It took two hands to unravel Brendon Rubie's tournament.
Folded to in the cut-off, Rubie moved all-in and got one caller from the button. Rubie had his opponent covered, but with Rubie holding against , the pot would put a large dent in Rubie's stack. Blanks all round and Rubie had just 5,000 left.
Rubie woke up with and shoved his remaining chips into the pot. The of his opponent would be too good when the board ran out
The under the gun player made it 3,700 first up, the hi-jack made the call and then play came to Annette Obrestad. Obrestad shoved for her remaining 14,300 and the button called. With the decision on the big blind player they call "Ali G", he decided to get a coin out of his pocket and flips it. It is heads and he folds.
The early players got out of the way, but Obrestad managed one call from the button.
"Come watch me suck out!", Obrestad gestured to a friend nearby.
Annette:
Button:
"Oh wow, im ahead! I didn't expect to see that!", exclaimed Obrestad
Richard Ashby was nursing a short stack for much of the mid-afternoon and when he finally woke up with it was his time to move allin. But he would have to dodge an ace if he was going to survive, with his opponent holding
Board:
It was not meant to be for Ashby who was sent to the rail cursing the ace of hearts!
Jessica Dawley has flown into Melbourne from the United States to take another shot at capturing a gold ring after making a deep run in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event, finishing 17th for AUD$75,000. Could the opening event be her chance?
With all the money going in on a flop reading , Dawley held . Her opponent needing to catch a diamond, holding .
The board ran blanks and Dawley now has over 40,000.
Our PokerNews reporter came to the table with a board reading and David Lee heavy in thought against one opponent. After a length of time Lee finally bet 2,100. While Lee took a long time to make his decision, his opponent was quick to make his, snap-calling.
The fell on the river and this time Lee checked. Just as quickly as he called the last street, Lee's opponent bet 6,000. Lee folded and lost the pot.
Just a few hands later the same opponent could be seen taking more of Lee's chips, this time without any cards being dealt out. Lee check-raised to 11,000 before his opponent quickly re-raised to 21,000. Lee made the fold. Perhaps this guy was given Lee's number earlier in the day.
Lee falls to 28,000. Still in shape, but the chip stack not looking as plump as earlier in the day.
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