"How sick is that?" Billy Argyros just yelled across the room after he took a big bad beat from Luke Edwards. Argyros was knocked out, but sat motionless for about a minute before eventually leaving his seat. The hand he lost is what we would describe as 'sick'.
Billy Jordanou raised to 800 pre flop after which a player three-bet to 2,000. Luke Edwards was next to act and put out a four-bet to 4,200. Tam Truong was on the button and folded, and Argyros moved all in from the small blind for just 6,950. After Jordanou and the other player folded it was Edwards who produced a wry smile.
"He was messing around!" Argyros laughed as Edwards reluctantly put in the call.
Luke Edwards
Billy Argyros
Argyros was in great shape, but the window card already gave Edwards a better chance, since it was the . The flop was completed with the and . Edwards was still looking for another five or running straight or flush cards. On the turn the hit and Edwards put up a straight draw. The river brought the and he took all of Argyros' chips. At this point a huge crowd had gathered, most of which started laughing about the outcome of this hand.
Argyros was far from happy, and complained about his recent tournament bad luck. Edwards has nothing to complain about as he's now up to around 50,000 chips.
Didier Guerin raised under the gun after which Liam Moffett moved all in for 9,900. Billy Jordanou moved all in over the top and Guerin folded his cards.
Moffett showed and was trailing Jordanou's . The board brought five spades and Jordanou added some important chips to his stack.
Andrew Hinrichsen could not get anything going today as he was just eliminated. The players at his table said it was quite sick what happened, but it wasn't quite clear how it exactly went down. One thing is for sure though, the 2011 WSOPE bracelet winner is no longer in the tournament.
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Julius Colman has just emerged as one of the tournament chip leaders after winning a big three-way pot. Colman told us the following.
After a raise to 600 he decided to three-bet to 1,500 with pocket queens. A third player got involved who four-bet all in for 10,500 with . The initial raiser went all in for 12,000 with and Colman called.
The board ran out , and while everyone caught a piece it was Colman who took all of it.
Joe Hachem, the biggest star in the Australian poker scene, has just joined the action. Hachem won the World Series of Poker Main Event back in 2005 for $7,500,000, but that wasn't his only big result.
Hachem has never had a year with les that A$100,000 in winnings after that, and this year is his best since 2006 with already A$436,799 in winnings. He just took his seat at the former table of Jackie Glazier and Tom Grigg, both of which were already eliminated.
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros entered the event right before registration closed, but he was also almost the first one to be knocked out in the fifth level. He ended up losing half his stack to Didier Guerin who's been cruising all day so far.
There was a raise from under the gun to 650 and the next three players all called. Guerin was in position with Argyros to his direct right.
The flop brought out and the initial raiser checked. Tam Truong bet 1,200 and both Argyros and Guerin called. On the turn the hit and Truong checked to Argyros who bet 3,600. Guerin was his only caller creating heads up river action.
On the river the hit and Argyros bet 5,000. Guerin called and showed . Argyros announced he had a set and later claimed to have had pocket sixes. Argyros lost half his stack while Guerin is among the big stacks.
. The flop was completed with the 
and 
. Edwards was still looking for another five or running straight or flush cards. On the turn the 
hit and Edwards put up a straight draw. The river brought the 
and he took all of Argyros' chips. At this point a huge crowd had gathered, most of which started laughing about the outcome of this hand.
and was trailing Jordanou's 
. The board brought five spades and Jordanou added some important chips to his stack.
and Colman called.
hit and Argyros bet 5,000. Guerin called and showed 
. Argyros announced he had a set and later claimed to have had pocket sixes. Argyros lost half his stack while Guerin is among the big stacks.
