With 5,000 chips in the pot preflop, Kristine Milinkovic and Martin Rowe took a flop of . Rowe led out for 4,000. Milinkovic reraised all in for her last 10,400 and of course Rowe, getting better than three-to-one on his money, made the call. His was drawing slim against Milinkovic's and never improved on the turn and river .
Milinkovic doubled to 26,000. Rowe still has plenty of chips despite this hit, sitting behind 60,000.
Chad Brown was another high profile player who was recently eliminated. Brown held two pair with on a board, but his check-raise on the turn was met with a call as his opponent, Phil Willcocks, held .
The day started well for Brown but things turned sour as it progressed, and when the river bricked he was sent crashing to the rail.
Daniel Kochan was racing for the last of his chips holding against the of his opponent. Kochan looked good for a double up but when the board fell his opponent spiked a king on the river to bring his day to a conclusion.
We were never much for rhyming Cockney slang, but we couldn't resist the obvious in a battle of two players with similar sounding names. David Lee emerged with victory over Lei He when they got all in preflop. Lee showed ; He was behind with and never improved.
Tony Dunst's name does not rhyme with David Lee or Lei He, but that didn't stop Melissa Castello from catching up with him at the dinner break. Take a gander at her interview with Tony:
David Saab opened with a raise to 1,500 from late position before his opponent Brett Burgess popped it up to 4,500 from the small blind. Saab moved all in for 9,800 and Burgess made the call.
Saab:
Burgess:
Saab was in a dominant position however the board was unkind to him as it landed giving Burgess a pair of queens and the pot. Saab is sent packing as Burgess now stacks up 41,000 chips.
Daniel Kochan tried to apply pressure against his opponents, but only wound up running into the nuts. With the board showing , Kochan bet 2,800. One of his two opponents raised to 7,000. Action passed back to Kochan, who quickly moved all in with . His opponent snap-called with the nuts, for a nine-high straight. Kochan was drawing live to the same straight for a chop and a flush for the scoop, but missed everything when the fell on the river. He's down to 11,100.
David Lee was in bad shape, tabling to his opponent's . Lee was the all in player, at risk of elimination. Lee's had a few good sweats today and found himself with another on the flop. Lee had hit a set of jacks but his opponent held a flush draw. The turn and river were running aces to make a full house for Lee. He doubled up to 14,000.