Mark Vos
On a board of , Mark Vos pushed his remaining chips into the pot holding for two pair. However his opponent, Tino Lechich had hit his gutshot draw with for the straight. The river was a blank and Mark Vos was sent to the rail.
Chris Moneymaker Reacts to His Fate
A short-stacked Chris Moneymaker moved all in before the flop for his last 1,750 in chips and was met by a pair of opponents who challenged for the pot holding pocket jacks and pocket queens respectively.
The board filled out and the player with pocket queens (who was also short-stacked and all in) took down the pot.
Tino Lechich has had his stack dented by Mark Kassis. The action was three way to the flop with Lechich and Kassis calling the raise to 1,100 pre flop by Mark Vos. The flop was and Kassis and Vos both checked. Lechich then fired 1,800 at the pot and was raised to 3,800 by Kassis. This was enough to get rid of Vos, but Lechich made the call. The turn was the and Kassis fired 8,000 at the pot. Tino went into the tank and eventually made the call. When the came on the river Kassis again bet 8,000. This time Tino went into tank and folded, taking a massive hit to his stack.
Sydney Gun Patrick Fletcher
Patrick Fletcher has won another huge pot with . His opponent with , raised to 7,000 pre-flop and was put all in by Fletcher. When the board came his aces were looking good. The turn brought the and Fletcher had sent another player to the rail.
Chris Moneymaker
After losing a big pot to an opponent who tabled two pair, kings and . . . kings (he had quads), Moneymaker is now down to just 7,000 in chips. Chris revealed pocket queens at the showdown.
"I guess you can beat my queens over and over and over again," Moneymaker said after the hand.
Andrew Scott is down to 30,000 in chips after losing a big pot to an unknown opponent. After raising to 1,500 pre-flop, Andrew was countered by a 5,500 all-in reraise from his opponent. Andrew made the call and tabled ; his opponent showed .
The flop came giving renewed hope to Scott, who'd flopped the nut flush draw, however, the turn brought the , giving Scott's opponent a flush draw.
The last card off the deck was a jack, but it was the one jack Scott didn't want to see as it gave his opponent an ace-high heart flush and the checkmark for the hand.
The "Italian Stallion" Luigi Apreda has eliminated several players recently from a rowdy table 14. On a board of , Apreda called an all-in with for a runner-runner flush to eliminate his opponent who had slowplayed trip kings. A few hands later, Apreda called another all-in on a board of with pocket nines which were too good for his opponent's gutshot straight draw. Apreda is now sitting pretty with over 60,000 in chips.
Mark Kassis made a fantastic call to take down a big pot from Mitchell Price. There was 6,000 in the pot and Price made a bet of 8,000 on the river with the board of . Kassis called and turned over , which dominated the bluff from Price with .
In a big pot Mark Vos raised to 1,100 UTG and Grant Levy re-raised to 3,000. Celina Lin then came over the top for 18,000. Vos folded and Levy went into the tank and eventually made the call turning over . Lin tabled and was in great shape after the flop of , but the turn was the leaving Lin with two outs. She couldn't hit the miracle queen and was eliminated.