Ben Delaney is hell bent on making it an early night for all involved. Delaney opened preflop to 2,100 and had a player shove all in for 6,200.
After pausing for a moment, Delaney made the call and tabled . His opponent tabled to be momentarily ahead. It wouldn't last long. The flop put Delaney into the drivers seat, and he wouldn't reliquinsh the lead in the hand with the board completing to send yet another player to the rail.
On a flop of Sean Keeton in the big blind checked over to Michael Pedley who fired out 4,500. Keeton then check-raised all in for 42,000, covering Pedley who made the call.
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The turn was the and river the and Pedley is wiped out, as Keeton moves up to a healthy 70,000 chips.
We didn't catch any of the action; we just saw Andrew Topakas all in, having tabled against Anthony Kellett's . Topakas hit the rail after the dealer spread out a board of , his queen-jack having failed to improve.
Aaron Jacobs has doubled up through Jonathan Welsh. Jacobs raised from middle position to 3,100 preflop, with Welsh making the call from the small blind.
The flop came with Welsh checking to Jacobs, and Jacobs firing out 3,500. Welsh returned serve by check-raising all in, Jacobs buying none of it and immediately calling.
Welsh still had plenty of outs but the turn and river blanked out, moving Jacobs up to 32,000 and knocking Welsh down to just 4,000 in chips.
Flopping a straight flush is a rare achievement. Getting paid for it? An entirely different kettle of fish altogether. However Saidal Wardak has managed to achieve both.
Wardak's got the perfect flop when it came , and he was even more excited when his opponent led 10,000 into him, Wardak calmly flat called to go to the turn. The turn saw both players check and the river was the .
Wardak's opponent thought for a few moments before pushing his remaining stack, apporximately 60,000, into the middle. Wardak couldn't believe his eyes and made the call. His opponent flipping over just a top pair for a horrible error in judgment that would knock him down a long way in chips.
The player in the cutoff raised to 3,000 before Antonis Kambouris popped it up to 11,000 on the button. The blinds folded and the cutoff player moved all in for 16,950 in total. Kambouris made the call.
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Kambouris spiked a set on the flop of to take the lead. The on the turn changed nothing but the fell on the river to put four spades on board and make Kambouris' opponent a flush.
[Removed:415] decided to go for the gold and moved all in for about 8,000 chips. He was called by one opponent. Doria showed and was racing his opponent's . Both players missed the flop. Doria's opponent made a set on the turn but that card also gave him a sweat, as it made an up-and-down straight draw for Doria. The river made the draw and increased Doria's count back to 20,000.
It was an under-the-gun raise to 2,500 that got two callers before recent Australian Poker Hall of Fame inductee Billy "the Croc" Argyros moved all in from the big blind for 9,400 total. The initial raiser then reraised all in for 14,400 total. The two initial callers folded, leaving Argyros to fight it out with the under-the-gun player.
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The board ran out , allowing Argyros to more than double up to about 23,000 in chips.