A preflop raising war saw Aidan Tam get his stack of 730,000 all in preflop holding the . Much to his dismay, he discovered he was crushed by the of Brandon Meyers. The start-of-the-day chip leader was primed to vault over 2 million, but sometimes fate can be cruel. This was one of those times.
The flop gave Tam the lead with a set, and Meyers could do nothing but shake his head. Neither the turn nor river helped him regain the lead, and he watched more than half his stack sent over to his Australian foe.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 43,000 from the hijack, and after three folds, Winfred Yu shoved all in from the big blind for 284,000. The Russian thought long and hard before he eventually made the call.
Troyanovskiy:
Yu:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Troyanovskiy was a slight favorite and would win 52.00% of the time. That gave Yu, who had two overs, a 47.40% of surviving the hand. The flop bumped Troyanovskiy up to 62.22%, but Yu would win 36.86% of the time with his overs and counterfeit options. The turn gave Yu more counterfeit outs, but even so his chances of survival dropped to 22.73%.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Yu lost the flip, rapped the table, and then took his leave from the tournament in 12th place.
Paul Newey just doubled through Jeff Rossiter. The man from the UK got his short stack all in preflop holding and was up against the of the Australian. It was a flip, but not after the flop delivered Newey a third nine. Safe cards on the turn and river ensured him the double.
With around 160,000 in the pot and a board reading , Jonathan Karamalikis checked from the small blind and Aidan Tam bet 90,000 from the hijack. Karamalikis woke up with a check-raise to 186,000, Tam tank-called, and the completed the board on the river.
Karamalikis led out for 250,000 and Tam snap-called. Karamalikis gingerly rolled over the for the nuts, and Tam mucked his hand.
There have just been two eliminations in quick succession courtesy of Aidan Tam.
The first came when Tam opened for 32,000 under the gun and then called the shove of Mikarl Thuritz for 208,000 total. Tam held and held against the of Thuritz.
Right after, Chunlei Zhou got his dwindling stack all in preflop holding the and was out in front of Tam's . Unfortunately for Zhou, the flop came down to give Tam a pair of fives. Neither the turn nor river helped Zhou and he was bounced in 14th place.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 34,000 and was met by a three-bet to 80,000 by Kyle Cheong. Action folded back around to the Russian, and he four-bet enough to put Cheong to the test. Cheong double checked his cards and then called off for 377,000 total.
Cheong:
Troyanovskiy:
Troyanovskiy rolled his eyes upon seeing the bad spot he was in. The flop made things interesting by giving him the nut-flush draw, but it didn't come in as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
. Much to his dismay, he discovered he was crushed by the 
of Brandon Meyers. The start-of-the-day chip leader was primed to vault over 2 million, but sometimes fate can be cruel. This was one of those times.
flop gave Tam the lead with a set, and Meyers could do nothing but shake his head. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped him regain the lead, and he watched more than half his stack sent over to his Australian foe.
flop bumped Troyanovskiy up to 62.22%, but Yu would win 36.86% of the time with his overs and counterfeit options. The 
turn gave Yu more counterfeit outs, but even so his chances of survival dropped to 22.73%.
. Yu lost the flip, rapped the table, and then took his leave from the tournament in 12th place.
of the Australian. It was a flip, but not after the flop delivered Newey a third nine. Safe cards on the turn and river ensured him the double.
for the nuts, and Tam mucked his hand.
of Thuritz.
and was out in front of Tam's 
turn nor 
blanked on the turn followed by the