Jeff Madsen during Day 1 action
Jeff Madsen is working his stack the best he can. On a flop of , Madsen's opponent bet 4,000. Madsen moved all in for 15,000 and got the fold. He's up to 26,000.
Saidal Wardak eliminated
Saidal Wardak, winner of the Bounty Feature event earlier in the week, was down to his last 17,000 and found them in the middle preflop against Kelly Kim.
Wardak:
Kim:
The board ran out , missing Wardak, and Kim's pair of tens held up. Kim is up to 90,000 sending Wardak to the exit.
We're not sure where the money went in, but it was definitely all in the middle for Andrew Demetriou and one opponent. Demetriou showed ; his opponent showed ; and the board showed lots of hearts -- . As a result Demetriou is up to 62,000.
Sam Vakili is now up to a healthy 130,000 after collecting a nice pot on a board of . Vakili fired 8,000 before his opponent made it 22,000. Vakili made the call with for the flush as his opponent revealed a moderate .
Phil Laak has been eliminated from the tournament in fairly sick circumstances. Laak got all of his chips in good, holding on a flop against his opponent's . However the turn made the opponent trips, and Laak wasn't able to pull out a redraw with the river.
Jovan Scekic has just eliminated Nathanael Seet. Seet moved the last of his chips in preflop with and Scekic made the call on the short stack with . The board ran out sending Seet to the rail.
Dean McIver must have borrowed Eric Assadourian's lucky charm. He raised to 7,500 from the button after Neil Channing opened for 2,500. Channing put in a third raise to 15,000 that McIver called.
Both players checked the flop. When the turn fell another deuce, Channing led out for 10,000. McIver tanked for a while before deciding to move his last 30,000 into the middle. Channing snap-called with pocket aces. McIver was dead to a two-outer when he turned over pocket jacks. No problem, though -- a jack spiked on the river to give him a full house. He's up to 90,000, while Channing's misfortune has dropped his stack to 30,000.
Mark Vos was unable to climb out of his short-stacked hole. He moved in for and was called by a player with . Vos made trip sixes, but his opponent filled up on a board. He's out.