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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After being crippled down to 100,000 not to long ago, Dave Allen has doubled twice through Fabian Craig to move back up to 500,000 in chips.
The first hand saw Allen hold with against as the board ran out jack-high, with the hand straight after seeing his out-kicking the on a board reading .