Back Again to Play to Nine
The 13 players have returned from their break and the cards are back in the air.
The day will be over when the final table of nine is reached.
The 13 players have returned from their break and the cards are back in the air.
The day will be over when the final table of nine is reached.
The action is still very slow! It seems a lot of players are being quite conservative.
Case in point:
Li-ta Hsu shoved for 502,000 (around 16 big blinds) from early position.
The action folded to Murray Roach in the big blind and he went deep into the tank.
He had around 1 million behind... and opted to fold face up.
Chung Liew was down to his last 105,000 when he moved all in from under the gun. Action folded around to Frenchman Thibault Klinghammer who made the call in the big blind.
Liew:
Klinghammer:
The board bricked out to see Liew double through to around 250,000. Klinghammer is still in good shape after slipping through a couple of recent three-bets against Denis Sekuloski to hold around 700,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thibault Klinghammer |
700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Chung Liew |
250,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
David O'Brien was starting to build a bit of a stack, but then he sent a double up to Dimitrios Psaros.
The hand started with Psaros opening the button to 60,000. O'Brien called from the big blind and the dealer turned over - a flop that would see Psaros get his stack of 241,000 in the middle.
It was Psaros in good shape with against O'Brien with .
The turn and the river were safe and so Psaros doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Psaros |
600,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
David O'Brien |
460,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Thibault Klinghammer opened the button with a min-raise to 60,000 and action passed to Chung Liew who announced himself all in for another 185,000.
The total stack of Liew was barely eight big blinds, but that was enough for Klinghammer to tank for several minutes before eventually making the call.
Klinghammer:
Liew:
The board would run out to bring an anti-climactic split pot much to the dismay of Liew.
Zhi Ma has found himself a much needed double up. Ma moved his last 262,000 all in from the cutoff with with Tom Rafferty making the call in the big blind with .
The pair stayed ahead on the flop, but Rafferty groaned when the appeared on the turn. The river bricked the to see Ma double up to 550,000 with Rafferty dropping to 460,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zhi Ma |
550,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Tom Rafferty |
460,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
The slide continues for Frenchman Thibault Klinghammer.
Picking up the action on the turn on a board of , it was Denis Sekuloski who led out with a bet of 125,000 from the big blind and Klinghammer made the call to see the complete the board.
Sekuloski took his time and made it 175,000 to see and Klinghammer decided to make the call.
Sekuloski cheekily flashed the before eventually revealing the to go with it for two pair. That was good as Klinghammer mucked. Klinghammer slips to 500,000 with Sekuloski extending his chip lead to a commanding 1.8 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Denis Sekuloski |
1,850,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Thibault Klinghammer |
500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
The end has come for Sydney veteran Tony 'Toothpick Tony' Kambouroglou.
He waited patiently for a hand to make a move with but eventually had to settle with for his last 190,000. Action passed to Murray Roach on the button who made the call and tabled an overpair with .
Toothpick was in trouble but the flop of brought some hope with a pair and flush draw. The turn changed nothing and when the completed the board, Toothpick grumbled off to the rail in unlucky 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tony Kambouroglou | Busted |
Murray Roach has won a few pots, including a big one off Shaneel Chand, to shoot up the leader board.
The two players went to the river of a board and Roach bet 225,000 when Chand checked. Chand immediately called and Roach tabled for a flopped set. Chand, meanwhile, slammed his on the table and sent the pot to Roach.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Murray Roach |
1,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Shaneel Chand | 650,000 |
Dimitrios Psaros was under the gun when he shoved all in for 80,000. The action folded to Denis Sekuloski in the small blind and he raised to 350,000. Back on Psaros and he moved all in for 650,000. Sekuloski called and Psaros was at risk.
Psaros, with , would have loved the look of Sekuloski's .
The board was good for Psaros and so it was time for a double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Psaros |
1,350,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Denis Sekuloski |
1,300,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |