Eddy Sabat limped in from the button and both Peco Stojanovski and Tom Rafferty completed and checked their options from the blinds.
On a flop, Sabat fired out 26,000 and was called by just Rafferty as both players tapped the table when the landed on the turn.
As the dealer dropped the on the river, Rafferty checked and Sabat pushed out a bet of 70,000 to prompt a fold from Rafferty as Sabat climbs to 950,000 in chips.
From middle position, Ben McLean raised to 46,000. Peco Stojanovski called on the button and then Tom Rafferty was up to act in the small blind. He three-bet to 107,000 and play folded back to Stojanovski. He made the call after a minute and the flop came down .
With a lot of love on the flop, Rafferty fired 150,000. Stojanovski mucked his hand and slipped to 925,000 in chips. Rafferty moved to one million.
Antoine Amourette entered the pot from the button with a 45,000-chip raise and was called by both Jonathan Karamalikis and Benjamin McLean from the blinds.
On the flop, McLean led out from the big blind with a 56,000-chip bet with Amourette and Karamalikis making the call as the landed on the turn.
Karamalikis checked as McLean fired out 78,000. Amourette kicked his cards to the muck before Karamalikis made the call to see the land on the river and both players check it through.
McLean tabled his for a turned top pair, and after re-checking his hole cards, Karamalikis pushed them towards the muck while slipping to 800,000 as McLean climbs to 1,150,000 in chips.
Action folded to Antoine Amourette in the small blind and he raised to 55,000, attacking Jonathan Karamalikis' big blind. Karamalikis defended with a call before the flop came down .
Amourette slid out a bet of 66,000. Karamalikis raised him to 145,000. After a minute, Amourette asked how much Karamalikis had behind. That number was 595,000 and another few moments went by before Amourette moved all in. Karamalikis quickly called.
Karamalikis:
Amourette:
The turn brought the and kept Karamalikis' two pair in front. The river hit with the and paired the board, but it was one of the board pairs that gave Karamalikis a full house and kept his hand best. He won the pot and doubled to 1.6 million in chips. Amourette dropped back to 1.475 million.
"Like a boss, Jonno!" screamed his mate Ali Khalil from the rail. "Like a boss!"
From the cutoff, Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 55,000. Roland de Wolfe called in the small blind and Eddy Sabat called in the big blind taking the three of them to the flop.
The flop came down and action checked through to see the roll off on the turn. De Wolfe was up first and fired 100,000. After Sabat folded, Karamalikis made the call.
The river card was the and paired the board. De Wolfe fired 125,000 and Karamalikis called quickly. "You got it," announced de Wolfe before showing the . Karamalikis showed the , the same hand he recently doubled up with.
"You're never folding jack-seven now," said Sabat with a smile.
Karamalikis moved to 1.95 million while de Wolfe dropped to 690,000.