The last four hands have come and gone without much excitement, with no flop being dealt. Chip leader Leo Boxell took a couple of these pots down, while Phillip Willcocks and Steve Bouya were on the winning end of their preflop raises.
William Jones opened to 50,000 from middle position and the action was sent around to Eddie Mascardi in the big blind, where Mescardi shoved his almost 600,000 chip stack all-in. Jones made the call instantly and players turned their hands over.
Jones:
Mescardi:
Mescardi was dominated and would receive no help as the board ran out , with Mescardi sent to the rail in 7th place and taking home A$45,800 for his effort.
Van Marcus raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and managed calls from Phillip Willcocks on the button and Steve Bouya in the big blind.
The flop brought about a check from all the players, as the landed on the turn. Bouya led for 65,000 and Marcus got out of the way before Willcocks raised it up to 150,000. Bouya made the call and the hit the river.
Bouya then check-called a 225,000 chip bet from Willcocks, who turned over for a busted straight-draw, not good enough for the rivered trips of Bouya, holding .
The last four hands have given the dealer a bit of a break from dealing out flops, with some aggressive play assuring no action goes further than preflop.
Eddie Mascardi has been the most active in this preflop aggression, first 3-betting all-in against an open from Leo Boxell and then jamming all-in when folded to in the cutoff seat to take the hands without seeing a flop.