Erik Seidel was just eliminated by the man he defeated to win the 2011 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge title last year Sam Trickett. The two were all in with the same hand as Seidel held the to Trickett's . The flop came down and gave Trickett a flush draw. The turn was the and Trickett made his flush to win the hand. The river completed the board with the .
Seidel was the shorter of the two and was eliminated on the hand. Just 10 players now remain.
From the cutoff seat, Phil Ivey raised to 10,000. Sorel Mizzi defended in the big blind with a call and the flop came down . Mizzi checked, Ivey bet 10,000 and Mizzi called.
The paired the board on the turn and Mizzi checked. Ivey checked behind and then the dealer landed the on the river. Mizzi fired 26,500 and Ivey began to tank. The dealer announced that he had 10 seconds left and began the countdown. The buzzer sounded and Ivey ran out of time. He had a look of disgust on his face as he knew his hand was dead, but didn't seem too sold on the bet from Mizzi. Either way, his hand was mucked and Mizzi won the pot.
We all know everyone likes free money. We also know that if you're following along with our coverage that you enjoy poker. Thanks to our great friends at PartyPoker, you can now get some of both with the "Exclusive $50 FREE with NO DEPOSIT & $50 Reload Bonus" offer.
From middle position, Sam Trickett raised to 8,000, and Mikhail Smirnov flatted in the small blind. In the big, Gus Hansen squeezed in a reraise to 25,500, and that was enough to fold Trickett out of the way. Smirnov called again, though, and they went off to a heads-up flop.
It came , and Smirnov check-insta-called another 42,000 to arrive at the turn. It went check-check there, and the river completed the board. Smirnov checked again, and Hansen spent a few second soaking in the tank with a look of sheer agony on his face. It must not have been too bad, though, because he made a big bet at the pot. When the dealer began to break it down for a count, Smirnov went ahead and mucked, and the pot goes to Gus.
With a little over 40,000 chips already in the pot, the board was between Sorel Mizzi and Tony G. Mizzi checked to Tony G and he bet 30,000. After a bit of time in the tank, Mizzi was running out of seconds to act. He finally gave up his hand after the clock got down to about five seconds and Tony G won the pot.
Gus Hansen raised to 10,500 from the cutoff seat and Jason Mercier reraised to 25,000 from the button. Hansen made the call and the flop came down . Hansen checked, Mercier bet 17,000 and Hansen called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. There, Hansen fired 51,500 and Mercier mucked his hand.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 8,000 from the button and Phil Ivey called from the big blind to take the flop. Ivey checked and Mizzi bet 9,000. Ivey called.
The turn was the and Ivey checked. Mizzi bet 22,500. Ivey took his time and then check-raised all in for what looked to be 73,500. Mizzi folded and Ivey won the pot.