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Michael Wong is probably wondering what happened to him. In the span of two hands, he went from a small but playable stack to out of the tournament. First he doubled up local poker dealer Ray Hoang, all in preflop. Wong had the better hand with but couldn't outrun Hoang's on a board.
The very next hand, Wong was the one all in preflop with . He was called by Kent Hunter with , and Hunter's ace on the turn sealed the deal and eliminated Wong from the tournament.
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Harris Pavlou
Harris Pavlou raised it up to 1,300 from late position with the big blind the loner caller. They took a heads up flop of and both players checked.
The turn was the and the big blind led out for 2,000. Pavlou made the call. The river fell the and again the 3,000 chip bet from the big blind was received with a deliberate call.
Pavlou tabled for top pair which was good as his opponent revealed . Pavlou is now up to 52,000.
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An interesting pot just developed between two of our chip leaders in Phil Willcocks and Kevin Wagler.
We caught the action on a flop of where Willcocks had led out with a bet of 4,000. Wagler then strangely tossed out 7,000, which was ruled as being just a call.
The turn was the and Willcocks tanked before quipping "you meant to raise right?" and checking the action over to his opponent. Wagler fired out 8,000 and Willcocks sensed a big hand and decided to step aside.
Willcocks is down to about 80,000 with Wagler back up to 58,000.
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We've seen people with ace-X run into aces quite a bit today. Most recently it was Antonis Kambouris' turn. He held in a raised pot against Daniel Kowalski. When the flop came , the predictable fireworks ensued. By the time the smoke cleared on the turn and river, Kowalski collected the pot to increase his stack to 52,000. Kambouris is down to 20,000.
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Shane Dye might just have the right instincts for this crazy game of poker, as demonstrated in a recent pot.
We caught the action on the turn with the board reading . Dye led out for 3,000 and met resistance from one opponent who made the call in position.
The river was the and Dye checked to his opponent who quickly tossed out a single yellow 5,000 denomination chip sending Dye into the tank. He eventually committed to a call and his opponent revealed for just a busted straight draw. Despite the dangerous looking board, Dye tabled for just ace-high which was good to collect a healthy pot. He's now up to 55,000 chips.
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Lizzie Clarke is out.
Lizzie Clarke left the tournament area a short time ago. She wound up all in with Big Slick against another player's pocket jacks. Clarke hit an ace on the flop, but her opponent hit a jack for a set of jacks and Clarke never improved.
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David Saab had just built himself back up a playable stack when he once again ran into trouble. It started with a raise by Tom Zaja from middle position to 1,600. Kent Hunter called that raise from late position before Saab reraised all in for 22,450 from the small blind. Zaja made what would turn out to be an easy call all in for 17,000. Hunter open-mucked and said he would have called Saab if Zaja had folded.
Zaja:
Saab:
No matter which player called him, Saab would have found himself on the short end of the stick. The board ran out , and just like that Saab finds himself back with the super short-stacks, retaining just 5,450 chips.
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Joel Dodds is out.
Joel "Strong Play" Dodds was looking to make a big splash here in Sydney. Unfortunately for Dodds, he was unable to make even small waves by coming back for Day 2. He opened a pot for 1,300 and was called by one player before Leo Boxell made a massive all-in overbet from the big blind. Dodds was the only one to make the call (calling for about 9,000 total) and found himself in bad shape.
Dodds:
Boxell:
The board was all babies, . Boxell collected the pot to increase his stack to 49,000; Dodds is off to find something else to do with his time for the next five days.
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David Saab
A late position player make it 1,600 to go preflop, with David Saab and the big blind making the call.
They saw a flop of where the action checked to Saab on the button who fired out 2,700. The big blind folded before the original raisor put in a check-raise. Saab moved all in for only a few chips more and the late position player was committed to the call.
Saab tabled to be in great shape as his opponent was making a move with his .
The turn was the and river the as Saab finds a generous double up to now be back above where he started with over 23,000 chips.
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Sam Jessop has survived another all in clash to double through once again. All the chips were in on the river with Jessop making a flush on the board of .
Jessop tabled for the best hand to recover to 17,000 chips.
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but couldn't outrun Hoang's 
on a 
board.
, and Hunter's ace on the turn sealed the deal and eliminated Wong from the tournament.
and both players checked.
and again the 3,000 chip bet from the big blind was received with a deliberate call.
. Pavlou is now up to 52,000.
where Willcocks had led out with a bet of 4,000. Wagler then strangely tossed out 7,000, which was ruled as being just a call.
and Willcocks tanked before quipping "you meant to raise right?" and checking the action over to his opponent. Wagler fired out 8,000 and Willcocks sensed a big hand and decided to step aside.
in a raised pot against Daniel Kowalski. When the flop came 
, the predictable fireworks ensued. By the time the smoke cleared on the 
turn and 
river, Kowalski collected the pot to increase his stack to 52,000. Kambouris is down to 20,000.
, and just like that Saab finds himself back with the super short-stacks, retaining just 5,450 chips.
where the action checked to Saab on the button who fired out 2,700. The big blind folded before the original raisor put in a check-raise. Saab moved all in for only a few chips more and the late position player was committed to the call.
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