Both Iori Yogo and Luke Brabin saw a flop of after Yogo opened pre-flop an was called. As soon as the flop fell, Brabin moved all-in for his last 125,000 and was called minutes later as both players tabled their cards.
Brabin:
Yogo:
“Hold,” cried Brabin, not wanting any surprise turns. The fell next, but Brabin wasn’t home yet.
“No four,” was the request from Brabin, as the dealer obliged, produceing the to keep him alive in the tournament.
Dave Allen started things off with a bet of 60,000 from middle position, as Kwang Nguyen came along for the ride from the hijack. Ian Thomson wanted to end it there and then, and moved all in for 710,000. With the decision back on Allen, he thought for over a minute, before making the call, as Nguyen got out of the way.
Allen:
Thomson:
Board:
Allen was in great shape to eliminate Thomson when the board blanked, but the ace on the turn put him behind, and he was unable to get the river card he wanted.
The action started with Fabian Craib opening to 65,000 from the cut-off. Pravin Harji was on the button, and raised to 200,000, before being met with an immediate all in for infinite chips from Craib. Harji tanked for over a minute, before reluctantly making the call.
Craib:
Harji:
The board ran out to see Harji hit the rail, as Craib rockets to the chip lead.
Returning from the break, the shortest stack in the tournament, Tom Karadimos, thought he had a double-up when he moved all-in pre-flop with and was called by Anthony Hachem holding . Unfortunately for Karadimos, the board would come out to see Hachem pair is ace, sending him to the rail in 17th place.
Tom Karadimos has taken a big hit to slip to the short stack of the tournament. We picked up the action on the board of where Karadimos check-called a bet of 140,000 from Shane Moran before the river landed the .
Karadimos checked again before Moran slid out a tiny bet of 60,000. Karadimos only had 200,000 behind and he was pained by the decision but made a crying call with . Moran opened for top pair to collect the nice pot to move over 1.1 million.
As the players broke to the final two tables, Shiun Wei Hii found himself in trouble on the first hand at his new home. We picked it up on the turn on a board of with a big pot already in the middle as Hii checked to Fabian Craib who bet 140,000. Hii clicked it back to 280,000 before Craib announced himself all in.
“Welcome to the table,” chirped Dean Francis as Hii was put under maximum pressure. There was mass confusion with the dealer who struggled to pull in the bet amounts, but eventually it was deemed that Craib covered, so Hii would have to call off his last 317,000 chips to stay in the hand.
After a few minutes of thought and some quick math Hii sighed, “This might be really bad but I call.”
Hii opened for the bare flush draw as Craib was well in front with for a set. The river bricked the to see Hii to the rail as Craib is now up to a massive 1.6 million in chips.
after Yogo opened pre-flop an was called. As soon as the flop fell, Brabin moved all-in for his last 125,000 and was called minutes later as both players tabled their cards.
fell next, but Brabin wasn’t home yet.
to keep him alive in the tournament.
to see Harji hit the rail, as Craib rockets to the chip lead.
. Unfortunately for Karadimos, the board would come out 
