Josh Redhouse raised to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Nathan Sawyers who called in the big blind. They saw a flop of and Sawyers check-called for 55,000.
The turn brought the and Sawyers checked again. Redhouse bet 130,000 and Sawyers gave it some thought before matching the bet.
The river landed the and this time Sawyers decided to lead out with a bet of 225,000. Redhouse instantly verbalized a call as Sawyers showed for ace-high. Redhouse tabled for trip queens to collect a very nice pot.
Redhouse climbs to 1.5 million, leaving Sawyers in trouble with 380,000 chips.
Action folded around the table to Josh Redhouse in the small blind and he moved all in the short-stacked Milan Gurung in the big blind. Gurung called off his last 91,000 and the cards were opened.
Redhouse:
Gurung:
Gurung was in front and it stayed that way through a board of .
Gurung survives and doubles, with Redhouse still in good shape with 1.4 million.
It started with Josh Redhouse opening to 50,000 from the hijack. Milan Gurung moved all in for 258,000 from the cutoff and then Steven Zhou tanked in the small blind. He had look at Redhouse's stack, at his own and back at Gurung's all in multiple times before letting it go. Redhouse called and Gurung was at risk.
Gurung:
Redhouse:
The flop would see Redhouse give a loud fist pump and when the dealer flipped over a on the turn and a on the river, Redhouse's rail were even louder, shouting in joy and giving Redhouse a couple of high fives.
"You know that was a 20 big blind pot?" joked Rory Young to the rail. "What are you going to do if he gets heads up?"
Redhouse is moving up the chip count leader board with around 1.7 million.
Nathan Sawyers is the latest victim of the final table as Peco Stojanovski continues to find some big cards.
Sawyers’ final hand started with a button-raise to 48,000 from Oliver Gill. Stojanovski three-bet to 125,000 from the small blind before Sawyers moved all in for his last 239,000 from the big blind.
“I think I have the best hand here, but I’ll just give it up,” sighed Gill before folding what he claimed was pocket eights.
Stojanovski instantly called and showed against Sawyers’ , with Gill pretty happy to have avoided trouble.
It only got better for Stojanovski as the board was spread as his full house left Sawyers to depart in 7th place for $29,750 in prize money. Meanwhile Stojanovski is now up to a commanding 2.7 million for a clear chip lead.
“I literally win with every other river card in the deck,” sighed Oliver Gill as he recently lost a big pot to Peco Stojanovski on a board.
Gill had called bets of 75,000 on the flop, 125,000 on the turn and 200,000 on the river.
At showdown, Stojanovski tabled and Gill flashed an and told the table he had jack-eight.
“Well since I didn’t hero call when I should have against Steven, I’m now going to lose the tournament,” Gill said as after this hand and a hand he recently played with Steven Zhou, he is down under 400,000.
At one point Oliver Gill was nearing 2 million in chips, but things didn't go his way and now he has been eliminated in 6th place.
Gill jammed the small blind for around 230,000 holding .
Peco Stojanovski called with in the big blind and with that, Gill would need some help.
The board ran out and it was all over for Gill.
"Card racked," Jazz Mathers quipped to Stojanovski, who is now up to around 3.7 million - nearing half the chips in play and around double that of his nearest competitor.
Josh Redhouse raised the cutoff to 65,000 before Steven Zhou three-bet to 155,000 in the small blind. Action was then with Rory Young and he cold four-bet to 300,000 from the big blind. Redhouse got out of the way but Zhou stuck around to see a flop of .
Both players checked and the turn brought the . Zhou checked and Young bet 205,000. Zhou instantly called and the river was the . Zhou checked and the two exchanged plenty of inaudible banter before Young bet 375,000, leaving himself less than that behind. Zhou quickly gave it up.
Zhou is back to one million with Young on the improve to 1.62 million.
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and Sawyers check-called for 55,000.
and Sawyers checked again. Redhouse bet 130,000 and Sawyers gave it some thought before matching the bet.
and this time Sawyers decided to lead out with a bet of 225,000. Redhouse instantly verbalized a call as Sawyers showed 
for ace-high. Redhouse tabled 
for trip queens to collect a very nice pot.
.
flop would see Redhouse give a loud fist pump and when the dealer flipped over a 
on the turn and a 
on the river, Redhouse's rail were even louder, shouting in joy and giving Redhouse a couple of high fives.
, with Gill pretty happy to have avoided trouble.
board with Josh Redhouse having lead out for 85,000 and Rory Young being in the tank.
for a whole lot of nothing.
board.
and told the table he had jack-eight.
.
. Zhou checked and the two exchanged plenty of inaudible banter before Young bet 375,000, leaving himself less than that behind. Zhou quickly gave it up.