Louie Srour Eliminated in 23rd Place (A$45,000)
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Phil Ivey opened the button and Oliver Speidel three-bet to 95,000 out of the small blind. Louie Srour then shoved his stack all in from the big blind. Ivey got out of the way and Speidel very quickly made the call.
Speidel: 
Srour: 
The 
board gave both Speidel and Srour a piece of the action, but Speidel's hand was strong enough to send Srour home in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
686,000
|
686,000 |
|
Busted |
when we walked up to the table. Li bet 28,000 from the small blind and Idema made the call.
and Li fired out 83,000, getting Idema to rise up in his chair and look at his opponent. After a while Idema smoothly threw in the call.
hit and Li grabbed a handful of 25,000 chips. He moved his hand into the pot and cut out a 200,000 bet after which he pulled back the rest of the chips. The dealer immediately ruled it was a string bet since Li cut down the stack and pulled chips back. Idema was on Li's side and said that the bet was valid, but the dealer disagreed. When the floor came over to make a ruling he let the bet Li made stand. "You happy with that?", Idema smiled trying to get some sort of a reaction for his opponent. Li gave nothing away and Idema opted to lay this one down.
turn. Here, O'Shea opted to lead out and made a wager for 62,000. Ivey studied for a minute or so and then counted out some chips — much more than 62,000. He slid them out, all eight chocolate T25,000 chips, and raised to 200,000.
and Josh Barrett check-called a hefty 127,000 bet. On the river the 
hit and Barrett checked once again. Li tanked for a while and finally grabbed a stack of 25,000 chips. He played around with them for a while before putting in a 225,000 bet. Barrett sighed and tanked for well over a minute before announcing the call. Li tabled 
on the turn was close to his wishes, but the 
was sent into the muck, nowhere near as strong as the 
