When we wandered out to the Oasis Room, Australian Poker Hall of Fame member David Gorr was busy opening a pot to 550. He would get no action as the whole table sent their cards into the muck.
When the pot was sent Gorr's way, he turned over . Dennis Huntly was a couple of seats across when he noticed the aces and said, "you must get sick of having them David."
When we came to Andrew Lock's table he had opened the pot to 500. a couple of players made the call before one player popped it to 2,175. Another player cold called behind him and it was back on Lock who made it 4,500. The two players from earlier folded, the three-betting player let his hand go and the cold-caller made the call.
"How much do you have behind," asked Lock as the flop was dealt. His opponent had around 9,000 and would check to Lock. A few moments thinking and Lock would say all in. His opponent snap-called and turned over for a flopped set.
"It's just not my year," said Lock as he turned over his . The turn and river brick and Lock took a big hit to his stack.
The action was opened by a player in early position who made it 500 to go. A player in middle position then three-bet to 1,250 and it was on Tino Lechich in the small blind. Lechcich had 8,850 behind and he shoved all in. The early position player got out of the way and the middle position player opted to call.
Lechich:
Opponent:
When the flop fell, Lechich was still safe. The on the turn changed nothing, but when the hit the river, it was all over for Lechich as he makes his way out of the tournament area.
"It looked squeezy," Lechich's opponent said as Lechich gathered his things and left the table.
Walking past Maria Ho's table and we noticed she has considerably less chips than she did just a short while ago. It may have been in part because of the hand she involved in just moments ago. By the time we got there, a board was showing and Ho was in a hand against one opponent.
There was around 11,000 already in the pot at this point and Ho checked to her opponent who bet 8,500. This bet sent Ho deep into the tank as she studied her opponent and his stack. eventually Ho decided to let it go, sending the big pot to Ho.
"You've got the queen of clubs," said Leo Boxell when we came to his table with a board showing . At this point Boxell's opponent had already been in the tank for two minutes. The action on the river was 2,100 from Boxell's opponent and then Boxell popped it to 4,500.
"Is that what you've got?" said Boxell's sole opponent.
Boxell shook his head and then his opponent went into the tank for another two minutes.
Eventually the player folded his hand, showing the face up, having folded the second nut-flush.
"I knew you had the queen of clubs," said Boxell as he tabled his for a pair of aces.
When we passed Chris Edgar's table we noticed he only had under a 1,000 in chips left. He was all in shortly thereafter, holding against the of an opponent.
The board ran out , meaning Edgar would survive to see at least one more hand. And that's exactly how many hands he would have left, with the very next hand seeing Edgar eliminated holding against Adam Cusenza's .