However, there won't be too many complaints from the Queenslander as he has had a very successful year on both the live and virtual felt.
Kroesen has made eight live final tables this year with his biggest result coming in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland AU$2,500 Main Event where he took second place for a AU$116,235 ($105,841) payday.
2011 is now only a few online grinding days for rickwaa!
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Con Angelakis smooth-called from the cutoff as the dealer dropped a flop.
Dodds fired out a continuation bet of 2,200 only to have Angelakis bump it to 5,200.
Dodds peered over at what remained of Angelakis' stack - roughly 16,500 - and proceeded to three-bet to 27,200 to put Angelakis all in.
"Kings?" asked Angelakis after a few moments of deliberation.
"S**t! I need a second!" added Angelakis after a further few minutes.
"Can I phone a friend? David!" asked Angelakis.
"I know what you should do, but I can't tell you!" responded David Saab from across the other side of the table.
Now standing, Angelakis looked at Dodds and tried to get something from the stone-cold poker player, "Really? Kings or aces? I just don't know what to do!"
A further two minutes went by before Angelakis eventually kicked his cards to the muck to slip to 16,500 as Dodds climbs to 59,000 in chips.
Bradley "BaZa88" Bower raied all in from the cutoff seat for 8,625. The big blind called and off to the races they went with Bower holding the against the two black sevens for his opponent.
The board ran out and although Bower made trip kings, his opponent held the winning full house. Bower was eliminated.
From the cutoff seat, Tom Grigg raised to 1,500. The player in the small blind called the the flop came down . Grigg's opponent fired all in for 4,375 and Grigg made the call.
Grigg:
Opponent:
The turn brought the and the river the . Grigg's nines held and he sent the player to the rail to move to 45,000 in chips.
flop.
against the two black sevens for his opponent.
and although Bower made trip kings, his opponent held the winning full house. Bower was eliminated.
, Vakili found himself in a cooler spot against an opponent's 
on a final board of 
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. Grigg's nines held and he sent the player to the rail to move to 45,000 in chips.
to see Rafferty make a straight to end Lechich's tournament just prior to break.
