Francisicus "Branco" Dekkers has taken down another victim! The flop of was enough to trigger some all-in action against Michael Levy. Levy was feeling confident with but he wasn't looking good against the set of Dekkers with. Needing a king to stay alive, an on the turn and brought the end for Levy.
Australian tournament pro Rafe Aman has just been eliminated from the main event. On a flop showing , Aman's opponent passed the first action to Rafe who opened with a 1,400 bet. His opponent then kicked it up to 4,000, after which Rafe move all in over the top for a total of 15,000. His opponent made the call and tabled for two pair; Rafe revealed the for a pair of nines and the nut flush draw.
The turn and river blanked out , and Rafe was eliminated from the tournament.
Sam Sayed and Alex Alcala both limped to see a flop of . While the action was slow pre-flop, this flop created a raising war that saw both players push all of their chips into the middle. Sayed was feeling confident with but when Alcala revealed for a set, Sayed realised that he was in deep trouble. The miracle ace didn't arrive and Sayed was left to ponder his slowplay gone wrong.
Australian Sheldon Mayer made quick work of a player who'd just been moved to his table. All of the money went in with the flop showing . Mayer tabled for two pair, and his opponent revealed for top pair, top kicker and a gutshot straight draw.
The turn and river blanked out , and Sheldon's two pair held up, earning him 45,000 in new chips. "Not in my house, baby," said Sheldon afterwards.
Sarah Bilney has just suffered an ugly bad beat at the hands of George Mariglis. The money went in pre-flop with Bilney holding and Mariglis with .
The flop of looked great for Bilney as she had flopped a set of kings, but the turn brought a crippling to give Mariglis a straight and the lead in the hand. Bilney needed the board to repeat but an on the river gave Mariglis the 25,000 pot.
Well known Melbourne player Peter Aristidou has just lost most of his chips in a massive clash before the flop. George Marks made a raise from the cutoff and Aristidou raised from the button. Marks came over the top and both players couldn't get their chips into the pot any faster. Aristidou held pocket kings but unfortunately for him Marks held pocket rockets! The board of brought no joy for Aristidou and he is now down to under 10,000 in chips.
On a flop of with action on every street, Stephen McCann pushed the rest of his chips into the already enormous pot against Gary Diamond. Diamond went into the tank with a decision that would make or break his tournament. He eventually made the call with for two pair, which were just enough to beat the two pair of McCann who held .
The pot worth 90,000 chips has catapulted the man with a name made for poker, Gary Diamond, into a commanding chip lead!
The action continues to heat up on table two with a three-way pot between Tony Hachem, Julian Powell and Todor Kondevski. On a flop of Hachem led out for 1,200 and Kondevski raised it up to 5,000. Powell then came over the top to make it 15,000 to go and scared both players out of the pot.
As he mucked his cards, Hachem was heard to exclaim "I'm up and down like a yo-yo. I make a value bet and Julian hits with 4 7!"