Sam Trickett raised to 1,500 and was called by the two players in the blinds. Wang Qiang called from the small blind and Patrik Antonius from the big blind to see the flop come down . Qiang checked as did Antonius. Trickett bet 2,500 and only Antonius came along to see the turn.
The turn card was the . Antonius led for 8,000 and Trickett called to see the fall on the river. After Antonius fired 18,000, Trickett raised to 48,000. Antonius thought for a bit and then mucked his hand.
Antonius slipped down to 67,000 while Trickett increased to 140,000.
After the hand, Antonius asked Trickett, "You play every hand so far?"
"Why not?" responded Trickett. "I'm here to play!"
Then, John Juanda chimed in and asked Antonius, "How much we start with? You lose one hand and you're already down to 50K!"
Erik Seidel opened his button with a min-raise to 1,000 and both Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga made the call from the blinds as the flop fell .
Seidel continued for 2,000 after the action was checked to him as Dwan was the lone caller before the landed on the turn. Dwan checked and Seidel fired out 5,000.
Dwan paused momentarily before making the call as the landed on the river and he checked for a third time.
Seidel dropped in a bet of 11,500, and as Dwan contemplated his decision, the clock would down.
"5, 4, 3 . . ." stated the dealer before Dwan kicked his cards to the muck.
Joe Hachem entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 1,500. Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga made the call from the button and small blind respectively as the flop landed .
Hachem pushed out a small continuation-bet of 3,000 with only Dwan making the call as the was delivered on the turn.
Hachem continued for 7,500 and Dwan made the call as the river landed the . Hachem fired out his third barrel - this time amounting to 21,000 - to force a fold from Dwan as he slipped to roughly 75,000 in chips.
FTOPS jersey holder Brendon "Brendooor" Rubie has just taken his seat in today's field.
Drawing the feature table alongside the likes of Nikolay Evdakov, Joe Hachem, David Oppenheim, Erik Seidel, Tom Dwan, Tony Guoga and fellow Australian online player Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade, Rubie is going to have a time here, then on the virtual felt he has become accustomed too.
From under the gun, Howard Lederer raised to 1,500. David Benyamine called from the hijack seat and the flop came down . Lederer continued with a bet of 2,500. Benyamine made the call.
Fourth street was the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Both players checked again and the hands were opened.
Lederer tabled the , but lost to Benyamine's to drop to 90,000. Benyamine moved to 110,000.
On a flop of we found Sam Trickett checking out of the blinds to his opponent Wang Qiang.
Qiang slid out a bet of 18,000 only to have Trickett check-raise all in. Qiang used the majority of his time bank before making the call for his tournament life.
Qiang:
Trickett:
With play barely twenty-minutes old, having an all in not only amazed the players, but everyone in Studio 3 watching along.
With Qiang's two-overs and straight draw needing to spike against Trickett's top two-pair, the on the turn would reduced Qiang's outs to just six.
Unfortunately for the Chinese high-stakes player, the river landed the to improve Trickett's holding to a flush as he moved to a powering 245,000 as Qiang was forced to make an early exit from today's tournament.
From the button, Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 1,500. Erick Lindgren, who has been quite active here in the early goings, called from the small blind and the two saw the flop come down .
Lindgren checked the flop and Karamalikis fired 1,500. Lindgren called. The turn card then brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Lindgren led into Karamalikis with a bet of 3,500. Karamalikis called.
Lindgren tabled the and Karamalikis mucked his hand, dropped back to 92,000. Lindgren is back above starting stack with 110,000.
Billy Jordanou raised from early position to 1,500. Jonathan Karamalikis called from the cutoff seat and the flop came down . Jordanou checked and Karamalikis fired out 2,000. Jordanou raised to 6,500 and Karamalikis made the call.
The turn card brought the to the party. Jordanou bet 7,000 and Karamalikis called.
The river card was the and Jordanou slowed down with a check. Karamalikis fired 22,000 and after some thought, Jordanou mucked his hand.
Karamalikis moved to 107,000 while Jordanou dropped back to 87,000.
. Qiang checked as did Antonius. Trickett bet 2,500 and only Antonius came along to see the turn.
. Antonius led for 8,000 and Trickett called to see the 
fall on the river. After Antonius fired 18,000, Trickett raised to 48,000. Antonius thought for a bit and then mucked his hand.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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landed on the turn. Dwan checked and Seidel fired out 5,000.
landed on the river and he checked for a third time.
was delivered on the turn.
. Hachem fired out his third barrel - this time amounting to 21,000 - to force a fold from Dwan as he slipped to roughly 75,000 in chips.
and Smith checked. Cajelais fired 8,000 and Smith made the call.
and Smith checked. Cajelais fired 20,000 and Smith mucked his hand.
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Both players checked again and the hands were opened.
to drop to 90,000. Benyamine moved to 110,000.
we found Sam Trickett checking out of the blinds to his opponent Wang Qiang.
on the turn would reduced Qiang's outs to just six.
and both players checked to see the 
. Jordanou checked and Karamalikis fired out 2,000. Jordanou raised to 6,500 and Karamalikis made the call.