Another announcement came over the loud speakers and we ran over to see what was up. Oscar Teran was all in on the flop of with the . His open-ended straight draw was up against the of Keith Hawkins.
The turn was the and knocked out some outs for Teran, as Hawkins held a flush draw now. The river completed the board with the , but failed to complete the hand Teran needed to double up and stay alive.
Cole Swannack was all in with against John Chong's . The board was perfectly clean for Chong, until the river, that is. A seven saved Swannack and boosted him to over 200,000. Chong is still quite healthy with around 500,000.
Michael Durrer was all in with against Kenny Nielsen's . The flop was exactly what Durrer didn't want: , and he didn't hold back on the language to express it. The and that came next didn't help him. The stacks were counted down, and it was determined that Nielsen had Durrer's 96k covered by a few thousand, sending Durrer to the rail in 30th place.
Action folded to the chip leader Kai Paulsen in the small blind. He was moved to a new table, but still has Albert Kim on his left. Kim raised to 16,500 from the big blind and Paulsen called. After a flop of , Paulsen check-folded to a bet of 20,500 from Kim. Although Paulsen's done well all day to build his stack, Kim has been able to build his stack nicely from Paulsen in pots like this.
Action folded to Jessica Ngu in the small blind and she shoved on Darren Judges in the big blind. Ngu is the only woman left standing and her shove sent Judges into the tank. He looked as if he had a very difficult decision on his hands. Eventually, he asked Ngu if she would reveal her hand if he folded and she agreed to. A little bit after that, Judges folded and Ngu tabled the . Judges claimed to have folded an ace.
We're not sure how they got there, but Mikael Rosen and Marcel Luske were heads up and staring at each other over a board reading . Rosen checked, and Luske bet 58,000. Rosen made the call, and Luske could only table for ace high. Rosen showed the monstrous for bottom pair with four to a straight and a flush draw on the board. Nice call. Rosen is up to 350,000, while Luske is in the red zone with 55,000.
Henrik Gwinner moved all in from middle position for 54,000. John Chong was in the small blind and made the call. Gwinner held the and Chong a dominated .
The flop came down and gave Gwinner a pair of jacks. Chong managed to pick up a straight draw so he wasn't dead yet.
The turn put the on board and nailed the straight for Chong. The river completed the board with the and Chong was able to come from behind yet again to send a player to the rail.
Darren Judges was under the gun with 79,500 in his stack. He moved all in. Brian Green called form the next seat over and then everyone else folded. Green held a dominating position with his over Judges' .
A king in the window gave Judges hope, but those hopes were dashed then the rest of the flop rolled out: . The turn put the out there and now Judges had a flush draw while both players held two pair. The river was a black five, the . Judges couldn't find the help he needed and was sent home at the hands of Green.
Marcel Luske moved all in - no, no wait, he saved himself one T1,000 chip. Mikhail Mazunin called and was kind enough to check it down with Mr. Luske. The board came out . Luske tabled ace-king, but Mazunin held for a six-high straight. The next hand, Luske was all in for 500 after paying the ante. Timothy Cherep, who still hasn't stopped running his mouth, moved all in over top, successfully isolating Luske. Marcel was eligible to win 5,500 from the pot, and he had the best hand with against Cherep's . But it just wasn't to be. The cards fell , and the four on the turn was enough to end the Flying Dutchman's tournament. Finally, with a 27th-place finish for HK$76,400, he has his first cash in Asia.