After accumulating some chips through strong play Matt Downing's aggression at the table has got him into trouble in a big clash with Leo Boxell.
Downing raised from late position holding pocket queens, and Boxell defended his big blind with a re-raise. Downing then pushed his chips all in and Boxell insta-called with pocket aces.
The board of left Downing with around 10,000 in chips while Boxell has jumped to around 36,000.
On a board of , Matt Downing pushed the remainder of his 10,000 chip stack into the middle holding , however Francisicus "Branco" Dekkers made the call and had Downing in desperate trouble with his . The on the turn and on the river, brought the end to Downing's short but exciting tournament.
In a battle of the blinds, Kenny Ng raised from the BB to 1,000 and the small blind called to see a flop of .
The small blind checked, Ng fired out 1,200 and the small blind made the call.
The turn was the and Ng fired another 5,000 into the pot. Once again his opponent made the call.
The river delivered the and this time the small blind pushed all in for 10,000 in chips. Ng made a crying call and his opponent flipped . Ng lets out a joyous cry as he flipped over for a set and raked in a huge pot!
The first two levels of today's flight have been rather slow, as the players seem to be getting their feet wet. There are a large number of online qualifiers in the field today - many of which are playing in their first major live event - a fact which may contribute to the slow pace of play.
Sam Khouiss has just been crippled in a huge pot with Francisicus Dekkers. With action on all streets with the board reading , Dekkers pushed all of his chips into the middle and Khouiss made the call. Dekkers flipped for the rivered straight and Khouiss slams his cards into the muck with the cry "You're kidding me! Rivered again!"
On a flop of against two opponents Sam Khouiss pushes his few remaining chips into the middle hoping to take down the pot. Unfortunately for him both players call, and then check it down with the on the turn and on the river. Francisicus Dekkers flips pocket nines and Khouiss slams his into the muck in disgust as he heads to the rail.