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David Gorr - Equal 39th Place
David Gorr has been eliminated, despite getting his chips in with the best hand. He opened for 27,000, then called all in with after Ray Sukkar reraised all in from the big blind. Sukkar tabled and hit a queen on the flop to take the lead in the hand. He stayed in the lead on the turn and the river.
Because Gorr busted at the same time as Graeme Putt and George Lind, on the edge of a money level jump, he shares the 41st, 40th and 39th place prize money with them equally.
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Once again George Lind as doubled through Lisa Delellis! They were all in on a flop with Lind spiking a pair of kings holding against the of Delellis.
The turn was the and river the to double Lind to 76,000. Delellis is back to 200,000.
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Last night, Jamie Pickering was savage on the money bubble, opening dozens of pots with preflop raises and playing very aggressively after the flop. That hasn't worked as well for Pickering today. He raised to 24,000 from middle position and was called, in position, by George Kassis. The flop came and brought the minimum bet, 8,000, from Pickering. Kassis called.
On the turn , Pickering made it 80,000 to go. Kassis moved in over the top of that raise for an additional 110,000 that Pickering had no intention to call. He folded his hand. As Kassis dragged the pot to climb to 380,000 in chips, he flashed for a flopped set.
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Lisa Delellis, earlier in the tournament
Lisa Delellis and George Lind have been doing battle. Lisa opened for 21,000 from the button, only to see Lind move all in from the big blind for 135,000. Delellis called all in for 120,000, putting her tournament life on the line with . Lind showed and couldn't get there on a board of .
The next hand, Delellis was in position to knock out Lind. She opened for 21,000 from the cutoff and Lind called all in for 13,000 from the small blind. Lind was in rough shape against the pocket tens of Delellis. He could only muster up . The flop of left Lind drawing at running cards. He hit one on the turn, the , and the second on the river, . He has been granted a temporary stay of execution at Delellis' expense.
Delellis is up to roughly 220,000. Lind is hanging on with about 35,000.
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Hai Bo Chu raised to 16,000 from the cutoff before Travers Nicholas moved all in for 98,000 from the big blind.
"I think I'm ahead," said Chu. "Maybe I should have just moved in!"
After a minute or two of thought, Chu flashed the and folded. It was the right fold as Nicholas showed ! Chu slips to 69,000 with Nicholas up to 123,500.
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Minh Nguyen - 42nd Place
Minh Nguyen had moved all in the previous two hands and received no customers, but the third time David Gorr deliberated before making the call.
Nguyen:
Gorr:
The board fell and Nguyen is eliminated in 42nd place for AU$8,400. Gorr is now up to 160,000.
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This tournament has seen more set-over-set and kings-into-aces situations then we can remember from any tournament in the last six months. John Mendel may wish that wasn't the case; he became the latest person to run kings into aces when Phil Willcocks snap-called Mendel's all-in bet of 56,000 and tabled the bullets, . Mendel never found a king by the time the board ran out . He has been eliminated in 43rd place, earning AU$8,400 for his tournament effort.
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Valerie Gigliotti, during Day 1 action
The short stack, and one of two remaining women in the field, Valerie Gigliotti, has found a much needed double-up at the expense of David Gorr.
Gigliotti held just against Gorr's but spiked a pair on the board.
A few hands later, Gorr opened for 25,000. Gigliotti moved all in from the button with . Gorr was priced into a call with . He couldn't overcome Gigliotti's 3-to-1 edge after the board ran out . Gigliotti's king kicker carried the day. She's up to 62,000.
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and Putt check-raised all in over Gray's continuation bet, with Gray making the call.
for middle pair but Gray held 
for a pair of aces. The turn was the 
and river the 
to end the tournament of Graeme Putt.
and hit a queen on the 
flop to take the lead in the hand. He stayed in the lead on the 
river.
flop with Lind spiking a pair of kings holding 
against the 
of Delellis.
to double Lind to 76,000. Delellis is back to 200,000.
and brought the minimum bet, 8,000, from Pickering. Kassis called.
, Pickering made it 80,000 to go. Kassis moved in over the top of that raise for an additional 110,000 that Pickering had no intention to call. He folded his hand. As Kassis dragged the pot to climb to 380,000 in chips, he flashed 
and Michael Fraser made the call in the big blind with 
.
. Lind showed 
and couldn't get there on a board of 
, and the second on the river, 
