The remaining 13 players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. While you wait for them to return, we recommend you watch PokerNews' Lynn Gilmartin call the clock on Patrik Antonius.
Patrik Antonius may be the fan favorite in this tournament, but there is no doubt that Damian Baldi is the hometown favorite as evidenced by the man's rail after his most recent double.
It happened when Baldi got all in preflop for 186,000 holding the and was called by Mark Betts, who held the . The flop didn't inspire much excitement among the rail, but the turn did as it gave Baldi a straight draw to a jack to go along with his overs. When the peeled off on the river to give Baldi the straight, the rail went absolutely nuts. The decibel increased ten fold as Baldi's supporters let loose in celebration for the man from Melbourne.
When we arrived at the table, the board was , and there was about 100,000 in the middle. Joseph Cabret checked, Mervin Chan fired 108,000, and Cabret called.
The river was the , Cabret checked again, and Chan fired 205,000. Cabret called, and Chan immediately mucked his hand.
Cabret opted not to show the winner, and raked in the pot.
Action folded to Mark Betts in the small blind and he raised to 32,000, which Patrik Antonius called from the big. The latter then called bets of 50,000 and 80,000 on the flop and turn respectively, and then Betts slowed down with a check on the river. Antonius took the opportunity to bet 125,000, and he probably wished he hadn't as Betts called and showed , which bested the Finn's .
A huge hand just went down at Table 10 that resulted in Patrik Antonius jumping out to a big chip lead.
It happened when Ang Pangleng opened for 35,000 under the gun and Mark Betts called from the button. Patrik Antonius then three-bet to 108,000 from the small blind, the big folded and Pangleng moved all in for 874,000. Betts folded and Antonius snap-called to put Pangleng at risk.
Pangleng:
Antonius:
Pangleng had picked the wrong time to shove as he ran smack dab into Antonius' pocket kings. Pangleng would find no help as the board ran out and the fearsome Finn collected the monster pot to chip up to 3.4 million.
Damian Baldi open-shoved for 107,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Patrik Antonius, who called on the button, and both blinds released.
Baldi:
Antonius:
The flop came , giving Antonius a pair of nines and a backdoor flush draw. The turn was a third heart - the - and Antonius could now eliminate Baldi with an ace, nine or heart.
The bricked on the river however, and Baldi doubled to around 250,000 chips. Antonius slipped to around 2.3 million.
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and was called by Mark Betts, who held the 
. The 
flop didn't inspire much excitement among the rail, but the 
turn did as it gave Baldi a straight draw to a jack to go along with his overs. When the 
peeled off on the river to give Baldi the straight, the rail went absolutely nuts. The decibel increased ten fold as Baldi's supporters let loose in celebration for the man from Melbourne.
, and there was about 100,000 in the middle. Joseph Cabret checked, Mervin Chan fired 108,000, and Cabret called.
. Joseph Cabret bet the minimum (16,000), and Yan called.
, Yan checked a third time, and Cabret immediately tossed out four brown T25,000 chips. Yan called.
for the wheel, and Yan unhappily mucked his hand.
river. Antonius took the opportunity to bet 125,000, and he probably wished he hadn't as Betts called and showed 
, which bested the Finn's 
.
and the fearsome Finn collected the monster pot to chip up to 3.4 million.
- and Antonius could now eliminate Baldi with an ace, nine or heart.
bricked on the river however, and Baldi doubled to around 250,000 chips. Antonius slipped to around 2.3 million.
