Antonio Paino raised to 1,025 and three players called; one in the cutoff, one on the button and one in the big blind. The flop came down .
Action checked to the cutoff, Predrag Jovanovic, and he fired 2,500. The button and big blind both folded, but Paino made the call.
The turn brought the and Paino checked again. Jovanovic bet 5,000 and Paino folded, showing that he was laying down . Jovanovic showed before scooping in the pot.
Jovanovic is up to 27,000 and Paino dropped to 23,000.
Antonio Paino raised to 1,025 from middle position and only the big blind called.
The flop came down and both players involved checked their action. The turn brought the and again, both players checked.
The river completed the board with the . The big blind checked and Paino fired 2,500. His opponent folded, moving Paino up to 15,000. He did show the to the table.
Dustin Dorrance-Bowman, who used his status as a PokerStars SuperNova Elite to gain entry into this Grand Final raised it up to 1,000 on the button. Daniel Hameiri said "sorry, mate" and bumped the action up to 3,000. Dorrance-Bowman made the call.
The dealer slid the flop out of the shoe, revealing the and Hameiri led out for 3,000. Dorrance-Bowman didn't utter any apologies, raising it up to 7,525 straight, leaving himself with about 13,000 behind. This raise sent Hameiri deep into the tank and he asked "you playing ace-ten?" Finally, Hameiri folded, throwing his face-up into the muck.
After the hand, Dustin Dorrance-Bowman stacked up about 27,000 in chips
One of the top Australian online poker players, Steve "stevoL" Leanord is in the building today playing the event. He's been spotted a little late and is down to 12,000 chips.
There are players in the field from more than just the host country of Australia today. Here's a list of the countries represented today and how many players are from each one.
Australia - 65
USA - 5
Netherlands - 2
New Zealand -2
Canada - 1
China - 1
Austria - 1
Slovenia - 1
Sweden - 1
Taiwan - 1
United Kingdom - 1
The players have returned from the lengthened break and are back in action. While we were gone, Lynn Gilmartin caught up with The Poker Star's Donna Ciric:
Jason Gray raised to 1,025 before the big blind reraised to 3,500. Gray made the call. The flop came down and the big blind fired 7,000. Gray moved all in and the big blind called, tabling . Gray held .
The turn was the and the river the , allowing Gray to crack his opponent's aces with some baby suited cards and double up to 37,000.