Nik Lackovic moved his shortened stack of 4,700 chips into the middle on a flop of after his lone opponent opened for 1,500. He induced a fold, and chipped up to about 7,500.
One table over, Michael Pedley was involved in a hand. On a board of , his opponent peeked back at his cards. "How many clubs do you have?" Pedley asked.
"He only needs one now, said tablemate Liz Lieu when the hit the turn. Both players checked. Pedley's opponent made a large bet when the hit the river to make a board flush, but Pedley wasn't fooled. He folded .
"Does two pair beat a flush in Australia?" Lieu asked. Pedley, still sitting behind 15,200 in chips, answered in the negative.
Lieu and Pedley in action
Liz Lieu limped under the gun and it was folded round to Richard Mari in the small blind, who called another 100, and Michael Pedley who checked his option.
On a flop of Mari and Lieu traded five-raises with each other before Lieu eventually called Mari's all-in for her last 8,375.
Mari:
Lieu:
Another heart would not land on the board, but the on the turn and on the river would see Lieu double to over 22,000, as Mari was left crippled with only 150 in chips.
We have a final count of entrants in today's field. 186 players put up the entry fee to play today. When combined with the 75 from yesterday, the total for the tournament is 262, creating a prize pool of $635,500. That's down slightly from last year's total of 316, but ever since September poker tournaments across the world are off slightly from last year's numbers due to the sour economy.
We don't have the official prize breakdown yet, but as soon as we do it will go into the Prizepool and Payouts page.
Saab smashing it up with the Hammer!
Catching the action on the flop with around 2,000 in the middle, a player led 4,000 into a board reading . David Saab moved all in and the player called.
Saab:
Opponent:
"I have heaps of outs." quipped Saab, and one of them fell when the came on the turn and landed on the river to see Saab send his opponent to the rail.
"You broke the rock," stated a fellow tablemate. "I love breaking rocks . . . call me the hammer!" stated the 2008 Asian Poker Tour Manila champion as he climbed to over 21,000 in chips.
A few hands ago, Bryan Huang induced a fold from a player holding pocket queens to drag a pot. He just induced a call from a player with pocket jacks and had similarly excellent results. Huang's opponent moved all in preflop for approximately 5,000 chips with pocket jacks. Huang called and turned over pocket kings. He took a stranglehold on the hand with a flop of and had his opponent drawing dead after the turn fell .
[Removed:197] opened on the button to 350 and David Steicke called out of the big blind. The flop fell and Steicke checked to [Removed:198] who made it 550 to go. Steicke called and checked the turn of the as did [Removed:198].
The river landed the and Steicke led out for 1,300 with [Removed:198] quick to fold. As the pot was pushed to Steicke he flashed the to move up to over 14,000 in chips.
Liz Lieu
We passed by Liz Lieu's table as she was emptying a packet of sugar into a cappuccino and explaining to players at the table that she is Vietnamese. Michael Pedley, seated on her right, gave a few facts about himself, including the fact that he made the final table of APT Macau.
"I played one hand," explained Pedley. "One hand and I was out."
Lieu seemed amused. "Good play," she deadpanned. "Good, good play."