Brendon Rubie is sitting behind the biggest stack in the room. When asked how he got all his chips, he told us that he was three-bet pre, and then called three streets on a board reading . After calling the river, Rubie showed for trip queens. His opponent went to muck his cards, but was asked to show by Rubie. He tabled for a bluff, and exited the tournament floor straight after.
With the board reading , Octavian Voegele bet out 4,000 and was called by an opponent in the cut-off. The peeled on the turn and both players checked. The fell on the river, and Voegele threw out 10,000 in chips. His opponent thought for a moment, before finally mucking his cards.
“Do you want to see?” asked Voegele.
His opponent said yes, and he was shown , tapping the table at the good hand.
We arrived at the table to see Didier Guerin behind a very short stack. The hand started with a player opening to 1,600 from under the gun, and finding a caller in the cut-off. Guerin then moved all in for his last 3,200 in chips from the small blind. The original raiser then re-raised to 7,600 prompting a quick fold from the player in-between.
Guerin:
Opponent:
The board ran out , to see Guerin eliminated from the tournament.
The action started with Tom Wing opening to 1,200 from under the gun, before being met with a raise to 2,700 in chips. Wing didn’t hesitate, and threw out 22,200 in chips, enough to cover his opponent. The bet was snapped, and the players tabled their cards.
Wing:
Opponent:
The board ran out , to see Wing lose a few chips, as he drops down to 25,000.
Walking back to the media desk to update the blog, we noticed Jonathan Karamalakis sitting on a chair just outside the tournament floor. He was more than happy to let us know what had happened.
In the first hand he had flopped top two pair holding , with betting on every street. His opponent called all the way and got lucky when the board ran out running deuces to improve his pocket queens to a better hand.
His short stack then went all in pre flop, but his pocket jacks were no match for the might of pocket queens.
We arrived at the table to see a player moved all in for her remaining 12,000 in chips. The decision was on Ivan Zalac, and with the flop reading , he made the call.
Opponent:
Zalac:
Zalac was in front with a pair of queens, but his opponent had outs to a flush. The turn and river fell the and to miss completely, as Zalac now sits on a stack of 85,000 in chips.
. After calling the river, Rubie showed 
for trip queens. His opponent went to muck his cards, but was asked to show by Rubie. He tabled 
for a bluff, and exited the tournament floor straight after.
, Octavian Voegele bet out 4,000 and was called by an opponent in the cut-off. The 
peeled on the turn and both players checked. The 
fell on the river, and Voegele threw out 10,000 in chips. His opponent thought for a moment, before finally mucking his cards.
, tapping the table at the good hand.
, to see Guerin eliminated from the tournament.
, with betting on every street. His opponent called all the way and got lucky when the board ran out running deuces to improve his pocket queens to a better hand.
, he made the call.
and 
to miss completely, as Zalac now sits on a stack of 85,000 in chips.