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Charles Chua
For the fourth time since we came back from dinner, we had a short stack all in for this tournament life. Charles "the Chuck Truck" Chua opened the betting with a raise to 17,000. Action folded to David Steicke in the big blind, who asked for a count on Chua before reraising to 53,000. Steicke's chips had barely hit the felt when Chua announced he was all in. Steicke made the call.
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Steicke:
Steicke had the better hand, but he needed to duck Chua's overcards. Neither player improved on the flop or on the turn. Down to his last possible card, the Chuck Truck found the on the river to keep on truckin'.
For the first time in two days, David Steicke has lost the chip lead. Charles Chua now has about 340,000.
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Andrew Scott
Quinn Do raised to 17,000 from the cutoff before Charles Chua reraised to 57,000 from the small blind. Andrew Scott then moved all in from the big blind! Do folded and Chua called as we found ourselves with another massive all in confrontation!
Scott:
Chua:
Chua held the same hand but this time the board wasn't so favorable as it fell to give Scott the double up to over 200,000 chips.
For the fifth time in a row, the short stack has doubled up as all the chips are now fairly evenly distributed around the table.
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Now that all of the chips are evenly distributed around the table and we are essentially playing a five-handed sit-n-go where everyone gets paid, we expect the action to slow down significantly and to resemble the action from a recent hand between David Steicke and Charles Chua. Steicke opened from the small blind with a raise to 17,000 that Chua called out of the big blind. Steicke bet out 11,000 on the flop, folding Chua.
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David Steicke limped in from the button, letting Charles Chua get in for cheap from the small blind and Andrew Scott to get in for free from the big blind. They took a flop of . Chua checked to Scott, who made the first bet, folding Steicke. Chua check-raised to 35,000, with Scott making the call. On the turn, Chua took down the pot with a bet of 30,000.
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David Steicke - 5th Place
David Steicke has gone from first to out in dizzying fashion. Nam Le raised to 17,000. Steicke reraised to 51,000 from the button, folding both blinds. Le tanked for two minutes before reraising Steicke to 141,000. Steicke quickly pushed all in and Le snap-called.
Steicke:
Le:
This appeared to be a strategic miscalculation by Steicke, who found himself as the all-in player and thoroughly dominated by Le's pocket kings. The flop brought a fair bit of drama and a gasp of anticipation from the crowd when it came . Any seven, any queen, or any ten would give Steicke the pot. The turn was a blank, the , no help to Steicke. The river eliminated him from the tournament.
"What did you eat for dinner?" Charles Chua asked Nam Le, who was the shortest stack at the dinner break and is now in first chip position. "It must have been very good. I had Japanese."
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In a battle of the blinds, Andrew Scott raised it up to 18,000 from the small blind with Nam Le happy to splash around with his newly found big stack as he made the call.
The flop came down . Scott led out for 25,000 and Le made another call.
The turn was the and Scott fired again for the same bet amount, 25,000. Le thought long and hard for several minutes before giving it up, as Scott takes down the pot.
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Things started out friendly enough. Quinn Do limped into the pot from the small blind and Charles Chua checked his option in the big blind. The flop was completely uncoordinated, coming . Do checked to Chua, who made it 10,000 to go. Do called.
The turn is where things got interesting. Do led into Chua for 22,000, bringing a raise from Chua to 66,000. Into the tank Do went. After about a minute, he asked Chua, "Flush draw?" There was no response. After another thirty seconds, Do folded.
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Erin McNaught and Liz Lieu
Once again we find ourselves having an extended break due to TV production commitments. This time Erin McNaught is catching up with Liz Lieu who has been on the rail for most of the evening supporting Quinn Do and Nam Le.
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flop or on the 
turn. Down to his last possible card, the Chuck Truck found the 
on the river to keep on truckin'.
to give Scott the double up to over 200,000 chips.
turn, Chua took down the pot with a bet of 30,000.
. Scott revealed 
which was good as Steicke flashed the 
before mucking his other card.
. Any seven, any queen, or any ten would give Steicke the pot. The turn was a blank, the 
, no help to Steicke. The river 
eliminated him from the tournament.
. Scott led out for 25,000 and Le made another call.
and Scott fired again for the same bet amount, 25,000. Le thought long and hard for several minutes before giving it up, as Scott takes down the pot.
