moved all in for a tiny bit more. Frieling made the call and the cards hit their backs:
Frieling:
Cohen:
Behind and at risk, Cohen would need some help to stay alive, and that's exactly what he got. The turn brought an inconsequential but the river delivered the , giving both players two pair, kings and fives, with an ace kicker.
Simon Ravnsbaek has just been eliminated from the tournament by big stack [Removed:297].
Wenigwieser opened the pot with a position raise to 16,000 holding . Ravnsbaek then moved all in over the top for his last 70,000 holding pocket tens and Wenigwieser made the call.
The board then ran out giving Wenigwieser aces full to send Ravnsbaek to the rail in 38th place ($25,000 AUD).
After the hand, Wenigwieser stacked up 805,000 in chips.
In what was a battle of two players with very long last names (both difficult to type), [Removed:297] has eliminated John Dalessandri from the main event in 40th place.
Dalessandri got it all in before the flop holding pocket eights and ran into Wenigwieser's . The board then ran out giving Wenigwieser two pair, kings and nines, and subsequently eliminating Dalessandri from the tournament.