Team Demetriou is putting on a strong showing at today's event. Harry Demetriou is near the top of the counts with 25,600, and Andrew Demetriou just busted Brian Hull. Andrew raised preflop from early position and was called only by Hull out of the blinds. The flop was , with Demetriou calling a single bet from Hull. On the turn , Hull bet again. Demetriou quickly raised, with Hull calling all in for less.
Hull tabled unimproved , which was drawing dead against Demetriou's . Hull spiked a useless king on the river and made his way out of the tournament area. Demetriou now has 22,000 chips.
Abel Cabrera's pair of eights got the job done against Ole Bonnischen. Bonnischen was all in with . He had a flush draw on the turn of a board, giving him a dozen outs to the win. But when the hit the board he was eliminated from the tournament.
After sending Tim Marsters to the rail, Van Marcus then took yet another pot in the razz orbit.
Rayan Nathan completed to 800 and Marcus raised to 1,600. Nathan made the call and then followed on each street by calling each bet by Marcus as their boards ran out:
Marcus: / /
Nathan: x-x / / x
Marcus made an 8-7 low to take down the pot and move up to a tick under 30,000 in chips as Nathan slipped down to 10,000.
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Mitchell Carle couldn't believe his luckOmaha Hi/Lo:
Mitchell Carle was just eliminated during the Omaha Hi/Lo round. We didn't see his hand, but we did see the hand of his executioner, Abel Cabrera. Cabrera showed down . The board at the turn showed . Cabrera laughed when the dealer burned and turned the on the river.
"Oh, that's revolting," said Cabrera with a grin. "Sorry mate." He didn't seem too sorry to drag the pot, however.
Kent Hunter has just missed out on scooping a double-up against Peter Mordaunt.
The following boards being shown on sixth-street:
Mordaunt: /
Hunter: /
Hunter would need to pair up or draw an ace or six to complete a straight and scoop the pot. However Mordaunt could still improve his high hand with another pair or any heart.
Mordaunt drew the to make two pair for the high, and with Hunter sweating for a scoop he was unable to produce that magic card as he tabled the to improve his low.
Following the hand, both players still sit above their starting stacks by a few thousand.
Things had recently turned sour for Harry Demetriou, but a two-outer on the turn saved his tournament life. Demetriou checked to Graeme Putt with the board showing . The two then engaged in a raising war, with Demetriou putting in the third raise all in. Putt called, tabling a full house, . Demetriou, however, showed a bigger full house with . That left Putt looking for the case five on the river. It didn't come -- the river was the . As a result Demetriou moved to 15,000 in the counts, while Putt slipped back to 22,500.
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Details are scarce, but Ashish Gupta and Ross Boatman have both hit the rail. Gupta was sitting on a massive stack going into the last break, making his departure sudden and stunning.
Michael Guzzardi has pulled cards when he needed to today. He set Anthony Quattrocchi all in on fifth street, with Quattrocchi making the call. Guzzardi showed for a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw against Quattrocchi's trip aces. Each player caught an unhelpful queen on the turn. At the river, Quattrocchi squeezed first. He did not fill up, coming up with the . Guzzardi then squeezed his own card, finding the to fill his straight and knock Quattrocchi out.
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, with Demetriou calling a single bet from Hull. On the turn 
, Hull bet again. Demetriou quickly raised, with Hull calling all in for less.
, which was drawing dead against Demetriou's 
. He had a flush draw on the turn of a 
board, giving him a dozen outs to the win. But when the 
hit the board he was eliminated from the tournament.
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/ x
. Cabrera laughed when the dealer burned and turned the 
/ 
to make two pair for the high, and with Hunter sweating for a scoop he was unable to produce that magic card as he tabled the 
. The two then engaged in a raising war, with Demetriou putting in the third raise all in. Putt called, tabling a full house, 
. Demetriou, however, showed a bigger full house with 
. That left Putt looking for the case five on the river. It didn't come -- the river was the 
/ 
. Guzzardi then squeezed his own card, finding the