Toni Huynh just found himself all in for the umpteenth time, but this time his tournament life seemed pretty safe with versus the of Fabien Dunlop. The board teased, but to no avail as the river bricked out with the and at least one player exhaled a thankful sigh of relief.
A hefty old pot had formed by the river of the board, when Said Englund bet out 30,000. After a few moments of indecision, Adnan Alshamah made the call, leaving himself less than 30,000 behind -- and then promptly mucked when Englund turned over for trips. Yikes.
Thor Drexel raised to 11,000 from the button, and following a minute or two of very vocal squirming and requesting that Drexel show if he fold, etc, from Ganesh Bathmanathan in the small blind, big blind James Tomlin was the only caller.
They went heads up to a flop, and Tomlin checked. Drexel bet 10,500, and after a moment, Tomlin folded, showing Drexel the . Drexel silently showed him the for top pair in return, and raked in the pot.
Fabien Dunlop -- 295,000
JP Kelly -- 232,000
Adnan Alshamah -- 175,000
Ganesh Bathmanathan -- 170,000
William Martin -- 160,000
Anthony Roux -- 132,000
Thor Drexel -- 125,000
James Tomlin -- 120,000
Said Englund -- 117,000
Richard Allen -- 105,000
Ian Frazer -- 73,000
Toni Huynh -- 73,000
Neil Suarez -- 67,000
The end of the level is upon us, and it's time for players to take another 20 minutes off while those pesky and henceforth unnecessary 100-denomination chips are got rid of.
In poker, one can experience extreme highs and lows in a matter of seconds, and none more so was this the case than in the last hand for Ian Frazer.
Having raised it up preflop to 8,000 from UTG+1, Frazer then made a brave call with after James Tomlin had pushed all in from the big blind for 55,000 with .
You could almost sense the little voice in Frazer's head chanting "small cards, small cards, small cards," and although the board was awash with rags, Frazer had completely missed the backdoor flush, and duly punched the air in celebration of what would have been a crucial victory.
But sadly for the Razer, it wasn't to be, as the dealer swiftly requested payment, and the realisation finally set in. Meanwhile, it's happy days for Tomlin, who now has over the 100,000 mark for what I would imagine is the first time today.