From under the gun, Darren Judges raised to 2,800. Action folded a few seats over to the player in the cutoff seat and he reraised to 6,600. Judges made the call.
The flop came down and Judges checked. His opponent checked behind. The turn brought the , pairing the board. Judges fired 10,700, but the dealer announced a bet of 9,700. No one corrected this and then the other player raised to 20,000. Binh Nguyen commented about the bet not being enough, but the dealer was adamant that the original bet was for 9,700, even though the chips were still laying on the table in front of Judges. Nothing changed and the dealer pulled in the two bets from each player, leaving only the raise out in front of Judges' opponent. The raise should have been double the 10,700, but because of the dealer mistake was worth 10,300. Either way, Judges wasn't making the call and tossed his hand into the muck. He's still leading the field and is on 192,000 chips.
David Steicke opened from middle position, and Tim Cherep called on the button. Then from the small blind, Andrew Scott (who was just moved to that table the orbit before), added another 6,400 to the bet, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind. Steicke folded, and Cherep agonized. He started the mucking motion five or six times, holding on to his cards each time. It was clear Scott wanted a call. Every time Cherep apologized for taking so long, Scott told him to relax, take his time. Finally Scott said he'd show, Cherep folded, and Scott took down a nice preflop pot with aces.
The tournament staff has just announced that we'll play a maximum of seven levels again today. We're setting a pretty blistering pace already though, and we understand that play will be suspended should we manage to reach the money at 40 players left.
Action folded to the button and the player occupying that seat raised to 2,700. Emanuel "Curly" Seal flatted from the small blind and then Albert Kim was next up in the big blind. Kim opted to squeeze in a three-bet to 10,000. The button wasted little time in folding, but Seal found it a lot harder to let his hand go. "I bet he;'s folding," announced Kim at one point.
Eventually, Seal let his hand slide into the muck and Kim scooped the pot to move his chip stack up over 50,000.
Jonas Kronwitter just busted an opponent when he called his shove holding the . The other player held the and was dominated on the short stack. All Kronwitter needed was an ace in the window to do the trick and he earned the elimination, moving his stack up to about 50,000 chips.
There's nothing like a multi-way pot with a little bit of controversy thrown in. That's what this hand provided for everyone watching and now for you, the reader.
David Steicke limped under the gun and then Michael Mariakis limped from the next seat. Action folded a couple spots over to a player in middle position and he limped as well. Oscar Teran called on the button and then Neil Arce completed from the small blind. Colin Lovelock checked his option in the big blind.
The 97 players that saw the flop witnessed the , and come out. Action checked by the first four players to the player in middle position. He fired 3,600. Teran and Arce both folded before Lovelock made the call. Lovelock tossed in five blue T1,000 chips and there was some discussion before any further action whether or not this was a call or a raise. It was ruled that Lovelock only called and he himself claimed the dealer said the bet was for 4,600, not 3,600. Steicke was next and folded and then Mariakis made the call, leaving only three players to the turn.
The turn brought the and Lovelock checked. Mariakis checked and then the only player who seemed like he wanted to try and win the pot fired 10,000. Lovelock called and Mariakis called as well.
The river was the and Lovelock was up first. He sat and thought about his decision with his left hand gripping his holecards. At one point, he picked up his cards and tapped them on the table three or four times. Then, he announced that he was all in. Mariakis was about to act as the next up when the dealer announced that Lovelock was all in and tossed the all-in button his way. Mariakis made the claim that Lovelock checked and he was backed up by a few other players at the table who saw the same thing. The dealer had turned away for a split second at the moment Lovelock tapped the table with his cards and didn't see the action, all he heard was the all in. The floor was called over and after the story was explained, it was ruled that Lovelock's all-in bet wouldn't stand and that he checked first. Mariakis then checked behind and the other player checked as well to complete the action.
Lovelock showed the for a set of sixes and Mariakis tabled the for a pair of aces. The other player didn't show, but claimed that he would have called the shove from Lovelock. It was still a very sizable pot for Lovelock to rake in, but he might have been able to get value for his last 15,000 or so had he not mistakenly tapped the table before announcing that he was all in.
Tim Cherep raised preflop and then called when David Steicke three-bet from the big blind. The flop came , and Steicke bet out 7,700. Cherep just called. Steicke fired again at the on the turn, and Cherep called the 12,500 bet. The river was the , and Steicke was all out of ammo. He checked, and when Cherep bet 16,000, Steicke quickly folded. He's down to 95,000 now, while Cherep is up to 85,000.
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I know, we can't believe it either, Tony!
Tony Hachem got his last chips in with ace-jack against pocket tens and couldn't connect with the board. The ANZPT Player of the Year will now have to find something else to do with his time here in Macau.
and Judges checked. His opponent checked behind. The turn brought the 
, pairing the board. Judges fired 10,700, but the dealer announced a bet of 9,700. No one corrected this and then the other player raised to 20,000. Binh Nguyen commented about the bet not being enough, but the dealer was adamant that the original bet was for 9,700, even though the chips were still laying on the table in front of Judges. Nothing changed and the dealer pulled in the two bets from each player, leaving only the raise out in front of Judges' opponent. The raise should have been double the 10,700, but because of the dealer mistake was worth 10,300. Either way, Judges wasn't making the call and tossed his hand into the muck. He's still leading the field and is on 192,000 chips.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. The other player held the 
and was dominated on the short stack. All Kronwitter needed was an ace in the window to do the trick and he earned the elimination, moving his stack up to about 50,000 chips.
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come out. Action checked by the first four players to the player in middle position. He fired 3,600. Teran and Arce both folded before Lovelock made the call. Lovelock tossed in five blue T1,000 chips and there was some discussion before any further action whether or not this was a call or a raise. It was ruled that Lovelock only called and he himself claimed the dealer said the bet was for 4,600, not 3,600. Steicke was next and folded and then Mariakis made the call, leaving only three players to the turn.
and Lovelock checked. Mariakis checked and then the only player who seemed like he wanted to try and win the pot fired 10,000. Lovelock called and Mariakis called as well.
for a set of sixes and Mariakis tabled the 
, and Steicke bet out 7,700. Cherep just called. Steicke fired again at the 
on the turn, and Cherep called the 12,500 bet. The river was the 
, and Steicke was all out of ammo. He checked, and when Cherep bet 16,000, Steicke quickly folded. He's down to 95,000 now, while Cherep is up to 85,000.